Octavian the Exalter

Today in class we talked about the rap and what was in our rap. I was paired with Kaite Cooper and we are doing a presentation on the 6th paragraph which is mostly on Octavian. Caesar's nineteen-year-old great-nephew, Gaius Octavius Thurinus, entered Rome to claim his inheritance. Caesar's will had named him chief heir and adopted him as his son, making his name now Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus formed an official three-man government, called “the second triumvirate”.

·         It was fought between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII

·         The war was on September 2, 31 BC on the Ionian Sea near Actium Greece

·         During the war Octavian tried to make a trues with Antony but he rejected, so then they prepared for battle the next year

·         They fought by ships

·         On the First day of September, Octavian issued his fleet to move around Antony’s.  In fear of being surrounded, Antony gave word to attack.

·         Since Antony was surrounded, Octavian pushed Antony’s fleet toward shore. Antony forced a hole through  Octavian’s fleet and that is where he and Cleopatra escaped.

·         Octavian won the battle and was awarded the title of Augustus

·         This war was the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.