In January of 27 BC, Gaius Octavius ostensibly gave the Roman ... After 25 years as Augustus, Octavian was given the title "Pater Patriae," or "father of the country." While it is comparable ...

It may also have been where Augustus' biological father – Gaius Octavius – died, according to Dr Andrew Sillett, a classics lecturer at the University of Oxford, who is not involved with the ...

Until Gaius Octavius took power, becoming the first emperor, Emperor Augustus, which is when the republic became an empire. The senate still gave advice, but the emperor, rather than the people ...