Octavian

[ ok-tey-vee-uhn ]

noun

1. Augustus Caesar.

Octavian

/ ɒkˈteɪvɪən /

noun

1. the name of Augustus before he became emperor (27 bc ) See Augustus

Example Sentences

The following year, Caesar's adopted son, Octavian, formed the Second Triumvirate with Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

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There followed a period of disagreement and bloody conflict between Octavian and Mark Antony.

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Octavian was a man of great ambition and had overcome the violence and perfidy of others by often using their own methods.

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Octavian is Emperor of Rome, and here again the happy conclusion finds place in that city.

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To his influence especially was attributed the humaner policy of Octavian after his first alliance with Antony and Lepidus.

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Octavian Methodism was spared extravagances of this sort, it is true, but it paid a price for the immunity.

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