ascenso de Augusto

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The rise of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, covers his life from his gathering of legions loyal to Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Roman Italy in 44 BC, following Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March (15 March), until the Roman Senate's bestowal upon him of the title augustus in 27 BC. The latter date marks the traditional end of the Roman Republic and beginning of the Roman Empire. Augustus was born Gaius Octavius in 63 BC and is known during this phase of his life as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus). The period between 44 and 27 BC witnessed the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and the eventual fissure of this triple dictatorship as Octavian ultimately defeated his rivals. Caesar's former general Mark Antony served as consul in an erstwhile uneasy truce with Caesar's assassins, until the flight of the assassins from the city of Rome and Octavian's arrival in the city. Antony attempted to thwart Octavian's oversight of games dedicated to Caesar and his inheritance outlined in Caesar's will, but Octavian successfully outmaneuvered Antony by distributing money promised by Caesar to the plebs. While Antony fought Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in the War of Mutina in Cisalpine Gaul during early 43 BC, the senator Marcus Tullius Cicero attempted to groom Octavian as his protege for public office, having him inducted into the Senate at a young age on account of his private army that could be used to oppose Antony. However, after the siege of Mutina was lifted and Antony retreated north in defeat, Octavian refused to cooperate with the Senate and demanded the consulship. When this was refused he marched on Rome in August 43 BC, had his army occupy the Campus Martius, and was elected as Rome's youngest consul. Octavian...