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Emperor of the Roman Empire

The early life of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, began at his birth in Rome on September 23, 63 BC, and is considered to have ended around the assassination of DictatorJulius Caesar, Augustus' great-uncle and adoptive father, on 15 March 44 BC.

Childhood (63 BC – 48 BC)

Main article: Augustus

Augustus was born Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 BC.^[1] He was a member of the respectable, but undistinguished, Octavii family through his father, also named Gaius Octavius, and was the great-nephew of Julius Caesar through his mother Atia.

The young Octavius had two older siblings: a half sister, Octavia Major, from his father's first marriage, and a full sister, Octavia Minor. The Octavii were wealthy through their banking business in Velletri (in the Alban Hills), where the family was part of the local aristocracy.

However, the family entered into the senatorial ranks with the elder Octavius as its no