Nor was he using photographs as a guide to creating paintings as David Octavius Hill had done in Edinburgh. |
Gaius Octavius, as Augustus was originally known, was 18 when in 43 BC his great-uncle, the dictator Julius Caesar, was assassinated. |
For everyone there has always been a place of honor within Octavius, and no task too mean to be performed with pride. |
The great-nephew of Julius Caesar, Octavius, succeeded him, thus becoming Caesar Augustus. |
There was an edge to her words the sharpness of which was felt by Octavius on the front seat. |
Brought low many times before by ancient disasters or internal strife, Octavius has always survived to rise again. |