Augustus: Son of Rome

Name: Augustus: Son of Rome
Rating: 3.9 (798 reviews)

by Richard Foreman Book 1 in the Augustus series.

First published 2012

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Julius Caesar’s assassination leaves Rome without a settled master and his young adopted heir far from the capital. Gaius Octavius returns from Apollonia to claim Caesar’s name and inheritance, entering a political world dominated by Mark Antony, Cicero, Brutus and competing armies. The novel follows the calculating intelligence, physical courage and emotional losses that begin to transform the untested youth into Augustus.

Foreman presents the collapse of the Republic through councils, private bargains and sudden violence as well as formal battles. Octavius relies on Marcus Agrippa and learns to use patronage, propaganda and military force against more experienced rivals. Cleopatra and the veterans of Caesar’s faction widen the struggle beyond Rome, while every victory requires the heir to surrender more of the private life he hoped to preserve.

Historical Periods

Assassination of Julius Caesar44 BCE Battle of Philippi42 BCE Battle of Actium31 BCE Second Triumvirate and Proscriptions43 BCE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Historical Sagas War Fiction

Historical people

Augustus64 BCE–14 Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Marcus Junius Brutus86 BCE–43 BCE Mark Antony83–30 BCE Cleopatra70 BCE–31 BCE Cicero107 BCE–44 BCE Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa64 BCE–13 BCE