octavian

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Definition von octavian im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name

The name of Augustus (Ceasar) used between 44 and 27 BC

Julius Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son; defeated conservative senators following Caesar's assassination; later defeated forces of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra in Egypt; offered title of Augustus by Senate; became first Roman emperor (p 156)

Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

Silbentrennung

Oc·ta·vi·an

Etymologie

() From Latin Octavianus, derivative of Octāvius.