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My project was on the well-known emperor Augustus Gaius Octavius, and what his impact was to the Roman empire. He was born in the city of Rome, and while he was young, he had delivered a funeral for his grandmother, causing his mother and stepfather to become more involved in the young boys life. From there he was donned the toga virilis, or became a man, four years later. From there he had been sent to be in charge of the Greek games the following year. Later on, Julius Caesar had been killed while he was undergoing military training, so he had resumed his title, and adopted his great nephew,  Octavius, making him his direct heir. And from there his legacy had begun. 

Project :

I had originally decided to make a book sleeve, though as I started writing my summary that was meant to go onto the back of the cover, I found that it sounded more like a movie than a book. This lead to changing the book cover to a movie sleeve. I had decided to draw the above scene on the front because it was rumored that his third wife, Livia, had poisoned him during dinner, instead of him passing naturally in his sleep. My summary of the movie is as follows :

Dive into the world of Augustus Gaius Octavius, where you’ll be taken to Rome, and a small town not far from it, named Velletri. Follow him as he brings an end to a violent civil war, literally gets shipwrecked, and deals with troublesome past wives. See how he handled his many responsibilities as an Emperor, including but not limited to, controlling religious ceremonies and punishing those who did wrong. But was his rapidly improving empire as good as it seemed?

Citations :

“Augustus.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 May 2018,
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus.

History.com Staff. “Augustus.” History.com, A&E Television Networks,
2009, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/emperor-augustus.