"Caesar adopted Octavius as his son...The adoption was a personal, not a political act. However, Caesar was handing Octavius a priceless weapon: his name and his clientela, all those hundreds of thousands of soldiers and citizens who were in his debt. As he must have known, he was giving the boy an opportunity to enter politics at the top if he wished to do so" (Everitt 37).
This resonated with me because one of questions my honors students contemplate is was Augustus successful to his own talents, or was it the time in which he lived. The will itself sealed his legacy with soldiers at his disposal, money, and more important the Caesar name. This may have allowed him a chance at success. His ruthless matters in proscription (confiscating property, and killing off rivals) and his administrative skills seems to also play into being.
This resonated with me because one of questions my honors students contemplate is was Augustus successful to his own talents, or was it the time in which he lived. The will itself sealed his legacy with soldiers at his disposal, money, and more important the Caesar name. This may have allowed him a chance at success. His ruthless matters in proscription (confiscating property, and killing off rivals) and his administrative skills seems to also play into being.