What kind of person was Caesar Augustus?

Answer 1

Caesar Augustus was a very intelligent, politically aware person. His great uncle, Julius Caesar, saw this and took him under his wing and began grooming him for leadership. As a teenager, he was willing to bide his time and act when events unfolded for his benefit. Remember he was only eighteen years old when he became Caesar's heir and was up against many of Rome's slickest politicians. He had been raised in a strict, old fashioned Roman household, with the values of the state and family being taught both by his step father and his mother. (forget about the portrayal of his mother in the series "Rome". The real Atia was nothing like the one in the series.) After doing what he had to do to win supreme authority, he tried to instill those positive values into the Roman people once again. Although many of his moral reforms did not work, the physical reforms, such as the rebuilding of the city, the police and fire brigade, the postal service, the new aqueducts, etc. were reforms that did work. His appointing of men to the senate who were qualified, instead of just rich, was a major political reform.