Octavian becomes Caesar

• Octavian was 18 years old when he first entered Rome's political arena in 44 BC - Shortly after the assassination of his great-uncle Julius Caesar.
• What was the name of the weatlthy but potically insignificant family in which Octavian had been born into?


  The Octavii.
• Julius Caesar's will stated that Octavian was his heir + requested that he took his name.