Man of the Month 8

Caesar Augustus was born Gaius Octavius, son of an up-and-coming family that lived just outside Rome. His father was the first in his family to be elected to the Roman Senate. And his mother was the niece of Roman strongman Julius Caesar, who was Octavius's patron from the start.

But Octavius was his own man, too. By the time he died in AD 14, he had buried the Roman Republic, birthed the Roman Empire, gained absolute authority as Caesar Augustus, and seized the entire month of "August" for himself.

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