Before the birth of Jesus Julias Ceasar was the ruler of rome, but
after his rein ended & around the time of the birth and life of christ
Emperor Augustus became the fist emperor of the roman empire. One man
stood up to fight him, Mark Antony. Augustus also known as Octavius
declared himself God, just as Caesar was called a god. Mark Antony
said that he wasn't a legitimate heir to Ceasar's legacy, and was the
product of sexual prostitution. The real Caesar only had one son of
his own, that was considered a true heir. His son was born from
Cleopatra, and lived in Egypt. As Antony faught with Augustus for
control of rome, he moved to Egypt and maried Cleopatra, who allowed
her son to rule with her. Her son growing up in egypt, and traveling
to India was the true heir to the roman empire. At the time he was
considered no better by Augustus than any of Ceasars other children,
who he may have had. Caesar had the right to deflower all virgins of
rome, because he was a divinity. So Augustus waged war with Egypt,
and killed everyone including Caesers son, Antony, and Cleopatra. But
the revolution continued, and the church was established for the true
heirs of the divinity to rule along side of the king, and the legend
is retold in scripture. The same events could have happened to Joseph
& Marry, and the people of rome didn't like the war with egypt because
they were on the side of Ceasar's true son.. Because even a peasent
who had given birth to Caesers son (as it happend quite a lot), was
more entitled to the throne than Octavius Augustus!! This is why we
see so many parallels between judaism, and egypt in the christian
religion. It meets at the cross roads..
Read the account from wikipedia:
When Caesar was killed on the Ides of March (the 15th) 44 BC, Octavius
was in Apollonia, Illyria, studying and undergoing military training.
Rejecting the advice of some army officers to take refuge with the
troops in Macedonia, he sailed to Italia. After landing at Lupiae near
Brundisium, he learnt of the contents of Caesar's will.[11] Having no
legitimate children alive (his daughter Julia had died in 54 BC),
Caesar had adopted his great-nephew Octavius as his son and main heir.
Owing to his adoption, Octavius assumed the name Gaius Julius Caesar.
Roman tradition dictated that he also append the surname Octavianus
(Octavian) to indicate his biological family; however, no evidence
exists that he ever used that name. Mark Antony later charged that
Octavian had earned his adoption by Caesar through sexual favours,
though Suetonius describes Antony's accusation as political slander.
[12] Octavian began to bolster his personal forces with Caesar's
veteran legionaries, gathering support by emphasizing his status as
heir to Caesar.[13] Only eighteen years old, he was consistently
underestimated by his rivals for power.
Arriving at Rome, Octavian found the consul Mark Antony, Caesar's
former colleague, in an uneasy truce with the dictator's assassins. He
failed to persuade Antony to relinquish Caesar's money to him, but
managed to win support from Caesarian sympathisers during the summer.
[14] In September, the Optimate orator Marcus Tullius Cicero began to
attack Antony in a series of speeches; with opinion in Rome turning
against him and his year of consular power nearing its end, Antony
attempted to take control of Cisalpine Gaul, which had been assigned
as part of his province, from Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, one of
Caesar's assassins. Octavian meanwhile built up a private army in
Italy by recruiting Caesarian veterans, and won over two of Antony's
legions.[15] Antony was now besieging Decimus Brutus at Mutina.
Encouraged by Cicero, the Senate granted Octavian imperium (commanding
power), which made his command of troops legal, and sent him to
relieve the siege along with Hirtius and Pansa, the consuls for 43 BC.
[16] In April 43, Antony's forces were defeated at the Battles of
Forum Gallorum and Mutina, forcing Antony to retreat to Transalpine
Gaul. However, both consuls were killed, leaving Octavian in sole
command of their armies.[17]
The senate attempted to give command of the consular legions to
Decimus Brutus, but Octavian refused to surrender them. In July, an
embassy from Octavian entered Rome and demanded that he receive the
consulship. When this was refused, he marched on the city with eight
legions. He encountered no military opposition, and was elected consul
with his relative Quintus Pedius as colleague. Meanwhile, Antony
formed an alliance with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, another leading
Caesarian.[18]
Octavian, Antony and Lepidus formed a junta called the Second
Triumvirate, an explicit grant of special powers lasting five years
and supported by law, unlike the unofficial First Triumvirate of
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, Julius Caesar and Marcus Licinius Crassus.[19]
The triumvirs then set in motion proscriptions in which 300 senators
and 2,000 equites were deprived of their property and, for those who
failed to escape, their lives (going beyond a simple purge of those
allied with the assassins, and probably motivated by a need to raise
money to pay their troops[20]).
On January 1 42 BC, the Senate recognised Caesar as a divinity of the
Roman state, "Divus Iulius". Octavian was able to further his cause by
emphasizing the fact that he was Divi filius, "Son of God".[21] Antony
and Octavian then marched against Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius
Cassius, who had fled to Greece. After two battles at Philippi in
Macedonia, the Caesarian army was victorious and Brutus and Cassius
committed suicide (42 BC). After the battle, a new arrangement was
made between the members of the Second Triumvirate: while Octavian
returned to Rome, Antony went to Egypt where he allied himself with
Queen Cleopatra VII, who was the former lover of Julius Caesar and
mother of Caesar's infant son, Caesarion. Lepidus went on to govern
Hispania and the province of Africa.
Octavian, governing in Italy, busied himself taking lands from
Italians and giving them to triumvirate veteran soldiers. This caused
political and social unrest. Octavian asked for a divorce from Clodia
Pulchra, the daughter of Fulvia and her first husband Publius Clodius
Pulcher. Since his marriage with Clodia was never consummated, he
returned her to her mother with a letter informing her that he was
returning her in "mint" condition. Fulvia, Mark Antony's wife, decided
to take action. Together with Lucius Antonius, Mark Antony's brother,
she raised eight legions in Italy to fight for Antony's rights against
Octavian. The army occupied Rome for a short time, but eventually
retreated to Perusia (modern Perugia). Octavian besieged Fulvia and
Lucius Antonius in the winter of 41 BC-40 BC, starving them into
surrender. Fulvia was exiled to Sicyon, where she died of a sudden
illness, while Antony was en route to meet her. Octavian and
Scribonia, whom Octavian married after divorcing Clodia, conceived
Octavian's only natural child, Julia, who was born the same day that
he divorced Scribonia to marry Livia Drusilla.
While in Egypt, Antony had been conducting an affair with Cleopatra
VII of Egypt that resulted in three children, Alexander Helios,
Cleopatra Selene II and Ptolemy Philadelphus. Aware of his
deteriorating relationship with Octavian, Antony left Cleopatra.
Fulvia's death allowed for the two triumvirs to effect a
reconciliation. Octavian gave his sister, Octavia Minor, in marriage
to Antony in 40 BC. During their marriage, Octavia gave birth to two
daughters (known as Antonia Major and Antonia Minor). In 37 BC, Antony
deserted Octavia and went back to Egypt to be with Cleopatra. The
Roman dominions were then divided between Octavian in the West and
Antony in the East.
While Antony occupied himself with military campaigns against the
Parthians and a romantic affair with Cleopatra, Octavian built a
network of allies in Rome, consolidated his power, and spread
propaganda implying that Antony was becoming less than Roman because
of his preoccupation with Egyptian affairs and traditions. The
situation grew more and more tense, and finally, in 32 BC, the senate
officially declared war on "the Foreign Queen", to avoid the stigma of
yet another civil war. It was quickly decided: in the bay of Actium on
the western coast of Greece, after Antony's men began deserting, the
fleets met in a great battle in which many ships were burned and
thousands on both sides were slain. Octavian defeated his rivals who
then fled to Egypt. He pursued them, and after another defeat, Antony
committed suicide. Cleopatra also committed suicide after her upcoming
role in Octavian's Triumph was "carefully explained to her", and
Caesarion was "butchered without compunction". Octavian supposedly
said "two Caesars are one too many" as he ordered Caesarion's death.
[22] This demonstrates a key difference between Julius Caesar and
Octavian-while Caesar had demonstrated clemency in his victories,
Octavian most certainly did not.
