Fact 1
He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavii family, but adopted posthumously in 44 BC by his maternal great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar following Caesar's assassination.
Fact 2
Together with Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus, he formed the Second Triumvirate to defeat the assassins of Caesar. Eventually, the Triumvirate began to battle each other for power.
Fact 3
With Marc Antony dead, he was the most powerful man in Rome.
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