OCTAVIAN

Meaning of OCTAVIAN in English

/ok tay"vee euhn/ , n.

Augustus.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

OCTAVIAN — Octavian BrE AmE ɒk ˈteɪv i‿ən -ˈtɑːv- AmE \ ɑːk-
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ROMAN REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE — Ancient state that once ruled the Western world. It centred on the city of Rome from the founding of the …
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POMPEIUS MAGNUS PIUS , SEXTUS — or Pompey the Younger born с 67 died 35 BC, Miletus Son of Pompey the Great and an opponent of …
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MAECENAS, GAIUS (CILNIUS) — born с 70 died 8 BC Roman diplomat and literary patron. He claimed descent from Etruscan kings. Though highly influential …
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LEPIDUS, MARCUS AEMILIUS — died 13/12 BC Roman consul (46, 42 BC) and triumvir (43–36). After the death of Julius Caesar , Lepidus controlled …
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CLEOPATRA — in full Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator born 69 died Aug. 30, 30 BC, Alexandria Egyptian queen (of Macedonian descent), last …
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BRUTUS, MARCUS JUNIUS — or Quintus Caepio Brutus born 85 died 42 BC, near Philippi, Macedonia Roman politician, leader of the conspirators who assassinated …
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AUGUSTUS, CAESAR — or Octavian orig. Gaius Octavius later Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus born Sept. 23, 63 BC died Aug. 19, AD 14, …
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ANTONY, MARK — Latin Marcus Antonius born с 83 died August, 30 BC Roman general. After military service (57–54), he joined the staff …
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ACTIUM, BATTLE OF — (31 BC) Naval battle off Acarnania , Greece, between Octavian (later Augustus ) and Mark Antony . With 500 ships …
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ANCIENT ROME — the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and …
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PTOLEMY XV CAESAR — born June 47 BC died 30 BC in full Ptolemy Philopator Philometor Caesar, byname Caesarion king of Egypt (reigned 4430 …
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POMPEIUS MAGNUS PIUS, SEXTUS — born c. 67 BC died 35 BC, Miletus younger son of the Roman general Pompey the Great, and a vigorous …
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POLLIO, GAIUS ASINIUS — born 76 BC, Italy died AD 4, , Tusculum, near Rome Roman orator, poet, and historian who wrote a contemporary …
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PHILIPPI — modern Flippoi hill town in the noms (department) of Kavla, Greece, overlooking the coastal plain and the bay at Neapolis …
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OCTAVIA — born c. 69 BC died 11 BC byname Octavia Minor full sister of Octavian (later the emperor Augustus) and wife …
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MAECENAS, GAIUS (CILNIUS) — born c. 70 BC died 8 BC Roman diplomat, counsellor to the Roman emperor Augustus, and wealthy patron of such …
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HORACE — born December 65 BC, Venusia, Italy died Nov. 27, 8 BC, Rome Latin in full Quintus Horatius Flaccus outstanding Latin …
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HEROD — born 73 BC died March/April, 4 BC, Jericho, Judaea byname Herod the Great, Latin Herodes Magnus Roman-appointed king of Judaea …
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FULVIA — died 40 BC, Sicyon, Greece in Roman history, the wife of Mark Antony, and a participant in the struggle for …
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CLEOPATRA VII THEA PHILOPATOR — (Greek: Goddess Loving Her Father) born 69 BC died Aug. 30, 30 BC, Alexandria Cleopatra, detail of a bas relief, …
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CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS — born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium [now Arpino, Italy] died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae, Latium [now Formia] English byname Tully …
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AUGUSTUS, CAESAR, — born Sept. 23, 63 BC died Aug. 19, AD 14, Nola, near Naples also called (until 27 BC) Octavian, original …
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AHENOBARBUS, GNAEUS DOMITIUS — died 31 BC Roman general who became one of the chief partisans of Mark Antony after Antony defeated the assassins …
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AGRIPPA, MARCUS VIPSANIUS — born 63 BC? died , March, 12 BC, Campania powerful deputy of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. He was chiefly …
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ACTIUM, BATTLE OF — (Sept. 2, 31 BC), naval battle off a promontory in the north of Acarnania, on the western coast of Greece, …
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LEPIDUS, MARCUS AEMILIUS — died 13/12 BC Roman consul (46, 42 BC) and triumvir (4336). After the death of Julius Caesar , Lepidus controlled …
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CLEOPATRA — n. in full Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator born 69 died Aug. 30, 30 BC, Alexandria Egyptian queen (of Macedonian descent), …
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AUGUSTUS, CAESAR — or Octavian orig. Gaius Octavius later Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus born Sept. 23, 63 BC died Aug. 19, AD 14, …
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ANTONY, MARK — Latin Marcus Antonius born 0441; 83 died August, 30 BC Roman general. After military service (5754), he joined the staff …
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ACTIUM, BATTLE OF — (31 BC) Naval battle off Acarnania , Greece, between Octavian (later Augustus ) and Mark Antony . With 500 ships …
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