Subject:	[novaroma] Re: Name of Augustus
From:	"Lucius Pompeius Octavianus" <octavianuslucius@-------->
Date:	Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:18:27 -0000

L. Pompeius Octavianus Marco Arminio Maiori S.P.D.
Salve optime amice

I think the cognomen Turinus is true. I cannot confirm it at this
moment because I'm not at home right now, but I think it was his
cognomen when he was born. And when he was adopted by G.Iulius
Cęsar
his name was changed.

Vale bene mi amice

Dabam Bonarię a.d. V Nonas Oct. MMDCCLIII a.u.c.


--- In novaroma@--------, "Marcos Boehme" <m_arminius@l...> wrote:
> Salve
>
> A week ago, i have read a book, CAESAR of Messie, that is a romance
about the life of G I Caesar from the viewpoint of D I Brutus
Albinus. In this book, are the complete (original) name of Augustus:
Gaius Octavianus Turinus, that i never have seen before, in any
source.
> Since it is a romance, it may be wrong.
> Can someone confirm this information?
>
> Marcus Arminius Maior
> m_arminius@--------
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Subject:	[novaroma] Name of Augustus
From:	sfp55@--------
Date:	Thu, 5 Oct 2000 04:03:52 EDT

In a message dated 10/4/2000 4:33:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
m_arminius@-------- writes:
<< In this book, are the complete (original) name of Augustus: Gaius
Octavianus Turinus, that i never have seen before, in any source. >>
Salvete!
This comes from Suetonius' Twelve Caesars: "Augustus" section seven.
To quote: " I can prove pretty conclusively that as a child Augustus was
called Thurinus perhaps because his ancestor had once lived in Thurii."
Marcus Antonius says in his writings according to Ploutarkhos "Parallel
Lives" in "Marcus Antonius" that his great-grandfather was a former slave who
made rope, near the city of Thurii He would refer to Octavian scornfully as
"the Thurian" in his correspondence.
Antonius obviously felt that Octavian was not his social equal, and probably
that
was why his defeat at Actium at Octavian's hands must have been extremely
demoralizing.
Valete
Q. Fabius Maximus