Historical Problems in the Original Works on Caesar Augustus
             As a history student progresses through his/her studies, there reaches a
             certain point where the student achieves an adequate level of advancement. A
             history student or any student for that matter, often achieves their primary base of
             knowledge of past events through modern sources. An advanced history student at
             one point becomes aware of the subjectivity of modern views of the ancient past.
             There are often "gray areas" where the original facts of any given history are
             questionable. One such subject which contains much ambiguity is the ancient
             history of Rome. Countless modern sources are available, yet all these modern, or
             secondary sources base their knowledge on original, or primary sources written
             nearly two centuries ago. Specifically, the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus,
             which lasted from 31 BC to 14 AD, contains some elements of ambiguity. While
             most ancient sources on Augustus are generally accurate for the most part, there
             are still certain questions that modern scholars debate over. In the following essay,
             I will present the historical problems relating to the emperor Augustus. While I
             will try to remain as objective as possible, I will offer my own thoughts or opinions
             on these ambiguous areas. Any opinions I have below are not completely original
             ideas, for these questions have been debated thoroughly by modern Roman
             scholars--a couple of which my opinions are heavily influenced by. I will note the
             The first historical problem I found is the vagueness on the nature of the
             relationship between Augustus and Julius Caesar. Caesar was the great uncle of
             Augustus. Caesar was impressed with Augustus at an early age. Cassius Dio, in
             his History of Rome claims the following:
             "Caesar....enrolled him among the patricians, and trained him for the rule,
             carefully educating him in all the...