Was Augustus Caesar a male or female? ?
I think I see where you are getting confused Octavian — Male Octavia — female Basically, the story goes that Mark Anthony and Octavian were bitter rivals for the legacy of Julius Caesar after Caesar’s assassination. Through shrewd politics, Octavian had driven Mark Anthony out of Italy and Anthony came to control Gaul (Modern France). In their divided state, the conspirators against Caesar, Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius marched against them with 15 legions scrapped together from the east. With both of them facing this threat, Mark Anthony and Octavian did the unthinkable; they joined forces. To concrete this alliance, Octavian (the man) gave his sister, Octavia, to Mark Anthony in marriage. Their combined 17 legions met the conspirators forces at the Battle of Philippi, defeating them and cementing their place as the masters of Rome Octavian, Anthony, and the third member of their alliance, Lepidus, divided the world. Octavian took Italy and everything north and west. Lepidus was g