Octavian is finally back on the shelves and I am going to have an opportunity to read it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just announced:] Reference

She asks about why Octavian is children's lit and frankly, I haven't seen anyone argue that point except Esme.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interesting Post Over at Planet Esme] Reference

Yes, it has some very thrilling moments, but, technically speaking, I still think Octavian is the better book.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poor Lois] Reference

But here's my go at it: Octavian is raised in an odd house where only he and his mother, a princess in exile, have names.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party] Reference

(Photo: Franco Biciocchi, courtesy HBO) Caesar's heir: "Octavian" calculates his next move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rome Yet Again] Reference

(then known as Octavian) defeated Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. when he was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gen-X Rising] Reference

The person playing Octavian is brilliant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rome II] Reference

To the examples there cited may be added the episodes in "Octavian" (15th century), published in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Arthurian Romances] Reference

In the 13th-century poem of "Octavian" (ed. Vollmuller.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Arthurian Romances] Reference

From fighting Antony, Octavian turned to alliance with him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

The battle of Actium in 31 B.C. made Octavian master of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Octavian, not the magistrates of Rome, now ruled the Roman world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Antony receiving the government of the East, Octavian that of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference

The victor Octavian had already taken the name of his grand-uncle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

Octavian easily made himself a power, winning the populace by paying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

In the western half of the empire Octavian ruled quietly and with success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Men now began to talk of Octavian as the destined restorer of the republic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Octavian, being well pleased with the services of one of his men, tells him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference

Octavian, on his return to Rome, enjoyed the honors of a three days 'triumph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Octavia, the sister of Octavian, in order that the Egyptian might take her place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

They willingly followed Octavian to a war against one who seemed a national enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Transpadana, he went to Rome and obtained from Octavian the restitution of his land.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference

But for the commanders, Octavian and his able lieutenant, there was nothing to regret.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

Octavian is Emperor of Rome, and here again the happy conclusion finds place in that city.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early Theories of Translation] Reference

Herod, whom the triumvirs, Antony and Octavian, had placed on the throne of Judea in 37 B.C.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Octavian, which followed next after Douglas, some of the pathetic passages were beautifully expressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference

Many of the Eastern kinglets were considering whether they could not make a better bargain with Octavian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

For these two reasons, Octavian is a very hazardous part for a performer who aims at substantial fame, to attempt.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference

On the site of the camp Octavian afterwards founded Nicopolis, "the City of Victory," as the memorial of his triumph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

Rome, where he and his brother Octavian, together with several other victims, were confined in the castle of S. Angelo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference

After the sack of Ostia, the autocratic rule of Caesar's successor Octavian transformed Rome from a republic to an empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rome Returns] Reference

If Antony showed any sign of coming out, there would be time to bring up the whole fleet of Octavian to meet him in the open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

Men who could scarcely be endured in third or fourth rate parts, have selected Octavian to figure in, on their benefit nights.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference

Octavian, the dictator of the West, had expelled Lepidus from the African provinces that had been assigned to him as his territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

The Western fleet had steered to a position off the entrance formed in two divisions, the one led by Agrippa, the other by Octavian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

It was thus that Octavian was able securely to embark his army in successive divisions, and land it without interruption at the port of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference