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In 52 or 51 BC, Julia Caesaris died.

Octavius delivered the funeral oration for his grandmother.

From this point, his mother and stepfather took a more active role in raising him.

He donned the toga virilis four years later, and was elected to the College of Pontiffs in 47 BC.

The following year he was put in charge of the Greek games that were staged in honor of the Temple of Venus Genetrix, built by Julius Caesar.

According to Nicolaus of Damascus, Octavius wished to join Caesar's staff for his campaign in Africa but gave way when his mother protested.

In 46 BC, she consented for him to join Caesar in Hispania, where he planned to fight the forces of Pompey, Caesar's late enemy, but Octavius fell ill and was unable to travel.