Born into an old, wealthy equestrian branch of the Plebeian Octavii family, Augustus was adopted posthumously by his maternal great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar in 44 BC following Caesar's assassination.

Historians typically refer to him as simply Octavius between his birth in 63 until his posthumous adoption by Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

Though he quickly dropped " Octavianus " from his name and his contemporaries referred to him as " Caesar " during this period, historians refer to him as Octavian between 44 BC and 27 BC.

On 15 March 44 BC, Octavius's adoptive father Julius Caesar was assassinated by a conspiracy led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

At the time Caesar was killed on the Ides of March ( the 15th ) 44 BC, Octavius was studying and undergoing military training in Apollonia, Illyria.

Octavian made another bold move in 44 BC when without official permission he appropriated the annual tribute that had been sent from Rome's Near Eastern province

In 44 BC Julius Caesar added two plebeian aediles, called Cereales, whose special duty was the care of the cereal ( corn ) supply.

Other famous victims are Philip II of Macedon ( 336 BC ), the father of Alexander the Great, and Roman consul Julius Caesar ( 44 BC ).

For 44 BC, Roman dictator-for-life Julius Caesar planned to lead a major campaign to crush Burebista and his allies once and for all, but he was assassinated before it could start.

Octavian's prestige and, more importantly, the loyalty of his legions, had been initially boosted by Julius Caesar's legacy of 44 BC, by which the then nineteen-year-old Octavian had been officially adopted as the only son of the great Roman general and also established as the sole legitimate heir of his enormous wealth.

The Dictatorship was definitively abolished in 44 BC after the assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar.

Caesar followed the example in 49 BC and in February 44 BC was proclaimed Dictator perpetuo, " Dictator in perpetuity ", officially doing away with any limitations on his power, which he kept until his assassination the following month.

* 44 BC: Julius Caesar is murdered.

Gaius Julius Caesar (, July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC ) was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose.

But the underlying political conflicts had not been resolved, and on the Ides of March ( 15 March ) 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus.

Between his crossing of the Rubicon River in 49 BC, and his assassination in 44 BC, Caesar established a new constitution, which was intended to accomplish three separate goals.

From 47 to 44 BC he made plans for the distribution of land to about 15, 000 of his veterans.

In February 44 BC, one month before his assassination, he was appointed dictator for life.

On the Ides of March ( 15 March ; see Roman calendar ) of 44 BC, Caesar was due to appear at a session of the Senate.

Category: 44 BC deaths

According to the estimate of a former prime minister, Hrant Bagratian, 55 percent of Armenia's GDP is controlled by 44 families.

According to the IBGE, 160, 000 people live in Copacabana and 44, 000 or 27. 5 % of them are 60 years old or older.

According to the last population census of 14 years old which was held in 1998, households whose primary language in Karachi was as follows: Urdu: 48. 52 %; Punjabi: 13. 94 %; ; ; Balochi: 4. 34 %; Saraiki: 2. 11 %; others: 12. 44 %.

According to Livy, he reigned for 44 years, until murdered by his treacherous daughter Tullia and son-in-law Tarquinius Superbus.

According to a survey of professional philosophers and others on their philosophical views which was carried out in November 2009 ( taken by 3226 respondents, including 1803 philosophy faculty members and / or PhDs and 829 philosophy graduate students ) 44. 9 % of respondents accept or lean towards correspondence theories, 20. 7 % accept or lean towards deflationary theories and 13. 8 % epistemic theories.

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 44 841 000 in 2010, compared to only 7 650 000 in 1950.

According to the statistical record used by CricketArchive, Grace's final first-class appearance in 1908 was his 870th and concluded a first-class career that had lasted 44 seasons from 1865 to 1908, equalling the record for the longest career span held by John Sherman, who played from 1809 to 1852.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1, 257 square miles ( 3, 256 km² ), of which 1, 213 square miles ( 3, 141 km² ) is land and 44 square miles ( 115 km² ) ( 3. 53 %) is water.

According to the census of 2000, the largest ancestry groups in Montgomery County were African 44. 95 %, English 42. 1 %, and Scots-Irish 1 %.

According to a 2008 estimate, Perth has a population of 44, 820.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 67. 44 %) is land and ( or 32. 55 %) is water.

According to an October 2008 poll from the Mainland Affairs Council, on the question of Taiwan's status, 36. 17 % of respondents favor maintaining the status quo until a decision can be made in the future, 25. 53 % favors maintaining the status quo indefinitely, 12. 49 % favors maintaining the status quo until eventual independence, 4. 44 % favors maintaining the status quo until eventual reunification, 14. 80 % favors independence as soon as possible, and 1. 76 % favors reunification as soon as possible.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 60. 44 %) is land and ( or 39. 56 %) is water.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 96. 56 %) is land and ( or 3. 44 %) is water.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 99. 56 %) is land and ( or 0. 44 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 19. 44 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 477 square miles ( 1, 235 km² ), of which 475 square miles ( 1, 229 km² ) is land and 2 square miles ( 5 km² ) ( 0. 44 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 2. 44 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1, 971 square miles ( 5, 105 km² ), of which 1, 962 square miles ( 5, 082 km² ) is land and 9 square miles ( 23 km² ) ( 0. 44 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, the smallest county in Rhode Island, of which is land and ( 44. 80 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 617 square miles ( 1, 599 km² ), of which 608 square miles ( 1, 576 km² ) is land and 9 square miles ( 23 km² ) ( 1. 44 %) is water.

According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 99. 56 %) is land and ( or 0. 44 %) is water.

According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 44, 846, which is an increase of 6. 1 % from 42, 285 in 2000.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it ( 0. 44 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 1. 44 %) is water.