Caesar's Heir and Ours

In 44 BC, a teenage boy named Gaius Octavius received staggering news. Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in the known world, had named him as adopted son and primary heir in his will. Octavius was not born into this inheritance. He was the grandson of Caesar's sister — connected by blood, yes, but holding no legal claim to Caesar's name, estate, or authority.…