Extrabiblical Evidences of Biblical Persons, Places, and/or Events: Caesar Augustus

Gaius Octavius (b. 63 BC/BCE, Italy – d. 14 AD/CE), the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar,  is mentioned only once in the Bible, at Luke 2:1.  Gaius is best known as Augustus Caesar or Caesar Augustus.  His full imperial title was Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus Divi Filius Augustus.  By birth he was Julius Casear’s great nephew.

What They Think of Us: Napoleon Bonaparte

"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires but on what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius?  Upon force.  Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love, and at this hour millions of men would die for him."  Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French (1804-1815).

Napoleone di Buonaparte (1769 - 1821) was born on the island of Corsica to parents of Italian ancestry.  Before being ceded to France, the island had belonged to the Republic of Genoa.  As a military leader and ruler, Bonaparte was never known for his humility.

Raised as a Roman Catholic, as an adult he was a deist who rejected the deity of Jesus and thought of God as distant and absent.  Even so, he accepted the Anointing of the Sick sacrament from a Roman Catholic priest shortly before he died.