**Julius** was killed in year 3718 [(see above year 3662)].

**Augustus Octavianus** son of the brother of Julius Caesar reigned in year 3718 at age 19. And he was a cunning sage and clever. When they came to place the crown of the Caesars on his head, he took the crown in his two hands and said thus: 'Crown, crown, if it were known to any man the troubles and good things, the fears and evils that are beneath you, even if you were found in the marketplace thrown among the stones, no one would take you nor lift you from the ground.

And I, as a servant, have sold myself to this tree to do its work, and not to be a lord and Caesar.' And the crown is not a sign of kingship but only fetters of affliction and iron. How true are the words of the Caesar! And there was none among all the Roman Caesars like him in virtues and perfection. And he prolonged his days on his kingdom more than any Caesar.

As is written in Sefer Nachalat Avot by Avraham El in the section 'one hundred by one hundred' - this is one humble in spirit. Caesar Augustus girded himself with strength to avenge his uncle Caesar Julius, and he fought against Cassius, the third of Rome, with the help of his friend Antoninus, mighty of the Romans. And there was a great and mighty war between them, and on that day fell, according to Josephus, more than 100,000.

In Besos Shos fell Shuh, and all the men who had stretched out their hands against his uncle Caesar Julius, Caesar Augustus killed with severe torments [(Tzeda)].