7 famous political figures you didn’t know were adopted

7. Augustus Caesar

Had Gaius Octavius not been adopted by Julius Caesar, he never would have become Rome’s first emperor. Born on September 23, 63 B.C., Gaius Octavius was the son of Octavius and the daughter of Julius Caesar’s sister Julia. Upon Caesar’s death in 44 B.C., his will indicated his wish to adopt his great-nephew. In so doing, he became Gaius Julius Caesar. After defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 27 B.C., the Roman Senate voted him a new name, Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus.

Adoption changes lives.  And in the cases of these people, it changes nations.