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Where was Octavian studying when he learned about Julius Caesarās assassination?
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Portrait of the emperor Augustus, marble, Roman, c. 14ā37 ce; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Height 27.94 cm.
Octavian was in Apollonia (located in modern-day Albania) completing his academic and military studies when he learned of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE.1