Caesar’s Will (March 44 BC)

After the assassination Caesar’s will was opened. He left three quarters of his estate to Gaius Octavius, the grandson of his sister, and the rest to Lucius Pinarius and Quintus Pedius. At the end he adopted Octavius and gave him his name. Among the guardians named for a possible son were some of his assassins (Suetonius, Julius 83).

Under the will every Roman was to receive 75 drachmas (Plutarch, Antony 16). Caesar’s money was held by Antony.