When Julius Caesar was assassinated his will named his great-nephew Octavian as his principle heir. Octavian would later become Augustus, first Emperor of the Roman Empire. Now Octavian was an odd choice of heir, because he had very little political or military experience. The only military experience he had was accompanying Caesar on his last campaign in Spain. On this campaign Octavian was shipwrecked and had to cross enemy territory to reach Caesar, something that impressed him greatly. So what if Octavian had been killed when his ship crashed or when he was crossing enemy territory. Who would Caesar have named his heir with Octavian dead? What would happen to the republic? To Cleopatra and Caesar's son Caesarion? To Marc Antony and the Caesarion Party? To his assassins?