An haife shi a Ox Head, wani karamin dukiya a kan Palatine Hill, kusa da Roman Forum. An ba shi sunan Gaius Octavius Thurinus, sunan mahaifiyarsa mai yiwuwa ya tuna da nasarar mahaifinsa a Thurii a kan 'yan tawayen bayi. Suetonius ya rubuta: "Akwai alamomi da yawa da ke nuna cewa dangin Octavian sun kasance a zamanin tsohuwar sanannen abu a Velitrae; domin ba kawai wata hanya ce a cikin mafi yawan ɓangaren garin Punvian da ake kira Octavius Kaisar ba, amma an nuna bagade a can, wanda Octavius ya keɓe shi.
Shugaban Ox