Rome portrays Octavian as an emotionless and openly calculating member of the elite .
Suetonius presents Octavian as more of a home - spun populist and a lover of other men 's wives .
Rome portrays Octavian as an emotionless and openly calculating member of the elite , while Suetonius presents him as more of a home - spun populist and a lover of other men 's wives .