Max Pirkis as Octavius(ian)

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I wondered about that, too, Heraklia
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Max Pirkis as Octavius(ian)

Author: * Heraklia Aelius - 4 Posts on this thread out of 7,306 Posts sitewide.
Date: Aug 29, 2005 - 11:44

I was struck by young Max Pirkis (you may remember him as the sweet midshipman in Master and Commander, who plays Octavian. I was struck by how eerily he DOES look like Octavian, although I must admit, it's hard for me to take a dark-haired Caesar:

Octavius/Augustus as a youth

Max Pirkis as Octavius

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