Upon Lucius Vorenus asking why should the Republic be changed and the nobles out placed, Octavian counters by saying "Because the Roman people are suffering, because slaves have taken all the work, because nobles have taken all the land, and because the streets are filled with the homeless and the starving". He has political beliefs favoring rule by the people rather than the elite. He is also well read in philosophy and is implied to be a monotheist and more specifically a deist (in contrast to his polytheistic society)-he does not believe in the Roman gods, but is open to the possibility of some kind of Prime Mover. His friendship with Pullo becomes a major plot point in the second season, with Octavian even entrusting to the soldier the assassination of the teenage Caesarion. He does however occasionally display his insecurities such as self-doubt in front of his sister (for whom he has sexual feelings) and Titus Pullo, to whom he admits his mediocre skills in physical combat, "I dare say I can kill a man, so long as he's not fighting back." He has already demonstrated this upon Pullo's rescue of him from being kidnapped by bandits hired by Pompey, when he beats to death an already heavily wounded bandit.
He also displays a cynicism which is most likely a product of exposure to his amoral mother and the morally corrosive nature of Roman politics.
His astute understanding of those around makes him observant and lethally sharp in guessing the motives and intent of others. Highly intelligent and well read, Octavian is a young man whose formidable strategic acuity distinguishes him from others, even among the upper classes of Rome.
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