Born
63 BC
Died
14
Nationality
Roman
Events involving Augustus (Octavian) (27)
43 BC
ID: 2709
Second Triumvirate formed - Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus legally divide Roman world, proscription lists begin
ID: 2709
42 BC
ID: 2711
Battle of Philippi - Octavian and Antony defeat Brutus and Cassius, both commit suicide, Republic effectively dead
ID: 2711
36 BC
ID: 2713
Battle of Naulochus - Agrippa defeats Sextus Pompey, Lepidus tries coup, stripped of power, triumvirate becomes duumvirate
ID: 2713
31 BC
ID: 2739
Egypt becomes Augustus's personal province - not senatorial, provides vast wealth, prefect not proconsul governs
ID: 2739
31 BC
ID: 2714
September 2, 31 BC
Battle of Actium - Agrippa defeats Antony and Cleopatra's fleet, they flee to Egypt, Octavian master of Roman world
ID: 2714
30 BC
ID: 2715
August 30 BC
Death of Antony and Cleopatra - Antony falls on sword, Cleopatra uses asp, Octavian annexes Egypt, Ptolemaic dynasty ends
ID: 2715
29 BC
ID: 2716
Octavian celebrates triple triumph - Temple of Janus closed for first time in 200 years, signifying peace
ID: 2716
28 BC
ID: 2717
Octavian 'restores the Republic' - returns powers to Senate (facade), conducts census, begins administrative reforms
ID: 2717
27 BC
ID: 2718
January 16, 27 BC
Octavian becomes Augustus - Senate grants title and proconsular power, First Settlement creates Principate, Roman Empire begins
ID: 2718
25 BC
ID: 2740
Provincial reorganization - peaceful provinces to Senate, military frontiers to emperor, efficient administration established
ID: 2740
23 BC
ID: 2719
Second Settlement - Augustus resigns consulship, receives tribunician power for life and imperium maius, constitutional foundation complete
ID: 2719
20 BC
ID: 2720
Parthians return Roman standards - diplomatic triumph, eagles lost at Carrhae returned, presented as military victory
ID: 2720
18 BC
ID: 2722
Julian marriage laws - attempts to restore traditional morality, penalties for adultery, rewards for having children
ID: 2722
15 BC
ID: 2723
Alpine regions conquered - Raetia and Noricum annexed, Alps fully under Roman control
ID: 2723
13 BC
ID: 2724
Ara Pacis consecrated - Altar of Peace celebrates Augustus's return from Gaul, masterpiece of Roman art
ID: 2724
12 BC
ID: 2725
Augustus becomes Pontifex Maximus - after Lepidus dies, controls state religion, completes power consolidation
ID: 2725
9 BC
ID: 2726
Battle of Teutoburg Forest - Varus loses three legions to Germanic tribes, Augustus: 'Varus, give me back my legions!'
ID: 2726
2 BC
ID: 2728
Augustus named Pater Patriae - Father of the Fatherland, highest honor, universal recognition of achievements
ID: 2728
2
ID: 2729
Julia the Elder exiled - Augustus's daughter banished for adultery, victim of her father's own moral laws
ID: 2729
4
ID: 2730
Augustus adopts Tiberius - after deaths of preferred heirs, adopts stepson as successor, succession planned
ID: 2730
6
ID: 2731
Vigiles created - professional firefighters for Rome, 7,000 men, urban administration improved
ID: 2731
8
ID: 2732
Ovid exiled to Tomis - great poet banished to Black Sea for 'poem and error,' dies in exile, mystery never solved
ID: 2732
9
ID: 2733
Lex Papia Poppaea - strengthens marriage laws, ironic as both consuls proposing it are unmarried
ID: 2733
12
ID: 2734
Tiberius's Pannonian triumph - last triumph of Augustus's reign, adopted son proven as military commander
ID: 2734
13
ID: 2735
Augustus completes Res Gestae - autobiographical account of achievements, to be inscribed on bronze pillars at mausoleum
ID: 2735
14
ID: 2736
August 19, 14
Death of Augustus at Nola - dies peacefully at 75, 'Did I play my part well in the comedy of life?', Tiberius succeeds
ID: 2736
14
ID: 2737
September 14
Augustus deified - declared god by Senate, temple built, imperial cult established, month Sextilis renamed August
ID: 2737