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Augustus
- Constitutional reforms of AugustusThe constitutional reforms of Augustus reshaped the Roman world without anyone quite noticing a republic had ended. Between 30 BC and 2 BC, the man who would…
- AugustusOn the 8th of May 44 BC, a teenager named Gaius Octavius accepted a dead man's will and, with it, the most dangerous inheritance in the Roman world.
- Rise of AugustusIn 44 BC, Octavian was studying and undergoing military training in Apollonia, Illyria when Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March.
- Bellum SiculumOn the 15th of March 44 BC, Julius Caesar lay dead on the floor of the Senate House. His assassination triggered a chain reaction that placed Sextus Pompey's…
- Battle of PhilippiIn 42 BC, the Roman world stood on a knife-edge between two factions: the Optimates and the Populares. Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC had ignited a…
- Battle of ActiumThe Battle of Actium, fought on the 2nd of September 31 BC, decided who would rule the known world. On one side sat Octavian, heir to Julius Caesar's name…
- War of ActiumThe War of Actium ended the Roman Republic, and it began with a will. Octavian had illegally seized the document from the Temple of Vesta, and when he read…
- Reign of AugustusIn 31 BC, the naval forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra met their end at the Battle of Actium off the northwestern coast of Roman Greece.
- Augustus (title)Augustus is one of the most durable words in the history of power. On the 16th of January, 27 BC, the Roman Senate gave this title to a man named Octavian…
- Cantabrian WarsThe Cantabrian Wars began in 29 BC, the last stand of the last independent Celtic nations of Hispania against the full weight of the Roman Empire.
- Divi filiusThe phrase divi filius translates directly to son of a god in Latin. This definition anchors the entire political and religious history that follows.
- Second TriumvirateThe Second Triumvirate was born on the 27th of November 43 BC, when three men divided the Roman world between them and gave themselves powers no Roman had…
- Augustan literature (ancient Rome)Augustan literature names a body of Latin writing produced during the reign of Augustus, Rome's first emperor, from 27 BC to AD 14.
- Battle of the Teutoburg ForestThe Battle of the Teutoburg Forest began with a payday. On the morning of the 7th of September, 9 CE, the Roman army mustered to move out, and the muster was…
- Pax RomanaPax Romana, Latin for Roman Peace, names roughly two hundred years during which Rome stood as the undisputed center of the ancient world.
- Res Gestae Divi AugustiAugustus composed a text that would outlive his body by over two thousand years. He finished writing just one month before his death on the 19th of August AD…