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Emperor Augustus

Dates are marked in increments of five years. Other years are noted only for the first event in a given year.

35 B.C.

Actium -31 B.C.

30
  • Conquest of Egypt
  • Suicide of Antony and Cleopatra
  • 1st Constitutional Settlement - January 13, 27 B.C.
  • Octavian becomes Augustus - January 16

25
  • Julia marries Marcellus
  • Augustus ill - 23 B.C.
  • 2d Constitutional Settlement
  • Marcellus dies
  • Julia marries Agrippa - 21 B.C.

20
  • Gaius Caesar born
  • Lucius Caesar born - 17 B.C.
  • Augustus adopts Lucius and Gaius

15
  • Agrippa dies - 12 B.C.
  • Augustus made pontifex maximus
  • Julia marries Tiberius - 11 B.C.

10
  • Month of Sextilis renamed August - 9 B.C.
  • Dedication of the Ara pacis Augustae
  • Rome divided into 14 regions

5
  • Augustus dedicates the forum - 2 B.C.
  • Augustus becomes Pater Patriae
  • Julia exiled

0
  • Lucius Caesar Dies at Marseilles - 2 A.D.
  • Gaius Caesar dies - 4 A.D.
  • Augustus adopts Tiberius and Agrippa Postumus

5 A.D.
  • Agrippa Postumus banished to Planasia - 6 or 7 A.D.
  • 3 legions annihilated in Teutoberg Forest, Germany - 9 A.D.

10

Augustus dies at Nola - 14 A.D.

Source: Chronicle of the Roman Emperors, by Chris Scarre. London: Thames and Hudson; 1995.
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