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23 Sep 63 BCE

Octavian born Gaius Octavius Thurinus at Rome.
Mar 44 BCE

Octavian / Augustus adopted posthumously by Julius Caesar.
43 BCE - 36 BCE

Second Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus (official approval by the Roman Senate). Mass proscriptions including Cicero.
42 BCE

Octavian and Antony defeat Republicans under Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi (Greece).
38 BCE

Octavian amasses a naval fleet to defeat Sextus Pompey.
36 BCE

Octavian strips Lepidus of all power but Pontifex Maximus (supreme priest). Lepidus dies of old age in 12 BC.
31 BCE

Octavian uses Corcyra as a Roman naval base.
2 Sep 31 BCE

The Battle of Actium. Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
29 BCE

Octavian celebrates a triple triumph in Rome.
27 BCE

Octavian is given extraordinary powers and the name Augustus by the Roman Senate.
27 BCE - 14 CE

Reign of Augustus Caesar. Athens and the Agora restored.
27 BCE

Augustus creates the Praetorian Guard.
c. 23 BCE

Augustus takes over most of the powers of the tribuni plebis.
19 BCE

Augustus is given supreme powers by the Roman Senate.
19 BCE

Arch of Augustus built in Rome to commemorate victory over the Parthians.
c. 10 BCE

Statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus sculpted.
c. 10 BCE

Augustus rebuilds the Temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome's Forum Romanum.
9 BCE

A massive altar the Ara Pacis is completed by Augustus in Rome.
c. 2 BCE

Augustus is declared "Father of the Country".
2 BCE

Augusutus inaugurates the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE.
2 BCE

Augustus appoints two Prefects (praefectus praetorio) to command the Praetorian Guard.
6 CE

Augustus creates the aerarium militare, a treasury drawn from taxes in order to fund a professional Roman army.
6 CE

Augustus creates Rome's permanent firefighting force, the Vigiles.
c. 13 CE

Augustus creates the cohortes urbanae in Rome to help maintain public order.
19 Aug 14 CE

Augustus dies at Nola of natural causes.