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23 Sep 63 BCEOctavian born Gaius Octavius Thurinus at Rome.
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Mar 44 BCEOctavian / Augustus adopted posthumously by Julius Caesar.
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43 BCE - 36 BCESecond Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus (official approval by the Roman Senate). Mass proscriptions including Cicero.
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42 BCEOctavian and Antony defeat Republicans under Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi (Greece).
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38 BCEOctavian amasses a naval fleet to defeat Sextus Pompey.
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36 BCEOctavian strips Lepidus of all power but Pontifex Maximus (supreme priest). Lepidus dies of old age in 12 BC.
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31 BCEOctavian uses Corcyra as a Roman naval base.
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2 Sep 31 BCEThe Battle of Actium. Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
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29 BCEOctavian celebrates a triple triumph in Rome.
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27 BCEAugustus creates the Praetorian Guard.
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27 BCE - 14 CEReign of Augustus Caesar. Athens and the Agora restored.
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27 BCEOctavian is given extraordinary powers and the name Augustus by the Roman Senate.
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c. 23 BCEAugustus takes over most of the powers of the tribuni plebis.
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19 BCEArch of Augustus built in Rome to commemorate victory over the Parthians.
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19 BCEAugustus is given supreme powers by the Roman Senate.
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c. 10 BCEAugustus rebuilds the Temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome's Forum Romanum.
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c. 10 BCEStatue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus sculpted.
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9 BCEA massive altar the Ara Pacis is completed by Augustus in Rome.
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2 BCEAugusutus inaugurates the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE.
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c. 2 BCEAugustus is declared "Father of the Country".
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2 BCEAugustus appoints two Prefects (praefectus praetorio) to command the Praetorian Guard.
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6 CEAugustus creates the aerarium militare, a treasury drawn from taxes in order to fund a professional Roman army.
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6 CEAugustus creates Rome's permanent firefighting force, the Vigiles.
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c. 13 CEAugustus creates the cohortes urbanae in Rome to help maintain public order.
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19 Aug 14 CEAugustus dies at Nola of natural causes.
