Octavian was now, in the year 31 BC, in a position that was utterly unprecedented. Civil war had troubled Rome for nearly twenty years, during which time the machinery of government was thrown into ...
On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar lay dead from 23 knife wounds inflicted by his assassins. The next day, the question on every Roman citizen’s mind was: Who will rule Rome now? Getting to the ...
Born 63 BC Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD Pivotal moment: In accepting his inheritance from Julius Caesar, Augustus turned the republic into the empire. There was very little in the family origins of Augustus ...
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