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38 BC Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, weds Livia Drusilla

38 BC Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, weds Livia Drusilla

38 BC Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, weds Livia Drusilla

Key People

Augustus Caesar

Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

Augustus Caesar

Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

Livia

Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14

Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14

Events Before

  1. 28 Roman General Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul

    28 Roman General Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul

  2. 30 Scholars estimate for the crucifixion of Jesus by Roman troops in Jerusalem [or April 3]

    The siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire (66–73 CE).

  3. 30 BC Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently desert

    30 BC Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octavian's invasion of Egypt

  4. 31 The first Easter is celebrated by Christians, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus

    31 The first Easter is celebrated by Christians, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus

  5. 31 BC Battle of Actium: Decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian's forces defeat those u

    31 BC Battle of Actium: Decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian's forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece.

Events After

  1. 41 Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after the latter's assassination by officers of the Praetorian

    41 Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after the latter's assassination by officers of the Praetorian Guard

  2. 42 BC Second Battle of Philippi: Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian during the Roman Repub

    42 BC Second Battle of Philippi: Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian during the Roman Republican civil wars causing Brutus to fall on his sword

  3. 43 BC Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him consul

    43 BC Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him consul

  4. 43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leaders formed by Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus,

    43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leaders formed by Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony

  5. 43 BC Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark

    43 BC Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark Antony

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Key figures include Augustus Caesar (Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14), Augustus Caesar (Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14), Livia (Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14).

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