Augustus Caesar

Full Name: Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius]
Nationality: Roman
Profession: Roman Emperor
Why Famous: Emperor of Rome at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ. First Roman emperor to have been made a god.
Born: 23rd September, 63
Star Sign: Virgo

Died: 19th August, 14 (aged 49)

Married Life

0038-01-17 - Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, marries Livia Drusilla.

Historical Events in the Life of Augustus Caesar

0027-01-16 - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.
0030-07-31 - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
0030-08-01 - Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
0031-09-02 - Final war of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium - off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
0036-09-03 - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
0042-10-03 - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
0042-10-23 - Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.
0043-08-19 - Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
0043-11-26 - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.

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