Augustus died on 19 August 14 CE in Nola, aged 75. The first Roman emperor, Augustus was born Gaius Octavius and was adopted in the will of his great-uncle Julius Caesar, whose assassination brought him into politics. After a power struggle with Mark Antony, whom he defeated at Actium in 31 BCE, he ended the civil wars that had plagued the Republic. In 27 BCE he accepted the title of Augustus and established the Principate, in which he kept the forms of the Republic while holding real power. His long rule brought peace, which Romans called the Pax Romana, a reorganised army and provinces, and a programme of building in Rome. He was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius.
Before and after
- from 9 CE to 23 CEXin dynasty
- 17 November 9 CEBirth of Vespasian
- 10 CEBirth of Linus
- 31 August 12 CEBirth of Caligula
- 19 August 14 CEDeath of Augustus
- 17 CEDeath of Ovid
- c. 20 CEBirth of Mark the Evangelist
- c. 20 CEConstruction of the Roman Theatre of Orange
- from 30 CE to 375 CEKushan Empire
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- from June 68 CE to December 69 CEYear of the Four Emperors
- 293 CEDiocletian establishes the Tetrarchy
The era
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