Timeline Flashcards
Dates and events
1
Q
63 bc
A
Octavian is born
2
Q
44 bc
A
- Caesar dies
- declared heir
- arrives in Rome
- games of Venus genetrix
- Caesars commet
3
Q
43 bc
A
- Battle of mutina
- demands consulship
- 2nd triumvirate (Octavian, Antony, Lepidus)
- proscriptions
- marriage to Claudia
4
Q
42 bC
A
- Caesar is deified
* battle of phillipi against Brutus and Cassius
5
Q
41 bc
A
- veteran resettlement
* war outbreak with Lucius Antonius
6
Q
40 BC
A
- defeat Lucius Antonius at perusia
- treaty of Brundisium
- empire divided (Lepidus gets Africa)
- marriage to scribonia
7
Q
39 bc
A
- treaty of Misenum sextus, control over sicily
* Julia is born
8
Q
38 BC
A
- marriage to Livia, mother of Tiberius and drusus
* war begins against Pompey for grain blockades
9
Q
36 BC
A
- Pompey defeated by Agrippa (Naulocus)
- Lepidus is banished, maintaining his titles
- Octavian gets tribunician powers
10
Q
35-34 bc
A
- Greek campaign
* annex of Armenia
11
Q
33 bc
A
Second consulship
12
Q
32 bc
A
- Octavian denounces Antony
- Antony divorces Octavia
- Octavian takes Antony’s will from Vestal virgins and reads it publicly
- war against Cleopatra declared
13
Q
31 bc
A
- battle of Actium
* 3rd consulship, held until 23 bc
14
Q
30 bc
A
- death of Antony and Cleopatra in Alexandria
- death of Caesarian and Antyllus
- annex of Egypt
15
Q
29 bc
A
- Triple triumph: Dalmatia, Actium, Egypt
- dedication of public buildings
- temple of Divi Julius
- closure of the gates of Janus Quirinus
16
Q
28 bc
A
- sixth consulship with Agrippa
- princeps senatus
- first census
17
Q
27 bc
A
- First constitutional settlement/ restoration of the Republic - resigns yet still runs the state, given the name Augustus
- princeps
18
Q
25 bc
A
Julia marries Marcellus
19
Q
23 bc
A
- second constitutional settlement - relinquish consulship, tribunicial powers for life, renewed imperium
- heir Marcellus dies
20
Q
22 bc
A
- refuses dictatorship
* oversees coin provision
21
Q
21 bc
A
Agrippa marries Julia
22
Q
20 bc
A
Settlement with Armenia and Parthia
23
Q
19 bc
A
Death of Virgil rip virgin
24
Q
18 bc
A
Agrippa gets tribunicial powers
25
17 bc
Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius
26
16 bc
Conquest in the north with Tiberius and drusus
27
13 bc
• death of Lepidus
28
12 bc
* Augustus becomes pontifex maximus
| * death of Agrippa
29
11 bc
* . Tiberius marries his stepsister, Julia
| * Octavia dies
30
9 bc
* Ara pacis dedication
| * Drusus dies
31
7 bc
Tiberius has triumph for Germany
32
5 bc
12th consulship
33
2 bc
* 13th consulship
* pater patriae
* Julia banished for adultery
34
2 ad
death of Lucius
35
4 ad
* death of Gaius
| * adoption of Tiberius
36
14 ad
death of Augustus