5/28/20

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  • Caesars grandnephew takes over the throne at the age of 18
  • Octavion defeats Lepidus at the battle of actium
  • Ocavian was given the name "imperator"
  • Imperator means supreme military commander 
  • That is where we get the term emperor 
  • Octavian rules for 40 years
  • Pax Romana was 207 years long 
  • Octavia expanded the Rome empire further into Africa
  • he died of natural causes
  • after his death the power was passed down to emperors
  • Tiberius ruled from AD 14 to AD 37
  • Caligula ruled from AD 37 to AD 41
  • Claudius ruled from AD 41 to AD 54
  • Nero ruled from AD 54 to AD 68

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