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10 Cards in this Set
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42 BCE Battle of Philippi
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-Final battle between Octavian/Antony and Brutus/Crassius
-Civil war to avenge Caesar -Brutus + Cassius = suicide when defeat looked certain |
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31 BCE Battle of Actium
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-Antony/Cleopatra vs Octavian
-Naval battle -Octavian won, end of the republic |
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27 BCE Augustus' First Settlement
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-Show of return of power to the Senate
-Senate gave Augustus the name and Princeps -Gave him Gaul, Spain, Syria, Egypt and Cyprus |
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23 BCE Augustus' Second Settlement
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-Gave up permanent consulship
-Retained consular imperium -Became a proconsul and powers of a tribune without the title -Sole imperium in Rome |
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19 BCE Augustus' Third Settlement
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-Given all the powers of a consul, insignia, powers, etc. without the title
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2 BCE Pater Patriae
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-Father of the Republic
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9 CE Destruction of Varus' Legions
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--Varus defeated in Germany, loss of 3 legions
-Roman finances strained so new taxes -5% on inheritance, 1% sales |
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14 CE Augustus' Death
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-Augustus declared to be a God
-Tiberius, his adopted son, takes over |
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41 CE Caligula's Assassination
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-Tyrant: cultivated powers of a dictator rather than Princeps
-Assassinated by the Praetorian guard, start of a trend |
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54 CE Death of Claudius
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-Poisoned by his wife Agrippina
-Perhaps to ensure succession of Nero |
