| 42 Oct 23 | Liberators' civil war ends at Philippi: M.(7) Junius Brutus siucides. | 42 Oct 23 wikTAR |
| 42 | History by C.(1) Asinius Pollio covers the civil war from 60 to 42. | 41 HRE 151 |
| 42 | After Philippi Caesar's VETERANS and time-served men of the levies of 49-8, who had now fulfilled the 6-year service norm, @40,000 men, are released and given land in Italy. Many towns selected (e.g. Capua, Ariminum, Bononia) lay at important road junctions, controlling access to Rome. 8,000 veterans who rejected the land-allotments are retained by Octavian and Antony to serve as praetorians. Eleven legions are formed now from those who had not served the 6-year minimum. | 42 CAH 10-375, 384, GHH |
| 42 | Legion XI, retired around Bovianum from 45, reconstituted by the triumvirate. | 42 wik11C |
| 42 | Lex Munatia Aemilia gives triumvirs the right to grant citizenship and exemption from taxes. | 42 atl1 |
| 42 | Temple of DIVUS JULIUS begun by Octavian at the south end of the Forum Romanum on the site of Caesar's cremation, replacing an earlier memorial to Caesar. Completed 29. | 42 CAH 10-839, pmpc, wikTC |
| 42 Oct? | Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS (Horace) republican tribune, flees from Thessaly to Italy, finds his father's farm in Venusia confiscated by Octavian, goes to Rome. | 42 B76 8-1072 |
| 42 Oct? | Dau of Cato Uticensis & Atilia, PORCIA dies. Widow of M. Bibulus d.48, wife of M.(7) Brutus from 45, learns of Philippi, suicides by stabbing. Emotion demands the generation of a legend saying she swallowed burning coal. | 42 DGRBM 3-498, atl1, wikLCW |
 Empire after Philippi 42BCE map: ColdEel |
| 42 Nov | 2nd TRIUMVIRATE, having distributed everything in 43 Oct/Nov, now redistributes everything. Antony to get Gaul and the job of paying troops and reorganizing the east. Lepidus, suspected of collaborating with Sextus Pompeius, to get nothing until proven innocent. Octavian to get Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Africa. | 43 B76 VI-158, CAH 10-26 |
| 42 Nov 16 |
Ti.(5) Claudius Nero (future emperor TIBERIUS) is born to Ti.(4) Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla (also a Claudian) at Fondi. | 42 CAH 10-75, DGRBM 3-1117, HRE 46, atl1, reTi, wikTCN, wikTi |
| 41 Jan 1 | CONSULS: P.(2) Servilius VATIA ISAURICUS and L. ANTONIUS Pietas, bro of Antony | 41 CAH 10-14, 28, DGRBM 1-216, 3-1233, FHBC 84, OCD 78, csm, wikCon |
| 41 Jan 1 | L. Antonius triumphs for victory in Alps. | 41 atl1 |
| 41 | LAND COMMISSION: C.(1) Asinius Pollio, C. Cornelius Gallus, Alfenus Varus sent by Octavian to Cisalpine Gaul to confiscate land for veterans. Causes disturbances thruout Italy. | 41 DGRBM 2-227, OCD 45, atl1 |
| 41 | CISALPINE GAUL, annexed from 42, is so tame that it is no longer assigned as a province. | post 42 wikRGG |
| c.41 | VIRGIL, in Cisalpine Gaul, finishes Ecologue #1 & 9 . | 41 OCD 1123 |
| 41 | C.(1) Asinius POLLIO, on land commission in Cisalpine Gaul, saves Virgil's property from being confiscated. | 41 OCD 852 |
| c.41 | VIRGIL (P. Vergilius Maro) has his family estate in Cisalpine Gaul confiscated until 37. | 41 atl1 |
| Virgil's estate confiscation is complicated. | no date: DGRBM 3-1264 |
| c.41 | Octavius Musa, appointed to carry out the distribution of land to veterans near Cremona, transgresses the limits of that district and encroaches on the territory of Mantua. | 41 HRE 151 |
| c.41 | After attempting arbitration between rival parties in Italy, vets declare support for Octavian. | 41 atl1 |
| 41 | Estate of Roman poet Albius Tibullus at Pedum confiscated. He will recover part of it. | 41 B76 IX-996 no date: DGRBM 3-1124 |
| 41 | CREMONA, Roman colony from 218, territory confiscated for a veteran colony. | 41 OCD 297 |
| 41 | ANTONY, having again threatened Brundusium with 300 ships, C. Maecenas and Cocceius hurry there from Rome, and again conclude an amicable arrangement. | 41 DGRG 1-445 |
| 41 | L. ANTONIUS is forced back to Perusia. | 41 fall CAH 10-16 |
| 41 | Ti.(4) CLAUDIUS NERO and wife Livia Drusilla and infant son Ti.(5) flee from Rome joining Antony's bro Lucius in Perusia. | 41 wikTCN |
| 41 | FULGINIUM Umbria occupied by Antonine generals Ventidius Bassus and Asinius Pollio. | 41 DGRG 1-919 |
| 41 | Consul L. ANTONIUS Pietas, bro of Antony, champions cause of Italians displaced by Octavian's land grants to vets. | 41 OCD 78 |
| 41 | Octavian becomes augur until 40. | 41 CAH 10-824 |
| 41 | C.(1) Asinius POLLIO is nominated consul for 40, but is obliged to consent to the proscription of his father-in-law, L. Quintius. | no date: DGRBM 3-437 |
| 41 | JULIA, dau of L. Julius Caesar & Fulvia, wid of Antonius Creticus and Lentulus Sura, flees from Rome to Sextus Pompeius in Sicily. She is out of Italy until 39. | 41 DGRBM 2-640 |
| 41 | Centurion NONIUS tries to suppress military disorder in Campus Martius, and is murdered by troops. | 41 DGRBM 2-1208 |
| c.41 | L.(1) Munatius PLANCUS commands Antony's troops in Italy. Accordingly when L. Antonius, bro, and Fulvia, wife of the triumvir, declare war against Octavian, they expect help from Plancus; but as Plancus does not know the views of his superior, he keeps aloof from the contest. | 41 DGRBM 3-383 |
| 41 | BRESCIA, a civitas from 89, given citizenship. Colonized 27. | 41 wikBrs |
| 41 | C.(1) Asinius POLLIO, on land commission in Cisalpine Gaul, menaces city of Patavium. | 41 atl1 |
| 41 | Minor mutiny of Augustus' troops at Placentia. | 41 DGRG 2-636 |
| 41 | Antony's wife FULVIA and bro LUCIUS think Octavian is getting too popular with troops, raise armies to oppose him. Partisans of L. Antonius include praetor Ti.(4) Claudius Nero, M. Cocceius Nerva, P. Candidius Crassus, Ti. Canutius, C.(2) Furnius. | 41 CAH 10-28, DGRBM 2-191, 1162, OCD 730-1 |
| 41 | Diehard republican fleet commander Gn.(6) AHENOBARBUS attacks Brundisium, captures some triremes of Octavian, burns others, shuts the inhabitants up in their walls, and plunders their territory. | 41 atl1 |
| 41 | At Praeneste. 300 senators, and other distinguished Romans, are sacrificed to the manes of Julius Caesar by order of Octavian. | 41 GHH |
| 41 | Antony's quaestor, M. BARBATIUS POLLIO disagrees with Antony, returns from Ephesus? to Italy, spreads false rumor that Antony was displeased with those who were making war on Octavian. Some believe him and defect from L. Antonius to Octavian. | 41 atl1 |
| 41 | Perusian War begins until 40; Octavian orders Lepidus to defend Rome, while Octavian & praetor Agrippa besiege L. Antonius in Perusia until Feb 40. | 41 B76 VII-898, 1-367, 15-1106, CAH 10-16, CDCC 28, DGRBM 1-79, GHH, HRE 3, MCAW 258, atl1, wik2Tr, wikLpd |
| 41 | Legion VI Victrix is levied by Octavian as the twin legion of VI Ferrata, and perhaps has veterans of Ferrata. It is used at Perusia. | 41 wik6Vc |
| 41 | Legions XVII and XVIII are levied by Octavian, probably to end the occupation of Sicily by Sextus Pompeius. | 41 wik17, wik18 |
| 41 | Antonine Tisienus GALLUS, in Nursia, attacked by Octavian, repels him. | 41 DGRBM 2-229 |
| 41 | Q. Salvidienus Rufus with 6 legions is sent by Octavian to march to Spain, but is blocked by Antonine C.(1) Asinius Pollio. | 41 CAH 10-15 |
| Rufus is summoned back to oppose L. Antonius. | DGRBM 3-701 |
| 41 | Antonine L.(1) Munatius PLANCUS is defeated by Octavian, flees to Spoletium. | 41 DGRG 2-1033 |
| 41 | SUTRIUM Etruria is occupied by Agrippa in order to cut off communications of L. Antonius with Rome. | 41 DGRG 2-1051 |
| 41 | Veteran colony established at Beneventum. old troops of VI Ferrata retire there, while the rest are taken by Antony to the east. | 41 wik6Fr |
| 41 | While Octavian & Agrippa are busy with the Perusian War Sextus Pompeius ravages the coast of Italy unopposed. | 41 DGRBM 3-490 |
| 41 | CLAUDIA Pulchra, stepdau of Antony, wife of Octavian 42-40, sent home to her mom Fulvia at beginning of Perusian War. | 41 DGRBM 1-762, atl1 |
| c.41 | VIRGIL, age 30, meets HORACE, age 20. They remain friends until death. | 41 Dur 3-244 |
| 41/0 | Legion X Fretensis is levied by Octavian. Emblems are a bull, a ship, the god Neptune, and a boar. | 41/0 wikXF |
| 41/0 | Octavian buys land of Q. Hortensius on the Palatine, relocating from his original home in the Forum until 36. | 41/0 wikHA |
| 41/0 | Legions XV Apollinaris, XVI Gallica, and XIX are levied by Octavian to end the occupation of Sicily by Sextus Pompeius. | 41/0 wik15A, wik16G, wik19 |
| 40 Jan 1 | CONSULS: Antonine C.(1) Asinius POLLIO and Gn. Domitius CALVINUS (2nd), but forced to resign before term expires. Suffects: L.(1) Cornelius Balbus (1st foreign-born consul), P. Canidius Crassus. |
Ant 14:14:5 40 CAH 10-460, 882, DGRBM 1-456, 585, 872, FHBC 84, OCD 160, 197, 852 csm, wikCon, wikGAP, wikGnDC, wikL1Bl |
| Lucius, not Publius Canidius Crassus | 40 DGRBM 1-872 |
| 40 Jan 1 | Λ CALENDAR V is adjusted to avoid having a market day occurring on first day of year. | 40 atl1 |
| 40 Feb | War with Parthia begins in Syria. |
| c.40 | Antonine Q. Fufius CALENUS dies accidentally, commanding 11 legions in Italy near the Alps. His son surrenders his army to Octavian. | 41 DGRBM 1-562 40 CAH 10-10, 16, 66, atl1, wikQFC |
| 40 Fb/ Mr | L. ANTONIUS, besieged in Perusia by Octavian & Agrippa from 41, starved to surrender. Octavian pardons him and his men, fearing retribution from Antony. L. Antonius and Ti.(4) Claudius Nero with his family flee to Praeneste. | 40 B76 1-367, CAH 10-16, 29, DGRBM 1-79, 215, DGRG 2-664, Dur 3-205, GHH, MCAW 260, OCD 78, atl1, wik2Tr, wikAg, wikTCN |
| 40 Fb/Mr | PERUSIA burnt, except for the temple of Vulcan. | 40 DGRG 2-581 |
| 40 Fb/Mr | C. FLAVIUS with L. Antonius in Perusia, executed by Octavian | 40 DGRBM 2-173 |
| 40 Fb/Mr | After Perisia, Antony's man P. Ventidius BASSUS joins his army to that of L.(1) Munatius Plancus. | 40 DGRBM 3-1238, |
| 40 Fb/Mr | Ti.(4) Claudius Nero, having defended Antonines in Perusia, escapes with wife Livia Drusilla from Praeneste to Neapolis, vainly tries to organize a slave revolt. | 40 DGRBM 1-426, 2-1162, OCD 730, wikTCN |
| 40 Fb/Mr | FULVIA, wife of Antony, and L.(1) Munatius PLANCUS, flee from Perusia to Greece. Antony's forces in Italy collapse. | 40 DGRBM 3-383, MCAW 260, OCD 838 |
| 40 Mar | Many supporters of Antony, flee from Italy. | 40 atl1 |
| 40 Mar 15 |
400 noble Perusians including 300 senators and equestrians are butchered at the altar of Caesar. | 40 DGRBM 1-426, wikAg |
| 40 Mr/Ap | ANTONY with only 5 ships meets all 70 ships of republican 44 Gn.(6) Ahenobarbus in the Adriatic. Antony and Ahenobarbus are reconciled and sail to Brundisium. | 41 CAH 10-42, DGRBM 1-86, MCAW 260 40 B76 I-151, wikGnDA |
| 40 Apr | BRUNDISIUM, fearing Gn.(6) Ahenobarbus, who had previously attacked it, closes gates to him and Antony, without orders from Octavian. | 40 CAH 10-43 |
| 40 Apr | ANTONY and Gn.(6) AHENOBARBUS blockade Brundisium and other coastal towns in south Italy, sieze strategic points. Antony finally allies with Sextus Pompeius. | 41 CAH 10-43, DGRBM 3-490, atl1, wikAg |
| 40 | CLAUDIA Pulchra, stepdau of Antony, wife of Octavian from 42, having been sent home to her mom Fulvia at beginning of Perusian War, is now divorced, and fades out of history. | 40 wikPCP |
| 40 | M.(10) Aemilius LEPIDUS opposes recall of Q. Lucretius Vespillo, who was exiled in proscriptions of 43. | 40 atl1 |
| 40 | Octavian's man Q. Salvieienus RUFUS is defeated by Sextus off Rhegium. | 40 wikSP |
| 40 May | C.(2) Claudius MARCELLUS dies. Son of M. C. M., husband of Octavia minor (Octavian's sis) from 54, father of Claudia, Claudia, Marcus. His widow Octavia will marry Antony. | 41 B76 VII-477, DGRBM 2-934, 3-3 40 wikGCMn, wikOcY |
| c. 40 | Lex Falcidia by tribune P. Falcidius, a plebiscite that says legacies may not exceed 3/4 of the testator's estate. A minimum of a fourth part is reserved to the heir appointed in the testament. In case of several heirs each must receive at least 1/4 of the share assigned to him. The part of the legacy exceeding 3/4 is void. An heir sued by the legatee for the surplus could oppose the exceptio legis Falcidiae. The value of the estate at the time of the testator's death is decisive. Later changes do not count. The law prevents refusal of an inheritance, charged with exorbitant legacies, by the heir. (See 70 CE) | 41/0 ocdLF, 40 EDRL 552, wikPF |
| 40 | SEXTUS POMPEIUS, now allied with Antony against Octavian, sends troops into south Italy. | 40 DGRBM 3-490 |
| c.40 | THURII is attacked by Sextus Pompeius, who ravages its territory, but is repulsed from the walls of the city. | 40 DGRG 2-1193 |
| 40 | M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA made urban praetor by Octavian, with instructions to defend against Sextus Pompeius. | 40 B76 1-367, CDCC 28, OCD 30, wikMVA |
| 40 | L. ANTONIUS, younger bro of Antony, given a command in Spain by Octavian. | 40 CAH 10-16, OCD 76 |
| 40 | Equite C. Cilinius MAECENAS negotiates a marriage between Octavian and Scribonia(38), who has to divorce her 2nd husband Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. | 40 DGRBM 2-891, GHH, MCAW 260, wikScr |
| OCTAVIAN marries SCRIBONIA until 39. She is sis of L. Scribonius Libo, who is dad of wife of Sextus Pompeius. | 40 CAH 10-17, OCD 965, atl1, wikAg |
| 40 Aug | Antony and Sextus Pompeius both invade Italy, but not in a coordinated alliance. | 40 CAH 10-17, atl1, wikMVA |
| 40 | STANDOFF at Brundisium: Octavian on land, Antony with fleet. Troops begin to fraternize. L. Cocceius Nerva mediates between them. Suspicions and misunderstandings are clarified. | 40 CAH 10-43, CDCC 111, Dur 3-110, OCD 76 |
| 40 | SIPONTUM garrisoned by Antony until later 40. | 40 DGRG 2-1011 |
| 40 | SIPONTUM, under Antony 40, taken by M. Vipsanius Agrippa. | 40 DGRBM 1-79, wikMVA |
| 40 | AQUA JULIA aqueduct begun from the Tepula to Rome. Finished 33. | 40 atl1 |
| c.40 | SALLUST (C. Sallustius Crispus) publishes De Republica Ordinanda "Every man is the architect of his own fortune." | 40 MNDQ 419 |
| c.40 | SALLUST publishes The Jugurthine War . | 40 B76 16-185 |
| c.40 | SALLUST publishes Histories Covers Rome 78-67. | no date: B76 16-185 |
| c.40 | VIRGIL finishes Ecologue #4 dedicated to his patron Asinius Pollio, whose wife just bore a son. Records Cumean Sibyl predicting the birth of a savior child, and dawning of a Golden Age. | 41 CAH 10-19 41/0 wikVE4 40 Dur 3-236, HRE 152, OCD 1123, NTA 2-705 39 OCD 1123 no date: OCD 984 |
| c.40 | CICERO's De Legibus is postumously published. "The aim of justice is to give every man his due." "The foundation of the law is not opinion, but nature." "The magistrate is a speaking law; the law is a silent magistrate." | 50 MNDQ 626, 655 no date: B76 4-610 |
| 40 | M. TITIUS, son of L. Titius, captured by Menodorus, spared by Sextus Pompeius for his father's sake. | 40 OCD 1079 |
| 40 Sp/Oc | Reconciliation of Octavian and Antony mediated by C.(1) Asinius Pollio at Treaty of Brundisium . Antony to marry Octavia, Octavian's sis. The Empire is repartitioned: Octavian's west and Antony's east are divided at the Illyrian town of Scodra. Lepidus gets Spain, Narbonensis, and Africa until 36. Senate and people all rejoice at apparent avoidance of war. | 40 Ac31 5, CAH 10-44, 548, DGRBM 3-438, Dur 3-205, GHH, MCAW 260, atl1, bk, wikGAP, wik2Tr, wikNrb |
| 40 Sp/Oc | At Treaty of Brundisium, Octavian learns that Q. Salvidienus Rufus had offered to betray him to Antony. | 40 wikMVA, |
| 40 Oct 12 |
Signum Concordiae, a monument to mark the accord, erected by magistrates of Casinum. | 40 CAH 10-19 |
| 40 Oct? | After triumvirs reconcile, SEXTUS POMPEIUS, allied with Antony against Octavian, quits raiding south Italy. | 40 DGRBM 3-490 |
| 40 Oct? | Q. SALVIDIENUS RUFUS dies. Accused by Octavian in the senate, condemned to death, and either suicides or is executed. | 40 atl1, DGRBM 3-701, wikMVA |
| 40 Oct | Consuls celebrate a festival, to commemorate defeat of Caesar's assassins. | 40 atl1 |
| 40 Oct? | FLAMEN DIVI JULII "Priest of Divine Julius" becomes an office held by Antony until his death in 30, then refilled 29. | 40 CAH 10-839 |
| 40 Oct | Economic depression and a war weary attitude prevent Antony and Octavian from crushing Sextus Pompeius. | 40 CAH 10-45 |
| 40 Oc/Nv | Sextus Pompeius causes famine at Rome by his control of sea. Roman populace is not content to wait for him to be conquered. They demand a reconciliation with Sextus. | 40 CAH 10-19, DGRBM 3-490, atl1 |
| 40 Nov | ANTONY marries 4th wife OCTAVIA Minor, Octavian's full sister until 32. The senate even decrees them married. She is pregnant widow of C.(3) Claudius Marcellus. | 40 CAH 10-51, DGRBM 1-215, wik2Tr, wikAg, wikOcY |
| 40 | ANTONY, sends Gn.(6) Ahenobarbus away to be governor of Bithynia. Sends C.(1) Asinius Pollio to negotiate with Octavian. | 40 B76 I-151, CAH 10-43, DGRBM 1-86, OCD 361, wikGnDA |
| 40 | Ti.(4) Claudius NERO & wife Livia Drusilla & infant Tiberius, age 2 sail from Neapolis to Sicily, join Sextus Pompeius. | 40 OCD 730, atl1, wikTCN |
| 40 late | HEROD sails from Alexandria to Rome, received by Antony and Octavian. Antony is planning an invasion of Parthia, and sees Herod as a potential ally. On Antony's recommendation, he is made king of Judea by senate. Samaria is included in his kingdom. He is crowned in Rome, and in gratitude sacrifices to Jupiter Capitolinus, and leaves Italy 7 days after arrival, sails to Ptolemais. | Wars 1:19:3 40 BI+N 189, CAH 10-320, 740, DGRBM 2-425, FHBC 230, IDB 2-534, 588, Jud 5-604, atl1 |
| 39 Jan 1 | CONSULS: C. CALVISIUS SABINUS and L. MARCIUS CENSORINUS Suffects: P. Alfenus Varus (after Oct.-Dec.), C. Cocceius Balbus (Dec.) |
39 CAH 10-882, DGRBM 1-664, 3-689, FHBC 84, OCD 45, 197, csm, wikCon |
| 39 Jan 1 | Consul CENSORINUS has triumph for Macedonia 40 | 39 atl1 |
| 39 early | M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA, main man of Octavian, made governor of Gaul until 38, leaves for Aquitainia. | 39 B76 1-367, CAH 10-46, CDCC 28, OCD 30 39/8 wikMVA |
| 39 early | Gn. Domitius CALVINUS, Octavian partisan, made proconsul of Spain until 36. | 39 CAH 10-46, DGRBM 1-585, wikGnDC no date: OCD 197 |
| 39 early | P. Ventidius BASSUS with 11 legions sent by Antony to oppose Q. Labienus in Asia and expel Parthians from Asia and Syria. | 40 CAH 10-21 39 B76 X-390, CAH 10-46, 47, 49, DGRBM 3-1238, GHH, OCD 1113 |
| 39 | OCTAVIAN and ANYONY negotiate an agreement to stop the piracy of Sextus Pompeius. | 39 wik2Tr |
| 39 | M.(13) Claudius MARCELLUS is betrothed to dau of Sextus Pompeius, as a condition of the peace concluded in 39 between Sextus and Octavian. But the marriage never happens. | 40 DGRBM 2-934 |
| 39 | M.(3) Junius SILANUS, with Antony from 43, having fallen from favor with both triumvirs, goes to Sicily, joins Sextus Pompeius until later 39. | 39 OCD 988 |
| 39 | Ti.(4) Claudius NERO & wife Livia & son Tiberius age 3, Antonines in Achaea from 40, take advantage of Misenum amnesty, return to Rome. | 40 DGRBM 2-1162 39 OCD 730, wikTCN |
| 39 | C.(1) Asinius POLLIO with 11 legions sent by Antony to subdue the Parthini of Illyria until later 39. | 39 CAH 10-46, 47, 49, GHH, wikGAP |
| 39 | MUCIA TERTIA, divorcee of Pompey 62, at earnest request of the Roman people, goes to Sicily to mediate between her son Sextus Pompeius and Octavian. | 39 DGRBM 2-1117 |
| 39 spring | Preliminary meeting of negotiators at Aenaria Island west of Cape Misenum. L. Scribonius Libo represents Sextus. They agree to meet at Cape Misenum. | 39 CAH 10-20 |
| 39 spring | Treaty of Misenum : Octavian and Antony make peace with Sextus Pompeius, give him Sicily, Corsica/Sardinia, and Achaia, and promise a consulship in 35, and general amnesty for republican exiles in exchange for cooperation, i.e. leave grain ships alone, and cease hostilities. Consulships are agreed for every year till 32: Libo is promised 34 and Sextus 33. Pompeia, dau of Sextus Pompeius, is betrothed to M. Claudius Marcellus, son of Octavia, sis of Octavian, and a stepson of Antony, but marriage never happens. Treaty threatens Octavian more than Antony. | 39 Ac31 6, B76 VIII-107, 8-1072, CAH 10-20, 46, CDCC 111, DGRBM 1-215, 426, 3-473, GHH, MCAW 260, OCD 694, 1079, wik2Tr, wikAg, wikSP, wikSPm |
| 39 | M.(2) Tullius CICERO, son of the orator, with Sextus Pompeius from 42, takes advantage of amnesty, returns from Sicily to Rome. | 39 OCD 239 |
| 39 | Triumvirs secure a senatorial decree to ratify all their past and future acts. | 39 CAH 10-20 |
| 39 | OCTAVIAN, triumvir of west 40- , learns that Sextus Pompeius supports pirates, determines reprisals. | 39 CAH 10-56 |
| 39 | OCTAVIAN, husband of Scribonia, starts an affair with LIVIA Drusilla, wife of Ti.(4) Claudius Nero 43-38. | 39 CAH 10-56 38 DGRBM 2-788, 1162, Dur 3-205, wikTCN |
| 39 fall | JULIA the Elder, dau of Octavian & Scribonia born. On the same day, SCRIBONIA receives a bill of divorce from Octavian, thus ending ties with Sextus Pompeius. Octavian writes afterward that he was "utterly disgusted with her disagreeable temper". | 39 Ac31 6, CAH 10-24, 56, GHH, atl1, wikJE, wikScr |
| 39 | Antonine C.(1) Asinius POLLIO, in Illyricum 39, returns to Rome and triumphs Oct. 25 for defeating the Parthini. After this he withdraws from political life, to devote himself to studying literature until death 4/5CE. | 39 CAH 10, DGRBM 3-438, OCD 852, GHH, wikGAP |
| 39 | After peace of Misenum, M.(3) Junius SILANUS, in Sicily 39, returns to Rome and eventually wins favor of Octavian. | 39 DGRBM 3-820 |
| 39 | 1st public LIBRARY in Rome built in Atrium Libertatis, a building containing the offices of the censors, donated by C.(1) Asinius Pollio from his vast private library and loot taken from Illyria. | 40 Dur 3-159 39 ISBE 3-127, OCD 852 37 atl1 |
| 39 Oct? | Vibius Maximus, a quaestor designate, is identified as a slave and reclaimed by his master. | 39 atl1 |
| 39 Oct? | Occia is appointed priestess of Vesta until her death in 19CE. | 39 atl1 |
| 39 Oct? | ANTONY & wife Octavia, after birth of their dau Antonia in Aug/Sep, sail to Greece, stay at Athens. Antony never returns to Rome. | 39 CAH 10-21, 51, DGRBM 3-438, MCAW 260 |
| 39 Oct 25 | C.(1) Asinius POLLIO has triumph over the Parthini. | 39 atl1 |
| 38 Jan 1 | CONSULS: Ap. CLAUDIUS PULCHER (Jan-Jun) and C. Norbanus FLACCUS (Jan-Aug) Suffects: L. Cornelius Lentulus (Jul-Dec), L. Marcius Philippus (Sep-Dec) |
38 DGRBM 1-774, 2-156, FHBC 84, OCD 817, csm, wikCon |
| 38 Jan | Ti.(4) Claudius Nero, divorces pregnant wife from 43 LIVIA Drusilla to save his skin because Octavian wants her. | 39 CAH 10-56, reTi 38 DGRBM 2-788, 1162, Dur 3-205, wikTCN |
| 38 Jan 17 | Dau of M. Livius Drusus Claudianus, divorcee of Ti.(4) Claudius Nero, LIVIA Drusilla, age 19, marries OCTAVIAN 3 days after birth of her 2nd son Drusus. Her 1st son Tiberius(5) Claudius Nero, age 3, now lives with Octavian. She will never bear any more childern. Livia is called Julia by Josephus. |
38 B76 VI-276, CAH 10-24, 57, DGRBM 2-788, Dur 3-205, GHH, HRE 46, MCAW 260, atl1, bk, reTi, wikTCN |
| 38 early | HORACE (Q. Horatius Flaccus) meets C. Cilnius Maecenas, an Etruscan political adviser to Octavian, and is accepted in Maecenas writers' circle. | 39 38 B76 8-1072, 11-291, CAH 10-57, wikMcn |
| 38 | OCTAVIAN, triumvir of west 40- , amasses a naval fleet to defeat Sextus Pompeius in Sicily. | 38 ahe |
| 38 | There are at least 67 praetors this year. Popular riots continue, including some supporting new favorite, M. Oppius. | 38 CAH 10-25, atl1 |
| 38 | Antonine P. VENTIDIUS BASSUS, in East from ?, in Syria from 39, returns to Rome, has triumph 27 Nov. over Parthians, dies soon after. | 38 B76 X-390, CAH 10-24, DGRBM 3-1238, OCD 1113, atl1 |
| 38 | OCTAVIAN, triumvir of west 40- , accuses Sextus Pompeius of breaking treaty of Misenum 39 (of which there is no evidence). | 38 OCD 858 |
| 38 | OCTAVIAN, triumvir of west 40- , sends message to Antony in Athens, asks Antony to meet him in Brundisium to help against Sextus Pompeius. | 38 CAH 10-58 |
| 38 | C. Calvisius SABINUS appointed admiral in west Medit. until 36 by Octavian, with Menas under him. Sabinus gathers legions from Gaul and Illyria, orders L. Cornificius to bring fleet from Ravenna to Tarentum. | 38 CAH 10-57, DGRBM 3-689, OCD 198 |
| 38 | M. V. AGRIPPA, governor of Gaul from 39, after great conquests, recalled by Octavian to Rome, refuses a triumph. Octavian orders him to prepare a new fleet to attack Sextus. | 38 B76 1-367, CAH 10-58, CDCC 28, DGRBM 1-79, wikMVA |
| 38 | OCTAVIAN, technically C. Julius Caesar Octavianus from 44, replaces praenomen "Caius" and nomen "Julius" with Imperator, officially becoming Imperator Caesar Divi Filius. His contemporaries call him "Caesar" 38-27. Historians call him Octavian 44-27. | 38 wikAg |
| 38 | ANTONY in Greece gathers troops and fleet, sails to Brundisium. Octavian doesn't show up! Antony returns to Greece. | 38 Ac31, CAH 10-23, 53, 58, atl1 |
| 38 | A fountain of oil flows from an inn near the Tiber. | 38 CAH 10-57, GHH |
| 38 | Octavian and Sextus Pompeius again at war. Octavian employs overcautious naval tactics, loses half his fleet to a south wind off Cape Scyllaeum Brutium. Sextus Pompeius gains several advantages. | 38 CAH 10-57, GHH |
| 38 | Foedus de Tarentum Treaty of Tarentum establishes peace with Sextus Pompeius in Sicily. Antony provides 120 ships for Octavian to use against Pompeius, while Octavian promises 20,000 legionaries to Antony for use in east against Parthia. Octavian sends only a tenth of those promised. | 38 unrv, wikAg, wikMA |
| 38 Dec 31 |
2nd TRIUMVIRATE 43 legally expires, and is reconfirmed for another 5 years to 33. | 38 CAH 10-26, DGRBM 1-216, GHH 37 CDCC 111, bk |
| 38/7 winter | M. AGRIPPA, Octavian's main man, cuts thru the strips of land separating Lucrine Lake from the sea, thus forming an outer harbor, while joining the Lucrine Lake to the much deeper Lake Avernus to serve as an inner harbor. The new harbor-complex is named Portus Julius. He then builds new fleet on Lucrine Lake, trains sailors. | 38 CAH 10-27, 54, 58 37 atl1 |
| 37 Jan 1 | CONSULS: L.(2) Caninius GALLUS and M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA Suffect: T. Statilius Taurus |
37 B76 1-367, CDCC 28, DGRBM 1-79, 2-226, 3-985, FHBC 84, OCD 30, csm, wikCon, wikMVA |
| 37 | C. Fonteius Capito and C. Cilnius Maecenas sent to Greece by Octavian to establish friendship with Antony, and seek a pledge of help against Sextus. Maecenas, accompanied by Poet C. Cornelius Gallus returns to Brundisium. Capito remains with Antony. | 38 CAH 10-25 37 DGRBM 1-602, HRE 154 |
| 37 spring | Octavian summons Antony to Brundisium for conference. | 37 Ac31 11 |
| 37 spring | ANTONY and wife Octavia Minor leave Greece with whole fleet (300 ships), sail to Brundisium, which refuses to admit this threatening armada, so they sail to Tarentum. Antony needs troops for Parthian campaign, and hopes to trade ships for men. Octavian hesitates to meet him because of rumor that Antony conspired with Lepidus. | 37 Ac31 11, CAH 10-25, 53, 58, DGRBM 1-216, 426 |
| 37 Jul Aug | ANTONY and OCTAVIAN meet at Tarentum. Rupture averted by mediation of Octavia. They agree to extend the 2nd Triumvirate 5 years, retroactively to Jan 1 (with apparently no input from Lepidus). This means it will expire at end of 33. They agree to take back everything from Sextus Pompeius. Antony trades 120 ships for a promise of 4 legions. Antony gets 10 Phaseli and 1,000 hand picked men from Octavian's bodyguard. Antony's son Antyllus is betrothed to Octavian's 2 year old dau Julia. | 37 Ac31 11, B76 VII-478, 1-367, 2-369, CAH 10-25, 59, CAH 10-58, DGRBM 1-216, GHH, atl1, wikJE, |
| 37 | Lex Titia of 43 renewed to reconfirm 2nd Triumvirate; and council of Tarentum. | 37 CAH 10-67, EDRL 560, OCD 149, atl1 |
| 37 | Consul M. AGRIPPA marries CAECILIA ATTICA until 28. She is dau of T. Pomponius Atticus. | 37 B76 1-367, OCD 31, 146, atl1, wikMVA |
| 37 | PUTEOLI Harbor in Bay of Neapolis built by consul M. Agrippa. | 37 B76 1-367 |
| 37 | More Jew slaves brought to Rome by Sosius. | 37 CAH 10-779 |
| c.37 | VIRGIL, in Cisalpine Gaul, finishes Ecologue #10 (the last). "Love conquers all." | 39/8 wikVrg 38/7 OCD 1123 37 MNDQ 723 |
| c.37 | C. Cilinius MAECENAS is patron of a literary circle: Virgil, Horace, Varius, Plotinus, Tucca, which goes to Brundisium. | 37 OCD 1124, atl1 |
| c.37 | Virgil's house, which has been confiscated from 41, is returned to him by Augustus, because of intercession by Maecenas. | 37 Dur 3-237 |
| 37 | Common people of Rome donate money to M. Oppius, so he can remain aedile. He is elected aedile. | 37 CAH 10-807, atl1 |
| 37 fall | ANTONY leaves Italy with his 10 Phaseli and 1,000 hand picked men from Octavians bodyguard in his 180 ships, but not having received the 4 legions promised by Octavian. Antony and wife Octavia proceed to Corcyra. | 37 CAH 10-55, 59, DGRBM 1-216, GHH |
| 37 fall | OCTAVIA, wife of Antony, in Corcyra, sent back, so Antony can be free to renew relations with Cleo-VII. | 37 CAH 10-55, 59, DGRBM 1-216, GHH, MCAW 260 |
| c.36 Jan. | CONSULS: M. Cocceius NERVA (Jan-Jun) and L.(2) GELLIUS PUBLICOLA (Jan-Aug) Suffect: P. Sulpicius Quirinius (Jun-Dec?), L. Nonius Asprenas (Sep-Dec), A. Didius Gallus, Q. Fabricius |
36 DGRBM 2-132, FHBC 84, OCD 457, 731, csm, wikCon |
| 36 | Gn. Domitius CALVINUS, Octavian partisan, governor of Spain from 39, returns to Rome, triumphs. | 36 CAH 10-47, DGRBM 1-585, OCD 197, atl1, wikGnDC |
| 36 | Traditional tribune sanctity restored by Octavian. | 36 MCAW 261 |
| 36 | L.(4) Ahenobarbus, son of Gn.(6), is betrothed to Antonia, dau of Antony & Octavia. | 36 DGRBM 1-86 |
| 36 | M.(11) Aemilius LEPIDUS, son of the triumvir, marries Antonia, dau of Antony & Antonia. | 36 DGRBM 1-209 |
| 36 | C. Calvisius SABINUS, admiral from 38, relieved by Octavian, who gives his fleet to M. Agrippa. | 37 CAH 10-59, DGRBM 3-689 |
| 36 Jun | Consul M. Cocceius NERVA is replaced by suffect P. Sulpicius Quirinius. | 36 DGRBM 3-638 |
| c.36 | Octavian's property on the Palatine from 40 is struck by lightning, so Augustus declares it public property and dedicates a temple to Apollo, to whom he credits his victory over Sextus. | 36 CAH 10-832, wikHA |
| 36 | White marble temple of APOLLO Palatinus, begun on the Palatine until 28. | 36 CAH 10-935, HRE 147 |
| 36 | Octavian summons Lepidus now in Africa for help. | 36 CAH 10-34 |
| 36 Jul 1 | 3 FLEETS under Octavian, Agrippa, and Lepidus set out against Sextus Pompeius in Sicily. He plans to attack from the north, T. Statilius Taurus from the east, Lepidus to attack the west coast. | 36 CAH 10-34, 60, wikAg, wikMVA |
| 36 Jul 3 | Octavian's FLEET, wrecked by a storm. Taurus retreats to Tarentum by night. Octavian is caught while passing Cape Palinurus and forced into the bay of the Elea promontory. Exhausted, Octavian asks companions to kill him! 6 of his heavy ships, 26 light ones, and some liburnian galleys are destroyed, many of the rest damaged. | 36 Ac31 13, CAH 10-60-1, DGRBM 1-426, DGRG 2-535, atl1, wikMVA |
| 36 Jul | OCTAVIAN retreats back to port at Vibo, orders his surviving sailors to man the remaining 28 keels left empty at Tarentum and join Taurus in advancing to a new headquarters 50km from Vibo at Scyllaeum in the Gulf of Squillace. | 36 Ac31 13 |
| 36 | While Octavian repairs at Vibo, MENAS, recent defector to Sextus, defects back to Octavian. | 36 Ac31 13 |
| 36 | Octavian's general L. CORNIFICIUS with 3 legions is cut off at Tauromenium (Naxos) but extricates his men. | 36 CAH 10-35, OCD 292 |
| 36 Aug | OCTAVIAN ferries 3 legions across straits to Sicily. Sextus sees him, withdraws from attacking Agrippa, attacks Octavian with fleet and cavalry.. | 36 CAH 10-61 |
| 36 | Equite C. Cilinius MAECENAS is in Sicily with Octavian, during his expedition against Sextus Pompeius. Maecenas is twice sent back to Rome as urban prefect to quell disturbances. He remains urban prefect until 33. | Annals 6:11 36 B76 11-291, DGRBM 2-891, OCD 636, wikMcn |
| c.36 | MENAS, governor of Sardinia under Octavian from 38, defects back to Sextus Pompeius, who has him closely watched. | 36 DGRBM 2-1035, wikMn |
| 36 | Some Italian cities include Octavian in their pantheon. | 36 Dur 3-226 |
| 36 | Sextus Pompeius defeated by Octavian in Sicily. | 36 CDCC 111, GHH |
| 36 | After the war, C. Calvisius SABINUS is commissioned to clear Italy of bandits. | 36 DGRBM 3-689, OCD 198 |
| 36 | M.(10) Aemilius LEPIDUS triumvir of Africa from 40, now in Sicily, stripped of all power by Octavian, sent off to house arrest in Circeii Italy. He is allowed to keep his title of pontifex maximus until death 12. | 36 Ac31 16, B76 VI-158, 15-1106, CAH 10-63, GHH, MCAW 260, atl1, lvS |
| 36 | M.(6) ANTONIUS, son of Antony & Fulvia, still a child, betrothed to Julia, dau of Octavian. | 36 DGRBM 1-216 |
| 36 | C. CARRINUS with 3 legions is sent by Octavian against Sextus Pompeius in Sicily. | 36 DGRBM 1-615 |
| 36 | REGIA "Royal house", existing from pre-republic, office of the Pontifex Maximus, burnt and restored 148, rebuilt by Domitius Calvinus. 1st use of white marble in a public building. | 36 CAH 10-787, CDCC 166, wikRg |
| 36 | M. Terentius VARRO, the historian, publishes Rerum Rusticarum Libri III (3rd of 3 Books on Agriculture, and the only book that survives). Postulates GERM THEORY of disease. "Precautions must also be taken in the neighborhood of swamps [...] because there are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases." | 37 MCAW 261, OCD 1108 37/6 CAH 10-905, 36 Dur 3-159, wikGTD |
| 36 | Portus Julius, 1st harbor constructed as a base for the western fleet, begun 37 by Agrippa between Misenum and Baiae, finished. After defeat of Sextus it will be abandoned because of silt deposits. | 36 wikBi, wikPJ |
| 36 Nov | OCTAVIAN returns from Sicily to Rome. He is awarded honors, perhaps including tribunician power, by which he can initiate legislation in the senate or Assembly, and veto acts of any official. Nobody protests. | 36 Ac31 16, Dur 3-213, atl1 |
| He is given tribune power for life. | 36 Dur 3-210, HRE 12 |
| 36 Nov 13 |
OCTAVIAN, ruler of west, celebrates an ovation, announces civil wars over, begins disbanding armies. | 36 CAH 10-64, DGRBM 1-427 |
| 36 | OCTAVIAN promises to restore the republic, and that he would step down as triumvir - if only Antony would do the same. Antony refuses. | 36 IDB 1-318, wikAg |
| 36 Dec | ANTONY, in Egypt, messages Octavian to give him the 4 legions he promised, lies about his loss in Parthia. Octavian temporizes. See March. | 36 B76 6-483, CDCC 54 |
| 35 Jan 1 | CONSULS: L. CORNIFICIUS (Jan-Aug) and Sextus POMPEIUS (Jan-Jun) (only remotely related to the son of Pompey) Suffects: P. Cornelius DOLABELLA (Sep-Dec), T. Peducaeus (Jul-Dec) |
35 DGRBM 1-858, 3-476, FHBC 84, OCD 292, csm, wikCon |
| 35 | Colony at RHEGIUM founded by Octavian | 35 atl1 |
| 35 Mar | OCTAVIAN, rather than pay up on his promise of 4 legions to Antony, returns 70 of the 120 ships he bought in 37. | 35 CAH 10-92 |
| 35 Mar | Grammarian Pompeius Lenaeus writes a satire attacking Sallust. | 35 atl1 |
| 35 Mar | OCTAVIA, wife of Antony, sends a letter to him in Alexandria, saying Octavian will not give up the promised 4 legions, but that she will sail with 2,000 troops money and provisions for Antony, to Athens. | 35 B76 VII-478, CAH 10-77, 92, DGRBM 3-4 |
| 35 Mar? | OCTAVIA, wife of Antony, sails from Athens, back to Italy, among the most betrayed women of all time. Octavian orders her to leave Antony's house and reside with him, but she refuses, and educates Antony's younger son, by Fulvia, with her own children. | 35 B76 VII-478, CAH 10-77, 92, DGRBM 3-4, GHH |
| 35 | Republican L. Scribonius LIBO, with Sextus from ?, defects to triumvirs. | 35 DGRBM 2-771 |
| defects to Antony | 35 wikLSL |
| 35 spring | Octavian's legates advance northeast from Aquileia towards Emona (Ljubljana) and the headwaters of the Save, while Octavian leads an army into the Po Valley to Tergeste. | 35 Ac31 18 |
| 35 | M. AGRIPPA precedes Octavian to Illyricum. | 35 Ac31 18, DGRBM 1-79 |
| 35 | The SALASSI of the Durias Valley (now Val d'Aosta) in the Alps rebel until 34, defy efforts of C.(1) Antistius Vetus. | 35 DGRG 2-880 |
| 35 | OCTAVIAN leaves Italy, joins AGRIPPA. They campaign against the Iapydes in northern Illyria, besiege 3,000 wariors in their main town Metulus. Octavian is wounded when a bridge collapses. War continues against Illyrians and Pannonians. | 35 B76 1-367, CAH 10, GHH, atl1 |
| c.35 | Poet HORACE publishes Satires book 1 of 8. | 35 B76 8-1072, DGRBM 2-523, Dur 3-245, HRE 154 |
| c.35 | SALLUST dies. (C. Sallustius Crispus), author, politician, historian. | 35 CDCC 778, Dur 3-160, OCD 946, TToH 35/4 B76 16-185 34 DGRBM 3-696, GHH, atl1 |
| 35 | PHILODEMOS of Gadara dies. Epicurean philosopher, poet, mentor to L. Calpurnius Piso, lived in his villa in Herculaneum. | 35 B76 VII-950 |
| c.35 | ALEXANDER POLYHISTOR dies. Greek scholar from Miletus, taken prisoner by Romans, freed, made a citizen, lived in Italy, accidentally burns to death at Laurentum Latium. | 35 B76 I-225, Jud 2-583, atl1 |
| 35 late | OCTAVIAN in Illyria 35 returns to Italy for winter 35/4. | 35 CAH 10-173, HRE 96 |
| 34 Jan 1 | CONSULS: M.(5) ANTONIUS (2nd)(1 January only) whose suffects are L. Sempronius ATRATINUS (2 Jan-Jun), L.(2) Aemilius LEPIDUS Paulus (Jul-Dec) and L. SCRIBONIUS LIBO (Jan-Jun), whose suffects are C.(5) Memmius (Jul-Aug), M. Herennius (Sep-Dec) |
34 DGRBM 2-408, 766, 768, 771, FHBC 84, OCD 965, csm, wikCon, wikL2ALP, wikLSL |
| 34 Jan 1 | Consul M.(5) ANTONIUS resigns in favor of suffete L. Sempronius ATRATINUS. | 34 DGRBM 1-407, 1083, atl1 |
| 34 | The SALASSI of the Durias Valley (now Val d'Aosta) in the Alps rebelling from 35, subdued by C.(1) Antistius Vetus and M.(6) Valerius Messala until 25. | 34 CAH 10-169, DGRG 2-880 |
| 34 | OCTAVIAN implies that he plans an expedition against Britain. Again 27. | 34 CAH 10-189 |
| 34 | T. Statilius TAURUS, Octavian's governor of Africa from 36, returns to Rome, has triumph. L. CORNIFICIUS succeeds until 32. | 34 CAH 10-47, OCD 1011, atl1, rcNA, wikAf no date: OCD 292 |
| 34 spring | OCTAVIAN, in Italy from late 35, returns to Illyricum until 34/3. | 34 Ac31, CAH 10-173 |
| 34 | Maecenas gives Horace a house and farm in the Sabine valley of Ustica. | 34 Dur 3-244 |
| 34 | Gn. Domitius CALVINUS has triumph for victories in Spain. | 34 CAH 10-47 |
| 34 | M.(6) Valerius Messala CORVINUS serves Octavian against the Salassi, a mountain tribe between the Graian and Pennine Alps. C.(1) Antistius VETUS also fights the Salassi. | 34 DGRBM 2-1051, 3-1251 |
| 34 | L. Marcius PHILIPPUS, former suffete 38, becomes governor of Spain until 33. | 34 OCD 617 |
| 34 | T. Statilius TAURUS joins Octavian in Illyria until 33. | 34 OCD 1011 |
| 34 Jul 1 | Consul L. SCRIBONIUS LIBO is replaced by C.(5) Memmius until Sep 1. | 34 wikLSL |
| 34 | ANTONIA, dau of Antony & cousin Antonia, promised to a son of Lepidus in 44, marries wealthy PYTHODORUS of Tralles. | 34 OCD 75 |
| 34 | Consuls celebrate festival of Venus Genetrix. | 34 atl1 |
| 34 Sep 3 | C. Norbanus has triumph for Spain. | 34 atl1 |
| 34 Sep 3 | Antonine general C. SOSIUS has triumph for victories in Judea. | 34 CAH 10-47, DGRBM 3-885, atl1 |
| c.34 | M. AGRIPPA repairs public facilities. | 34 CAH 10-47, wikMVA |
| c.34 | AQUA MARCIA, finished 140, restored by Agrippa, who extends its pipes to cover more of the city. | 34 CAH 10-47, wikMVA |
| c. 34 | 
BASILICA AEMILIA rebuilt 50, 100m x 30m, rebuilt again by L.(2) Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (Octavian partisan), and dedicated. 2 stories, marble floor, bronze roof tiles. Burnt 14. |
reconst. L.VII.C 34 CAH 10-47 34-2 MCAW 261 |
| 34/3 | OCTAVIAN & AGRIPPA, in Illyria from 35, in Dalmatia 34, return to Rome, sporting the eagles which Gabinius had lost in 48. | 34 B76 VI-821, 1-367, CAH 10-87, DGRBM 1-427, 3-985, wikMVA 33 CAH 10-46, IDB 2-681, wikIlrc |
| 34/3 | M.(6) Valerius Messala CORVINUS, under Octavian, subdues the Alpine Salassi. | 34/3 B76 VI-821, OCD 674 |
| c.34-3 | OCTAVIAN repairs many ancient temples. | 34-3 MCAW 261 |
| 33 Jan 1 | CONSULS: OCTAVIAN (2nd)(1 January only), whose suffects are L. Autronius Paetus (2 Jan-Apr), L. Flavius (May-Jun or Aug), M. Acilius Glabrio (Jul-Aug. or Sep), L. Vinicius (Sep-Dec) and L. Volcacius TULUS (Jan-Apr), whose suffects are C. Fonteius Capito (May-Jun or Aug), Q. Laronius (Oct-Dec) |
33 Ac31, CAH 10-87, DGRBM 1-427, 602, 2-179, 3-85, 1191, 1262, FHBC 84, HRE 97, atl1, csm, wikAg, wikCon |
| 33 Jan 1 | Consul OCTAVIAN denounces Antony's Donations of Alexandria in senate, and resigns. | 33 Ac31 |
| 33 | M. VIPSANIUS AGRIPPA becomes aedile (an office well below him), puts on good games for 55 successive days honoring Octavian, put in charge of aqueducts until death 12. He restores Aquae Appia, and Anienia, and continues Aqua Julia from the Tepula to Rome, and many smaller waterworks within Rome. He gives out free oil and salt, free barber services for a year, repairs public buildings, drainage systems, streets, provides 170 free baths and a theater - all at his own expense. | 33 B76 1-367, CAH 10-47, 89, CDCC 28, DGRBM 1-79, 427, Dur 3-219, OCD 30, 89, 149, atl1, wikMVA |
| 33 | AQUA JULIA aqueduct, begun 40, finished by Agrippa. From springs 2 miles above headwaters of Aqua Tepula, on the arches of Aqua Marcia. Main channel leads to its terminal castellum. | 40 or 33 B76 1-1037 33 B76 1-1036, DGRBM 1-79, MCAW 261, TTT, wikAJ |
| 33 | C. Cilinius MAECENAS, urban prefect from 36, dismissed by Octavian until 31. | 33 OCD 636 |
| 33 | OCTAVIAN, now an augur, is empowered by the senate to create new patrician families for fulfilling priesthoods. | 34-3 MCAW 261 33 CAH 10-90 |
| 33 Apr 27 | L. Marcius PHILIPPUS has triumph for Spain. | 33 CAH 10-47, atl1 |
| 33 | Ap. CLAUDIUS PULCHER has triumph for Spain. | 33 CAH 10-47 |
| 33 | ANTONY & Octavian have propaganda war. | 33 B76 1-1000 |
| 33 | Astrologers V, fortune-tellers, magicians expelled from Rome by Octavian. | 33 CAH 10-90, MCAW 261 |
| 33 | Public letter of Antony to Octavian: What has changed your view towards me? Because I'm screwing the queen? Is she my wife? And I've been doing it for 9 years anyway. And what about you? Is Livia the only woman you screw? I bet, when you read this, you'll just have been inside some Tertulla or Terentilla or Rufilla or Salvia Titisenia - or all of them. Does it matter where and in whom you have your erections? . | 33 CAH 10-43 |
| 33 | 
PORTICUS OCTAVIA on Campus Martius from 168 restored by Octavian, to commemorate the conquest of Dalmatia. He displays trophies from Illyria there, including Gabinius' eagles. |
drawing: Platner 34-32 atl1 33 CAH 10-47 wikPO |
CONFUSION ALERT! This is not Porticus OctaviaE with an e on the end.
| 33 | Temple of Juno built in the Porticus Octavia with money taken from Dalmatia. Pasiteles makes statues for it. | 33 DGRBM 3-133 |
| 33 | M. Terentius VARRO recommends a remedy for asp bites. | 33 atl1 |
| 33 | Ti.(4) CLAUDIUS NERO dies. Probable son of Ti.(3), divorcee of Livia 39, father of Tiberius(emp) and Drusus, leaving Octavian to tutor them. | 34/3 DGRBM 2-1162 33 OCD 365, 730, atl1, wikTCN |
| 33 | TIBERIUS(5) CLAUDIUS NERO, age 9, delivers eulogy for his biological father at the rostra. | 32 reTi, wikTi |
| 33 | Λ RESURRECTION: L. Aelius Lamia recovers consciousness on his funeral pyre, but cannot be rescued. | 33 atl1 |
| 33 | Antony's Parthian War ends in failure. | 33 wikTAR |
| 33 | Dissension between Antony and Octavian, which leads to civil war. | 33 GHH |
| 33 | L. CORNIFICIUS, Octavian's governor of Africa from 34, returns to Italy, has triumph. | 33 CAH 10-47, OCD 292, rcNA, wikAf |
| 33 | After 33, only Octavian/Augustus and members of his family build temples in Rome. Senators, now excluded from their traditional opportunity for display in Rome, increase gifts to their native cities. | 33 CAH 10-831 |
| 33 Dec 3 | L. CORNIFICIUS has triumph for Africa. | 33 atl1 |
| 33 Dec 31 | 2nd Triumvirate (technically now a douvirate), renewed 38, legally expires. Antony continues to use the title Triumvir. Octavian, opting to distance himself from Antony, abandons it. | 33 Ac31 31, B76 2-369, CAH 10-48, 94, CDCC 111, Dur 3-201, atl1, wik2Tr, wikTAR 32 B76 1-1000 |
| 33- 32 | Propaganda war in Rome, with accusations flying between sides. ANTONY (in Egypt) divorces OCTAVIA Minor and accuses Octavian of being a social upstart, of usurping power, and of forging the adoption papers by Caesar. Octavian responds with treason charges: of illegally keeping provinces that should be given to other men by lots, and of starting wars against foreign nations (Armenia and Parthia) without senate consent. | 33-32 wikMA, wikOcY |
| 32 Jan 1 | CONSULS: Antonines Gn.(6) Domitius AHENOBARBUS and C. SOSIUS Suffects: L.(3) Cornelius Cinna, M.(5?) Valerius Messala |
32 Ac31 31, B76 I-151, CAH 10-48, 94, DGRBM 1-86, 3-885, FHBC 84, OCD 361, csm, wikCnsc, wikCon, wikGnDA |
| 32 Jan 1 | Consul C. SOSIUS speaks in senate, attacks Octavian (now not in Rome) in favor of Antony. | 32 DGRBM 3-885, atl1 |
| c.32 |  Temple of APOLLO SOSIANUS on Campus Martius, Rome's 1st temple to Apollo from 431, restored 353, restored again by C. Sosius, for whom it is named. 3 columns have been re-erected, and still stand. |
photo: Shardan post-34 wikTAS |
| 32 Jan | Antonine consuls seek ratification of Antony's acts, which he did not legally need, but knew it was tactful to seek. Consuls try to hush up the affair of the Donations of Alexandria. | 32 CAH 10-41, 49 |
| 32 Jan | Antonine consuls decide not to publish Antony's dispatches concerning his activities in eastern provinces. | 32 atl1 |
| 32 Feb | Consul C. SOSIUS takes over the fasces and publicly attacks Octavian. His motion of censure is vetoed by a tribune. | 32 CAH 10-49 |
| 32 | L. NAEVIUS BALBUS is pleb tribune. | 32 DGRBM 1-457 |
 Ahenobarbus Relief pub dom |
| 32 | Temple of NEPTUNE built on Campus Martius by consul Gn.(6) Ahenobarbus to commemorate his victory over Gn. Domitius Calvinus. A sculpture by Scopas is inside showing Neptune, Thetis, and Achilles surrounded by Nereids, Tritons, and sea monsters. A relief from its altar, made 122-115, survives. | 42-38 CAH 10-787 32 OCD 200, wikTN |
| 32 by spring | Octavian appears in senate with an armed guard. Antonine consuls Gn.(6) Domitius AHENOBARBUS and C. SOSIUS flee for Greece. 1/4 of the senators accompany them. | 32 Ac31, CAH 10-49, 99, DGRBM 1-86, atl1, csm, wikCon, wikGnDA |
| 32 Mar 31 | T. Pomponius ATTICUS dies. Epicurean, historian, long time friend of Cicero & Agrippa, dad of Caelia Attica, terminally ill, suicides by voluntary starvation, age 77. | 32 B76 I-636, 15-223, CAH 10-883, DGRBM 1-414, GHH, OCD 146, atl1, wikTPA |
| 32 Ma/Jn | OCTAVIA, wife of Antony from 40, receives Antony's messengers from Greece, who present her divorce papers and order her out of Antony's house. She and their kids leave. | 32 Ac31 33, B76 VII-478, CAH 10-96, DGRBM 3-4, GHH, atl1, bk |
| 32 Jun | Antonine generals L.(1) Munatius PLANCUS and nephew M. TITIUS see that Antony is turned to mush by Cleo-VII | 32 Ac31 33, CAH 10-97, DGRBM 3-383, 1159, OCD 838, 1079, atl1, wikAg |
| sail from Greece to Italy, defect to Octavian. (1st of many) They report that a copy of Antony's will is on deposit with the Vestal Virgins. |
| 32 | ANTONY'S WILL is illegally and forcefully siezed from the Vestal Virgins by Octavian, and read in the senate. It says: Caesarion is true son of Julius Caesar. All eastern territories of Rome are bequeathed to kids of Cleo-VII. Antony to be buried in Alexandria. Octavian reads it to the senate. |
32 Ac31 33, CAH 10-97, atl1, bk, wik2Tr |
| 32 | M. Junius SILANUS, under Antony in Greece from 34, sails to Italy, defects to Octavian. | 32 OCD 988 |
| 32 | LOYALTY OATH imposed on all Italy by Octavian. It is also to be taken thruout all the western provinces (probably the Roman citizens in each). There is apparently little resistance. | 32 Ac31, CAH 10-53, MCAW 261, atl1 |
| 32 |  Pompey's THEATER on Campus Martius from 55, rebuilt by Octavian at his own expense. Destroyed 22CE. |
reconstruc. L.VII.C. 34-2 MCAW 261 32 CAH 10-47, 88 |
| 32 | Temple of Jupiter Feretrius: restoration begun by Octavian. | 32 atl1 31 CAH 10-788 |
| 32 | BATHS on Via Sacra built by Gn. Domitius Ahenobarbus. | 32 atl1 |
| c.32 |  Silver legionary denarius of Mark Anthony. Left: a galley; right: Legion III Aquila and 2 legionary standards. |
photo: GNU FDL 32 wikRRC |
| 32 | M. AGRIPPA appointed fleet commander by Octavian. | 32 DGRBM 1-79 |
| 32 late | Senate authorizes Octavian to annul Antony's powers and consulship in 31, and declare war on Cleo-VII (but not on Antony). Octavian does so. | 32 Ac31 33, CAH 10-54, CDCC 209, Dur 3-206, SHWC, atl1, wikAg, wikMA 31 IDB 1-318 |
| 32 late | C.(1) Asinius POLLIO refuses to join the fight against Antony. | 32 atl1 |
| c.32/1 | Antonine partisan from Rome, GEMINUS goes to Athens to lecture Antony about Cleo-VII. He can't get a private audience, and is threatened by Cleo-VII. He returns home. | 32/1 DGRBM 2-238, atl1 |
| 31 Jan 1 | CONSULS: OCTAVIAN (3rd, and remains consul every year until 23), whose suffects are M.(6) Valerius Messala Corvinus, Gn. Pompeius and officially M. ANTONIUS (only in the east), who is replaced by suffect M.(6) Valerius Messala Corvinus. Other suffects are M. Titius and Gn. Pompeius. | 31 B76 VI-821, CAH 10-99, DGRBM 1-427, 2-1051, 3-1157, 1159, FHBC 84, MCAW 261, OCD 149, 674, 1079, csm, wikCon |
| 31 early | OCTAVIAN suppresses all disturbamces in Italy, puts C. Cilinius Maecenas in charge of Rome and Italy, protects west provinces with his navy, dispatches Cornelus Gallus to Africa to guard against attack from Egypt. | 31 CAH 10-99, atl1 |
| 31 early | M. AGRIPPA sent by Octavian to take Methone on coast of southwest Greece. | 31 B76 2-370 |
| 31 early | C. Cilinius MAECENAS restored as urban prefect until 29, charged with maintaining order in all Italy. | 31 CAH 10-99, OCD 636 |
| 31 | Legion XXI Rapax is levied by Octavian, probably from men previously in other legions. | 31 wik21R |
| 31 spring | OCTAVIAN sails from Brundisium for Corcyra, but is forced to withdraw by a storm. | 31 atl1 |
| 31 spring | OCTAVIAN and many senators sail in 400 ships under M. AGRIPPA into the Adriatic, land at Epirus. | 31 B76 1-367, 15-1106, CAH 10-99, wikAg |
| 31 | Artorius, a physician employed by Octavian, dies in a shipwreck. | 31 atl1 |
| 31 | DIODORUS SICULUS writes Historical Library . Surviving books show an unreliable history of 5th & 4th centuries. | 31 MCAW 261 |
| 31 | Cornelius NEPOS writes Lives of Cato the censor, Atticus, and others. | 31 MCAW 261 |
| 31 Sep 2 | ACTIUM |
| 31 Sep | AGRIPPA sent by Octavian from Actium to Italy, to help C. Cilinius Maecenas against M.(11), Aemilius Lepidus, son of M.(10). | 31 B76 1-367, CAH 10-61, 106 |
| 31 | Roman veterans in Italy, under Agrippa and Maecenas, get angry about being excluded from the anticipated plunder of Egypt, become unruly. | 31 B76 1-367, CAH 10-106 |
| 31 | Codicils to wills first introduced by the Civilian Trebatius Testa. See 29. | 31 GHH |
| c.31 | HORACE writes Epode #9 About a Roman soldier, bought and sold, carrying stakes and bearing arms for a woman, even bringing himself to serve under withered eunuchs. | 31 CAH 10-42 |
| 30 Jan 1 | CONSULS: OCTAVIAN (4th) and M.(4) LICINIUS CRASSUS, whose suffects are C.(1) Antistius Vetus, M.(2) Tullius Cicero, L. Saenius | 30 Ac31, CAH 10-117, DGRBM 1-747, 879, 3-693, 1251, FHBC 84, OCD 75, 295, wikCon, lvM4LC |
| 30 Jan | Mutiny at Brundisium. | 30 atl1 |
| 30 | Lex Saenia enables Octavian to replenish the exhausted patrician class by admission of new families. He does so in 29. | 30 HRE 8 |
| 30 Jan | OCTAVIAN, at urgent request of M. Agrippa, returns from Samos to Brundisium to quiet the troops, gives them money and land taken from former Antonines, promises men payoff from Egyptian treasure. | 30 Ac31, CAH 10-61, 106, atl1 |
| 30 | OCTAVIA, wid of Antony, still remains true to the interests of his children. For Julus, younger son of Antony, by Fulvia, she obtains the favor of Octavian, and she even raises his children by Cleo-VII. | DGRBM 3-4 |
| 30 Feb | OCTAVIAN sails from Brundisium to Ephesus. Away until 29. | 30 Ac31, CAH 10-61-2 |
| 30 | Octavians HEALTH becomes the subject of games celebrated every 5 years by one of the colleges of priests or the consuls in fulfilment of vows. | 30 CAH 10-837 |
| 30 | TEMPLE of SPES on the Quirinal Hill burnt. Will be restored by Germanicus. | 30 DGRG 2-832 |
| 30 | Legion XIX veterans are settled near Pisa, and the rest of XIX sent to Colonia Agrippinensis. | 30 wik19 |
| 30 | Lex Julia Papiria , On pecuniary fines. Fixes equivalents: 10 asses = one sheep, 100 asses = one ox. | 30 EDRL 555 |
| 30 Aug 1 | Final War of the Roman Republic in Egypt: Antony's forces defect to Octavian. M.(5) ANTONY suicides |
| 30 Aug? | TIGRANES, son of Artavasdes-II, former king of Armenia 55-34, prisoner in Alexandria from 34, sent to Rome by Octavian, where he remains until 20. | no date: OCD 1073 |
| 30 | Rome is now a monarchy; Octavian being sole master of Rome, which event terminates the Roman Republic. [Most say the Republic exists till 27 BC] | 30 GHH |
| c.30 | Temple of CYBELE (Magna Mater) on Palatine Hill, restored 109, burnt until 28. | 30 DGRG 2-803, atl2 |
| c.30 | GLASS: High quality bowls and jars, until now made mostly in Alexandria, spreads to Italy. Glass WINDOWS are in general use in 1st cen. BC. (Levant blowing) | 30 SHT 2-335 |
| c.30 | HORACE publishes Satires book 2 of 8. | 30 B76 8-1072, DGRBM 2-523, Dur 3-245, OCD 528 |
| c.30 | HORACE publishes Epodes 17 poems in professed immitation of Archilochus. | 30 B76 8-1072, Dur 3-210, OCD 528 29 Dur 3-245 |
| c.30±2 | Sextus PROPERTIUS publishes Elegies book 1. | 33-28 B76 15-46 |
| c.30 | ARTAVASDES-I, Arsacid king of Atropatene, ally of Rome from 36, goes to Rome, where he dies before 20. | 30 OCD 126, atl1 |
| 30 | OCTAVIAN is voted tribune power for life, including the right to judge on appeal. | 30 BNTH 358, CAH 10-408, 819, Dur 3-213, HRE 34, IDB 1-318, ISBE 3-717, bk |
| Roman citizens in the provinces are given the right to appeal local governors' decisions against them to the princeps. (used by Paul in 60 CE) |
| 30 Sep 13 |
M.(2) Tullius CICERO becomes consul until Nov 1 with Octavian. | 30 OCD 239 |
| 30 fall | Former consul M.(6) Valerius MESSALA Corvinus is sent east. Poet Albius Tibullus accompanies as far as Corcyra, gets sick, and returns. | 30 fall DGRBM 3-1125 |
| 30 | New colonies for veterans established. Octavian spends 600,000,000 sesterces on Italian farms for vets. | 30 GHH, HRE 5 |
| c.30 | Rome / Parthia treaty: Armenia and Osroene are Roman clients. |
| 30 | M.(11), Aemilius LEPIDUS dies. Son of the triumvir, plots to kill Octavian when he returns to Italy. He does not tell his father, but his mom Junia knows of it. Urban prefect C. Maecenas discovers the plot, and arrests both. Young Lepidus is immediately despatched to Octavian in the East, and is there executed. | 29 HRE 6 30 DGRBM 2-769, GHH, OCD 597, 636, atl1 |
| 30 | M. Annaeus SENACA the Elder and Latro are students of rhetorician Marullus. | 30 atl1 |
| 30 | DIONYSIUS of Halicarnassus moves from Anatolia to Italy, settles in Rome. | 30 B76 III-559, B76 11-3, brit |
| 30 | 1st Roman standing army: consisting of 10,000 praetorian guards in and around Rome, an army of 400,000 soldiers, and a navy of 50,000 seamen. | 30 GHH |
| c.30 | Octavian, as adoptive son of Caesar, declares himself Divi Filius "Son of a god". | after Antony dies wikMA |
| 30 | Twins of Antony and Cleo-VII, ALEXANDER and Cleo SELENE, age 10, and Ptolemy Philadelphus age 5 are brought from Egypt to Rome. Cleo SELENE remains until 25. | 30 B76 VIII-283, DGRBM 1-112, MCAW 264 |
| 30 Aug? | Ptolemy Philadelphus, son of Cleo-VII and Antony, is spared by Octavian at intercession of Juba-II. He is brought up by Octavia with her own children. We hear no more of him. | 30 DGRBM 3-566 |
| 30 | Antony's daus by Octavia Minor are spared, as is his son, Iullus Antonius. But his elder son, M.(6) Antonius Antyllus, is killed by Octavian's men while pleading for his life in the Caesareum. | 30 atl1, wikMA |
| c.30 | Legion XX Valeria Victrix is levied by Octavian. | post-31 wik20VV |
| C.30 | 1st permanent AMPHITHEATER in Rome, begun by T. Statilius TAURUS at his own expence, until 29. | 30 DGRBM 3-985 30/29 CDCC 44 |
| 30 Nov 1 | M.(2) Tullius CICERO, consul from Sep 13, becomes governor of Syria until ?. | 30 OCD 239 |
| 29 Jan 1 | CONSULS: OCTAVIAN (5th) (now at Samos) and Sextus APPULEIUS, whose suffect is Potitus Valerius Messala | 29 Ac31, CAH 10-75, 122, DGRBM 1-248, 2-1052, 3-514, FHBC 84, wikCon |
| 29 Jan | 1st senate meeting votes further honors for Octavian: the right to use Imperator as his permanent first name, formal approval of his eastern diplomatic arrangements. | 29 CAH 10-75 |
| 29 Jan 11 | GATES of the TEMPLE OF JANUS, open from 229, indicating that Rome is at war, shut 2nd time until 25. | 29 CAH 10-75, DGRBM 1-428, GHH, HRE 8, wikTJ |
| 29 spring | OCTAVIAN, away from 30, returns from Corinth to Brundisium. He is met enthusiastically by senators, equites, etc. He asks them for money to pay his troops. They comply. | 29 CAH 10-75, 119, DGRBM 1-428, Dur 3-211, HRE 6, MCAW 264 28 CDCC 111 |
| 29 spring | Consul M.(4) LICINIUS CRASSUS sent by Octavian to be proconsul of Macedonia until 27. | 30 CAH 10-117 29 DGRBM 1-879, wikBst, lvM4LC, wikMs |
| 29 Aug | Octavian returns from Brundisium to Rome. Future emperor Tiberius, age 13, accompanies. | 29 DGRBM 1-428, 3-1118 |
| 29 Aug | FLAMEN DIVI JULII "Priest of Divine Julius", an office held by Antony from 40, but left vacant with his death in 30, is filled as Octavian appoints a successor, whose name is not known, but may be Sextus Apuleius. | 29 CAH 10-839, wikFDJ |
| 29 Aug 13-15 | OCTAVIAN has 3 triumphs for Illyria, Actium, and Egypt. Adopted son Tiberius age 13 rides in the triumphal chariot on his left, and Marcellus on his right. | 29 Ac31, CAH 10-75, 117, 190, 943, DGRBM 1-428, GHH, MCAW 264, reTi, wikTi |
| 29 |  Triumphal ARCH built in the Forum by Octavian for victory at Actium. Nothing remains but pictures on coins like this denarius. |
photo: CNG 29 CAH 10-936, |
| 29 | OCTAVIAN takes an augurium salutis (see 63), at a time when no Roman forces are fighting. This is the greatest augury by which the safety of the Roman people is sought. | 29 CAH 10-825 |
| 29 | OCTAVIAN is allowed to choose priests beyond the regular number. But the number of non-imperial members of the main priestly colleges remains stable. | 29 CAH 10-827 |
| c.29 | VIRGIL, at Neapolis, finishes Georgics , begun 36, a poem of 2,188 lines in 4 books. His patron Maecenas is so impressed that he takes Virgil south to meet Octavian. Virgil reads it aloud to Octavian after his return from Actium. "Every creature on earth, man and beast, all rush into the fire of love." | 31 MCAW 261 30 bk 29 B76 I-649, 19-153, Dur 3-237, HRE 152, OCD 1125, MNDQ 721 |
| 29 | Arbitrary triumphal legislation is pronounced invalid. | 29 B76 15-1109 |
| 29 | Roman army is reduced from 60 legions to 28. Over 100,000 veterans are disbanded and settled in colonies. | 29 B76 15-1109 27 MCAW 265 |
| 29 | Roman armies are employed on public works. | 29 GHH |
| c.29 | T. Statilius TAURUS sent to Spain. | 29 OCD 1011, wikRCH |
| c.29 | C. Cilinius MAECENAS urban prefect from 31, dismissed. No urban prefect until 27. | 29 CAH 10-99, OCD 636 |
| c.29 Aug 18 |  Temple of DIVUS JULIUS at the south end of the Forum Romanum, begun 42, completed and dedicated by Octavian. The high platform serves as a rostra and, like the rostra at the opposite end of the Forum, is decorated with beaks of ships taken at Actium. |
reconstruc. L.VII.C 29 CAH 10-75, 839, IDB 4-126, MCAW 267, pmpc, wikTC |
| c.29 Aug 18 |  CURIA JULIA, new senate-house at the north end of the Forum Romanum begun by Caesar in 44, completed by Octavian and dedicated. Thereafter adorned with a growing number of monuments and dedications in honor of the emperor and his family. A later rebuild survives mostly intact. |
reconstruc. L.VII.C 29 CAH 10-75, 330, CDCC 246, wikCJ |
| c.29 | Statue of Victory placed in the Curia Julia by the senate. | 29 CAH 10-192 |
| c.29 | Senate permits Romans of Asia and Bithynia to dedicate temples at Ephesus and Nicaea to gods Roma and Divus Julius jointly. Gives same permission to Greeks of Pergamum and Nicomedia for gods Roma and Octavian. | 29 CAH 10-485 |
| c.29 |  1st permanent AMPHITHEATER, begun 30, probably in the south of Campus Martius by T. Statilius Taurus, who paid for it from his own money, finished and dedicated. It is small and unpopular, and lasts until Nero's fire 64CE. |
reconstruction {{PD-US}} 30 DGRG 2-848, OCD 1011 29 OCD 55, 200, wikAST |
| 29 | Λ Codicils to wills declared legal. | 29 GHH |
| 29 | Direct trade with India for silk. | 29 GHH |
| 29 | DIONYSIUS of Halicarnassus, in Italy 30-?, begins to write his Roman Antiquities (7) | 29 GHH |
| 29 | Temple of HERCULES Musarum near Circus Flaminius from 187 restored by Marcius Philippus. | 29 CAH 10-787, wikTHM |
| 29 | C. CLUVIUS is made consul suffect by Octavian. | 29 DGRBM 1-807 |
| 29 | Surveys of provinces ordered by Octavian. Rome will finally know the north coast of Europe. | 29 DGRG 1-879 |
| 29 | MOESIA (a general name for everything between the Danube and the Haemus Mountains) annexed to Rome, but not organized as a province until 6 CE. | 29 wikTAR |
| 29 | Cantabrian War begins until 19: Rome deploys some 80,000 troops against the Cantabri in Spain. | 29 wikTAR |
| 29 | Pleb L. SCRIBONIUS LIBO becomes a patrician. | 29 wikLSL |
| 29 | ANTIOCHUS-I THEOS dies. Former king of Cosmmagene 70-38, charged with murder of an envoy sent to Rome by his bro Mith-II. He is summoned to Rome, tried, condemned executed. | 29 CAH 10-175, OCD 72 |
| c.29 | VIRGIL begins Aenead , at instigation of Augustus, who wants Romans given a more noble heritage than portrayed by Romulus & Remus. It will be unfinished at his death 19. | 29 B76 I-110, 649 HRE 153, wikVrg 27 MCAW 267 |
| 28 Jan 1 | CONSULS: OCTAVIAN (6th) and M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA (2nd) | 28 Ac31, B76 1-367, CAH 10-123, DGRBM 1-79, 428, FHBC 84, wikCon, wikMVA, |
| 28 | Λ CENSORS V OCTAVIAN and pleb M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA, But they do not hold the title Censor. Octavian reforms the constitution, raises many pleb families to patrician rank. | 28 DGRBM 1-428, Dur 3-214, HRE 8, IDB 1-600, wikCns, wikCon |
| 28 | SENATE purged by consul/censors Octavian and Agrippa, reduces it from over 900 senators in 45 back to @800 until 18. 190 senators kicked out for being immoral, irresponsible, or not rich enough. This supposedly restores its republican power. | 29 CAH 10-324-5 28 B76 1-367, DGRBM 1-428, MCAW 265 |
| 28 | OCTAVIAN gets all measures which had been taken during the civil wars repealed. How he does it is not clear. | 28 HRE 9 |
| 28 | OCTAVIAN announces intention to return to the constitutional forms of the republic, by changing the consular fasces, according to custom, with his colleague Agrippa, and thus acknowledging his fellow-consul to be his equal. | 28 HRE 9 |
| 28 | OCTAVIAN begins to restore administration of the provinces to the senate. | 28 HRE 10 |
| 28 | Consul of 29, Sextus APPULEIUS becomes proconsul to Spain. | 28 no date: DGRBM 1-248 |
| 28 | M.(3) Livius DRUSUS Libo is aedile. | 28 DGRBM 1-1082 |
| 28 | Λ CENSUS V, 1st since 70 conducted by censors Octavian and Agrippa. 1st complete census of Italy. Meets resistance in Gaul. Roman citizens in the empire, 16,500,000, F.C. 17,258,761; census of Rome, 4,164,000 (? 4,101,017, or 4,063,000, F.C.) | 29-8 B76 15-1107, CDCC 28 28 B76 1-367, 2-370, CAH 10-123, 429, FHBC 236, GHH, HRE 19, MCAW 264 |
| c.28 | M.(6) Valerius MESSALA CORVINUS becomes proconsul of Aquitaine until 27. | 31 DGRBM 3-1125 28 CAH 10, DGRBM 2-1051, OCD 674 |
| 28 | C. Calvisius SABINUS, governor of Spain from ?, returns to Rome, triumphs in May. | 28 OCD 198 |
| 28 | M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA marries 2nd wife Claudia MARCELLA Major until 21. She is dau of C. Claudius Marcellus & Octavia, and niece of Octavian. | 28 DGRBM 1-79, OCD 31, 146, wikMVA |
| 28 | OCTAVIAN is assigned by the senate to restore temples in city of Rome. He claims to have restored 82. | 29 CAH 10-119 28 CAH 10-475, 830, DGRBM 1-428, IDB 1-319, 4-126, ISBE 4-233 |
| 28 | Title of PRINCEPS SENATUS conferred on Octavian. Originally it means first on the roll call. Later it will mean prince, in the sense of ruler. | 28 Dur 3-214, HRE 15 |
| 28 | Temple of CYBELE (Magna Mater) on west slope of the Palatine Hill, burnt from c.30, restored by Octavian. Stands undamaged until 2 CE. | 28 CAH 10-499 |
| 28 | OCTAVIAN begins building a Julian family mausoleum, gardens, and crematorium on Campus Martius. | 29 IDB 4-126, MCAW 267 28 ISBE 1-259, 4-234, OCD 200 |
| 28 | Various taxes: direct, on inheritances; indirect (the first), on goods sold; fines, on celibacy, etc. | 28 GHH |
| 28 Sep | ACTIAN GAMES first celebrated. | 28 CAH 10-77 |
| 28 Oct 9 | White marble Temple of APOLLO on the Palatine, begun 36, completed, dedicated by Octavian. 2nd temple in Rome dedicated to Apollo, after the Temple of Apollo Sosianus 431. Has ivory doors and holds works of sculpture. | 28 CAH 10-77, 788, 935, HRE 147, MCAW 267, wikTAP |
| 28 | Custom duties extended, being an ad valorem impost of from 1/40 to 1/8 on all imports and exports. East Indian and Arabian goods pay highest duty. | 28 GHH |
| 28 | OCTAVIAN gets sick, and remains so thru winter. | 28 CAH 10-78 |
| 28 | Sabine Rieti marshes drained by means of an 800m canal partly cut in rock, and routed into river Nera. | 28 TTT |
| 28 | ANAXILAUS, Pythagorean, physician, accused of practicing magic, banished from Italy by Octavian. | 28 DGRBM 1-163 |
| 27 Jan 1 | CONSULS: OCTAVIAN (7th) and M. Vipsanius AGRIPPA (3rd) | 27 B76 1-367, CAH 10-78, 126, CDCC 28, DGRBM 1-79, FHBC 84, HRE 10, OCD 31, wikCon, wikMVA |
| 27 Jan 13 | Consul OCTAVIAN declares intent to resign supreme power to the senate and people, restore the republic, and retire to private life. The people cry out in protest and beg him to retain power. Senate makes him imperator: commander in chief of the entire army for 10 years. | 27 Ac31, B76 15-1107, CAH 10-128, Dur 3-214, HRE 10, 23, OCD 149, wikAg |
| 27 Jan 13 | Provinces are classified IMPERIAL or SENATORIAL. Imperial are unstable ones governed by appointed legates of Octavian: Gaul, Spain, Egypt, Syria, and backward parts of Anatolia. Senatorial ones are stable, governed by a proconsul or praetorian chosen by lot for 1 year: Macedonia, Achaia, and most of Africa and Asia. | 27 B76 15-1107, CAH 10-211, 213, GRBM 1-429, IDB 3-941 |
| c.27 Jan 16 | ROME, REPUBLIC from 509, becomes EMPIRE until ?. On proposal of L.(1) Munatius Plancus, OCTAVIAN is granted titles AUGUSTUS, majestic. His name officially becomes Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus. Month of Sextilis is changed to August. | 27 Ac31, CAH 10-79, 130, CDCC 113, DGRBM 3-383, Dur 3-210, GHH, HRE 12, IDB 1-317, ISBE 1-364, LEWH 112, MCAW 264, bk, wikAg, wikTAR |
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