Julio-Claudian
Chronology
- 31 BCE - Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium
- 27 BCE - Octavian declares Republic restored. The "Principate"
is generally said to have begun at this moment. The Senate votes Octavian
the title, "Augustus."
- 23 BCE- A serious illness prompts rumors of a conspiracy against Augustus.
He recovers and the Senate votes to grant Augusts imperium maius and
tribunicia potestas .
- 15 BCE - Germanicus born
- 14 BCE - Agrippina the Elder born
- 10 BCE - Claudius born (brother of Germanicus)
- 3 BCE - Servius Sulpicius Galba born.
- 4 CE - Augustus adopts Tiberius
- 12 CE - Caligula (nephew of Tiberius) born
- 13 CE - Tiberrius' proconsular imperium made coextensive with that
of Augustus
- 14 CE - 37 CE: reign of Tiberius
- 15 CE - Agrippina the Younger born
- 22 CE - Messalina born
- 37-41 CE: reign of Caligula; Nero born
- 54 - 68 CE: reign of Nero
- 57: Nero forces Agrippina into retirement
- 59: Nero kills his Agrippina
- 62: Nero banishes his wife, Octavia and marries Poppaea Sabina. Burrus
dies.
- 63: Senca the Younger retires
- 65: Nero crushes conspiracy of Calpurniuis Piso
- 68: Nero commits suicide
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Resources:
Factoids & Terms
- imperium; magistrates
- Battle
of Actium; Julio-Claudian
- senate; assemblies
- tribune of the plebs (sacrosanct; veto)
- patron-client
- Gracchi; Sulla; Julius Caesar; Pompey; Mark Antony
- populares
- dictator
- triumvirate
Further Reading:
- Ronald Syme, The Roman Revolution
- Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy
- Robert Graves, I Claudius; Claudius the God
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