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The Emperors of Rome
During the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
(not including Nero)
The Four Emperors
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Emperor Timeline
Augustus •27BC – 14AD
Tiberius
•14AD – 37AD
Caligula
•37AD – 41AD
Claudius
•41AD – 54AD
The Ides of March - is the name of the
15th day of March in the Roman calendar.
• Having no living legitimate children, Caesar
had adopted his great-nephew Octavius as his
son and main heir.
• Upon his adoption, Octavius (Augustus)
assumed his great-uncle's name, Gaius Julius
Caesar.
Mark Anthony
• Arriving in Rome on 6 May 44
BC, Octavian found the consul
(the highest elected office of the Roman Republic)
• Mark Antony, Caesar's former colleague, in an
uneasy truce with the dictator's assassins; they had
been granted a general amnesty on 17 March, yet
Antony succeeded in driving most of them out of
Rome with a scathing speech at his eulogy.
The Second Triumvirate
• Antony formed an official political alliance with
Octavian (the future Augustus) and Lepidus, known to
historians today as the Second Triumvirate.
• The triumvirate broke up in 33 BC. Disagreement
between Octavian and Antony erupted into civil war,
the final war of the Roman Republic, in 31 BC. Antony
was defeated by Octavian at the naval Battle of Actium,
and in a brief land battle at Alexandria.
• He and his lover Cleopatra committed suicide shortly
thereafter. His career and defeat are significant in
Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
The Principate
(27 BC – 284 AD) is the first period of the Roman Empire
• When Antony died, Octavian became
uncontested ruler of Rome. In the following
years, Octavian, who was known as Augustus
after 27 BC, managed to accumulate in his
person all administrative, political, and
military offices.
• When Augustus died in 14 AD, his political
powers passed to his adopted son Tiberius;
the Roman Principate had begun.
Your next task! – Research the
meanings of the following words
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Consul
Censor
Tribune
Quaestor
Senate
Lictor
Plebian
Aediles
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Magister Equitum
Imperator
Proconsul
Princeps
Imperium
Praetorian Guard
Pontifex Maximus