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Reign of Augustus

27 BCE–14 CE

After the civil wars, Octavian took the name Augustus and presented his authority as a restoration of the republic. In practice, he controlled the army, major provinces and the highest honours of the state.

The new system depended on dynastic planning as well as public institutions. The deaths, marriages, adoptions and exiles within the imperial household repeatedly changed the expected succession.

I, Claudius presents these events through Claudius's hostile retrospective account, particularly emphasising Livia's influence and the vulnerability of Augustus's chosen heirs.

Related people for Reign of Augustus

Agrippina the Younger15–59 Alexander Heliosborn 41 BCE Arminius18 BCE–21 Augustus64 BCE–14 Caesarion47–30 BCE Caligula12–41 Claudius11 BCE–54 Cleopatra70 BCE–31 BCE Cleopatra Selene II41 BCE–6 BCE Germanicus16 BCE–19 Herod the Great75 BCE–5 BCE Juba IIc. 48 BCE–23 CE Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Livia60 BCE–29 Livy60 BCE–17 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa64 BCE–13 BCE Mark Antony83–30 BCE Octavia the Youngerc. 69–11 BCE Ovid44 BCE–17 Pompey106–48 BCE Publius Quinctilius Varus47 BCE–9 Sejanus21 BCE–31 Tiberius43 BCE–37 Trajan53–117 Vercingetorixc. 82–46 BCE Virgil71 BCE–20 BCE

Series

Series about Reign of Augustus (1 series)

Spies of Rome in Order

by Richard Foreman 6 books 4.2(683)

Spies of Rome follows the poet Rufus Varro and his former-gladiator bodyguard Manius as reluctant agents of Marcus Agrippa during the first years of Augustus’s rule. The original trilogy investigates a coup, a slave trader’s murder and a killing connected to the imperial household. Three later novellas send…

Books

16 Best Novels About the Reign of Augustus

Non-Fiction

8 Best Non-Fiction Books About the Reign of Augustus

Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.