Octavian August

The first emperor of ancient Rome, from 27 BC He was born on September 23, 63 BCE. He was adopted by Julius Caesar, after whose death he originally fought against Mark Antony, to ally with him and Lepidus, governor of Narbonne Gaul, in AD 43, creating a triumvirate. These three divided their spheres of influence among themselves. Octavian went to Spain and Gaul.

In the fall of 42, Octavian and Mark Antony defeated the assassins of Caesar Mark Brutus and Gaius Cassius at Philippi. In 36 AD, Octavian seized Lepidus' territory and army, excluding him from the triumvirate. His conflict with Antony, then allied with Cleopatra, intensified. On September 2, 31, the fleet commanded by Agrippa broke up the units of two of them at Actium, and when Octavian entered Alexandria in AD 30, they both committed suicide. During the reign of Octavian, the territory of Rome significantly expanded:in addition to Egypt, he conquered, among others, the rest of Spain and Galatia.

In 28 AD, Octavian was awarded the title of princeps senatus . A year later, as the consul for the seventh time, he resigned from the rights of the triumvir. The Senate named him Augustus. From that moment on, he reigned as Octavian Augustus, and on January 16, 27 BCE. is treated as the beginning of the empire in Rome. In 23 CE he became a lifetime tribune of the people, and in 12 BCE. he was also appointed high priest.

In 2 B.C., when he was hailed as pater patriae , for taking part in the plot, his daughter Julia was exiled, and his son Mark Antony was killed. Octavian Augustus himself died on August 19, 14 in Nola, in Campania. His last words were, "Clap your citizens, comedy over." He was succeeded by Tiberius, whose mother was the third wife of Octavian Livia Druzylla.