Augustus Caesar timeline of key actions and events in his life.

Gaius Octavius Thurinus, later known as Octavian and Augustus Caesar is born.

Octavian accompanies Great Uncle, Julius Caesar on a military expedition to Spain.

Octavian completes military and academic studies. Whilst there discovers Julius Caesar was assassinated and he was adopted by him, making him heir to the throne.

Octavian, Marc Antony and Marcus Lepidus form a political alliance called the Second Triumvirate that allows all of them to rule the Roman Empire for 5 years, and therefore this ends the Roman Republic.

Battles and defeats Marc Antony and Cleopatra in the battle of Actium, due to Marc leaving his wife, Octavian’s sister, for Cleopatra. This therefore makes Octavian the undisputed Roman Emperor.

Awarded by the senate, and from after that time, Octavian was referred to as Augustus Caesar. This was also the year when he became emperor

Due to illness, Augustus dies