Transcript caesar augustus

Caesar Augustus
63 BC – AD 14
Rise to Power
• Defeated Antony at Battle of Actium
• "Courted" the senate and the people
• Received the name Augustus in 27 BC =
"The revered one"
Absolute Power
• *In 23 BC, he wanted more power than the
consulship gave him:
1) Tribuneship
2) supreme power over territorial issues
Reforms
1) Rebuilt Forum/Old temples/Curia
2) Created police force and fire brigade
3) Created Praetorian Guard
4) Enforced the Marriage Law
5) Senate reduced to 600
6) Army soldiers pledge to country and Augustus versus
their generals.
Wars/Territories
• Battle of Actium 31 BC (wasn't really in power)
• The Cantabrian War 26-25 BC - conquest of Spain
• Threatened Parthia
• Achieved Danube (in the East) by battling Alpine tribes
• Northern border stayed at the Rhine