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Events relating to the roman empire
Phoenicia is incorporated into the Roman province of Syria, with Tyre and Sidon retaining a measure of self-government
Octavian is given the life-long title of Augustus by the senate in Rome, becoming in effect the first Roman emperor
Livy begins writing and publishing his History of Rome, a task which will occupy him for forty years
The first three books of Horace's Odes are published, written on his Sabine farm
Herod the Great, king of Judaea, begins to build a spectacular new Temple for the Jews on the sacred mount in Jerusalem
The excellence of the arts, particularly literature, during the reign of Augustus Caesar causes it to be remembered as a golden age of culture
A collection of witty love poems, entitled Amores, brings Ovid an early success
Augustus Caesar puts a team of surveyors to work mapping the empire's 50,000 miles of roads, a task which will take them twenty years
Roman author Vitruvius writes De Architectura, now generally known as The Ten Books of Architecture
The Netherlands, or 'low countries' around the Rhine delta, enter history as the Roman province of Germania Inferior
Virgil dies just after completing the Aeneid, and imperial command from Augustus Caesar prevents his executor from destroying the epic
After the death of two of his grandsons, the emperor Augustus formally adopts his stepson Tiberius as his successor
Augustus Caesar insists on Tiberius adopting as his successor Germanicus, a talented young member of the imperial family
Germanicus, designated eventual heir to the throne, marries Agrippina, granddaughter of the ruling emperor
The defeat of three Roman legions in the Teutoberg Forest by Arminius, establishes the Rhine as a natural boundary of the Roman empire
The period of stability achieved during the reign of Augustus Caesar has been given the name Pax Romana ('Roman peace')
The death of Augustus introduces half a century of chaos, as the members of his family compete ruthlessly for power
Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus Caesar as the Roman emperor
Germanicus, nephew and heir of the emperor Tiberius, dies when far away with the army in Syria
Within the tangled and tormented web of the Roman imperial family, Gaius Caesar - nicknamed Caligula - inherits the throne
Claudius, after the assassination of his nephew Caligula, is selected as emperor by the praetorian guards
Herod Agrippa, a grandson of Herod the Great, restores a brief calm to Palestine
The Romans invade Britain and the tribal leader Caractacus fails to hold them in an encounter near the Medway
The emperor Claudius catches up with the Roman army, waiting at the Thames for him to lead the final victory over the English tribes
The Roman emperor Claudius reaches Colchester, where a temple is erected to him as a god
