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Rise of the Roman Empire Events and Leaders

There is way to much information on this topic to put it all down in research notes, so instead i am focusing on a few kea parts of the rise instead. These kea parts all take place in the first 30 or so years under the Rule of Augustus.

- Augustus was born in Rome on the 23 of September, 63BC. Cool Fact, Augustus's born name was Gaius Octavius. - Augustus becoming ruler of Rome is what is considered the end of the Roman Republic and the Dawn of the Roman Empire. - Many people also consider Augustus to be one of, if not the greatest Roman ruler of all time. He was kind, productive, generous, and was very good at taking criticism. He built Aqueducts to provide clean water to more areas of Rome. He also built with theaters, monuments, and hired 3,500 firefighters. - Augustus was also smart. He knew that he was not very good at military control, so he gave control of most of his battles to a man named Agrippa. He only ever took control of a few battles, the most important one being the Cantabrian War, but even this battle he heavily relied on his skilled generals for tactics. - The vast majority of the Growth of the Roman Empire Took place under Augustus's control. - The Campaign took place in Spain between the Cantabri and Roman Empire between 26-25BC. - It was an expecially bloody war because the Roman armies were told to take no prisoners, and the Canabri refused to surrender. - Because of the Romans Superior fighting skill, the Canabri were slaughtered and the Romans took few Casualities. - The battle was looked upon as a huge success for the Romans and made Augustus even more beloved by the people in Rome. - Augustus received legionary standards from the Parthians simply by threatening them with war on the year 53BC. - On the year 30BC, Augustus fought and won the war against Egypt. The war on Egypt was Augustus's greatest victory. - Augustus also conquered the Alpine tribes occuping an Area called the Balkins.
 * Augustus**
 * The Cantabrian War**
 * Other wars/events**

For a Very interesting list of rulers after Augustus click [|here]. More importantly, look at the cause of death. about three quarters are assassinations.

http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/augustus.html http://www.unrv.com/provinces/provincetable.php



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