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Chronological Table: Augustus

OCTAVIUS Emperor of Rome. 30 Death of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.- Alexandria taken by Octavius. 27 Octavius receives the title of Augustus. 23 Death of Marcellus. - Agrippa in Mitylene. 20 - CXCth Olympiad.

Porus, King of India, sends an Embassy to Augustus. 17 Augustus revives the secular games. 15 The Rhæti and Vindelici defeated by Drusus.

The temple of Janus shut by Augustus for a short time. 8 Augustus corrects an error of the Roman Calendar. ---- A.D.

Death of Mecænas. 5 Augustus ordains a census of all the people in the Roman Empire. 4 JESUS CHRIST is born four years before the commencement of the vulgar era. 9 The Roman legions, under Varus, cut to pieces in Germany. - Ovid the poet banished to Tomos. 14 TIBERIUS Emperor of Rome. 19 Germanicus dies at Antioch.

Tiberius banishes the Jews from Rome. 21 CCth Olympiad. 25 CCIst Olympiad. - Here the OLYMPIADS end. 26 John the Baptist preaches in Judæa the coming of the Messiah. 27 Tiberius retires to the island of Capreæ. - Pilate made Governor of Judæa. 31 Sejanus disgraced, and put to death by Tiberius. 33 JESUS CHRIST is crucified. 35 The conversion of St. Paul. 37 CALIGULA Emperor of Rome. 39 St. Matthew writes his Gospel. 40 The name of Christians given to the disciples of Christ at Antioch. 41 CLAUDIUS Emperor of Rome.