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Augustus was born on 23 September 63 B.C.

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Gaius Octavius died in 59 B.C from how old he was getting.

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He was adopted by his great-uncle Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

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Julius Caesar died in  March of 44 BC from assassination

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Julius Caesar’s recognition as a god of the Roman state in January 42 BCE enhanced Octavian’s prestige as son of a god.

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In 40 BCE, in an effort to solidify their alliance, Octavian had given his sister, Octavia Minor, in marriage to Antony

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Augustus’s victory at Actinium in 31 BC brought the lengthy civil wars to an end and transformed the decaying republic into a stable monarchic regime.

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At the Battle of Actium on 2 September 31 BCE Octavian’s forces, under the General Agrippa, defeated the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra, scattered them and pursued the survivors until 1 August 30 BCE when, after the loss of Alexandria, Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves.

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In 31 BC, Octavian decisively defeated the forces of Cleopatra and Antony at the Battle of Actium.

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The battle ovtavian and lepidus sextus pompeius

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The battle ovtavian and lepidus sextus pompeius

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Between 38 and 36 BCE, Octavian and Lepidus battled Sextus Pompeius for rule of Rome with Antony lending aid from Egypt.

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Octavian, became the first emperor of the Roman Empire after Julius Caesar died. This happened in 16 January 27 BC – 19 August AD 14.

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In January of 27 BCE, Octavian resigned his powers humbly only to receive them back from the grateful Senate who also bestowed upon him the title Augustus.

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In the year 19 BCE, he was given supreme power over every province in the Roman Empire and, from that time on, Augustus Caesar ruled supremely, the first emperor of Rome and the measure by which all later emperors would be judged.

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The death in 12 BCE of Lepidus enabled Augustus finally to succeed him as the official head of the Roman religion, the chief priest (pontifex maximus).

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Tiberius was away in the field, reducing Pannonia up to the middle Danube, while his brother Drusus crossed the Rhine frontier and invaded Germany as far as the Elbe, where he died in 9 BCE. In the following year, Augustus lost another of his intimates, Maecenas, who had been the adviser of his early days and was an outstanding patron of letters.

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. He held the consulship again on only two occasions, 5 and 2 B.C., to introduce his grandsons to public life; he held this office a total of thirteen times, nine of them consecutively from 31-23.

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By 2 BCE Augustus was declared Pater Patriae, the father of his country.

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In 2 B. C. Augustus received the purely honorific title pater patriae, with the associations of the power and prestigious influence of a father over the state family. His titles includedImperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Pater Patriae. All of his titles were republican, including Imperator. His military proconsular power was never given prominence in his official appellation; Trajan was the first emperor to use the title proconsul, and only when he was not in Italy.

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In 4 A.D., after the death of Gaius, Augustus adopted Tiberius and Agrippa Postumus.

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- Augustus died in AD 14 at the age of 75. He probably died from natural causes, although there were unconfirmed rumors that his wife Livia poisoned him.