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-Octavian obtained power

he had to defeat 4 rivals

One of them being Marc Anthony, a popular general who was married to Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt

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- fourth period of expansion

-Assasination of Julius Caesar

- 10 year civil war

-octavian, Julius grand nephew rose to sole power

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31 B.C.E

Marc Anthony and Cleopatra was nearing defeat from Octavian

Octavian's army pursuing them to the point of them taking there own lives

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Octavian has became the surpreme leader of the mediterranean world

he wanted to restore the Senate to full power of authority

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- Octavian secretly taking control of Rome

Becoming a dictator for life

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Octavian gave "control to the Senate"

they named him caesar Augustas

named after his grand uncle Julius Caesar a famous Roman General

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Augustas boosted Romes economy

He gave Rome its first firefighters police force

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he repaired over 80 temples in Rome

His own words"I found Rome brick I left it marble

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Augustas ruled more than 50 million people in the Roman Empire.

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Conqured cites that Augustas took were now turned into Roman provinces and used as a defender for the kingdom

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Augustas pushed the empire's borders to better defend the Roman empire

Borders pushed to the Rhine and Danube rivers in the north, the Sahara in the south, and the Atlantic in the west

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Roman empire needed a stronger economy so they added taxes

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Rome used the money to create harbors and canals to improve trade

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Augustas punished people who cheated (unfaithful) to there partners

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In order to keep his family and himself safe Augustas made a private army to protect him

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Even though the private army were to protect the emperor, many plotted against him

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for about 200 years the Mediterranean world was at peace called the Pax Romana

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Emperors of later years added territory from Britain to the Black Sea

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The Romans took control of the mediterrian world cementing them as one of the most powerful empire in history.