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| Reference | RPC 1555 | | Obverse | CAESAR AVGVSTVS | | reverse | DIVVS IVLIV[S] (DIVINE JULIUS) Battle of Philippi and division of territory | Bronze 18mm (5.64 grams) from the ancient Greek city of Thessalonica circa 27BC - 14 A.D.
Rome was on the edge of civil war
He set the length of the year to 365.25 days by adding an intercalary/leap day at the end of February every fourth year
Denarius (42 BC) issued by Cassius Longinus and Lentulus Spinther , depicting the crowned head of Liberty and on the reverse a sacrificial jug and lituus , from the military mint in Smyrna
Roman society viewed the passive role during sexual activity , regardless of gender, to be a sign of submission or inferiority
It is the events of 27 BC from which he obtained his traditional name of Augustus, which historians use in reference from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD
A statue of Augustus as a younger Octavian, dated ca. 30 BC
A denarius minted c. 18 BC
A denarius of Sextus Pompeius , minted for his victory over Octavian's fleet, on the obverse the Pharus of Messina , who defeated Octavian, on the reverse, the monster Scylla
the reverse shows Tiberius riding on a quadriga , celebrating the fifteenth renewal of his tribunal power
With Rome's civil wars at an end, Augustus was also able to create a standing army for the Roman Empire, fixed at a size of 28 legions of about 170,000 soldiers
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