27 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century |
| Decades: | 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s |
| Years: | 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC |
[edit] Events
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[edit] Rome
- January 16 - The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. He accepts this honor, having declined the alternative title of Romulus. He is known as Augustus afterwards.
- Augustus becomes consul for the seventh time. His partner Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa becomes consul for the third time.
- Augustus, as consul, returns power to the Senate of Rome.
- Augustus starts a new military reform.
- Northern statue of the Colossi of Memnon is shattered by an earthquake in Egypt (according to Strabo).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Marcus Terentius Varro, Roman scholar.
[edit] References
- Reference for Octavian considering the name Romulus: W.H. Gross, 'The Propaganda of an Unpopular Ideology,' in The Age of Augustus: Interdisciplinary Conference held at Brown University, April 30 - May 2, 1982, edited by Rolf Winkes (Rhode Island: Centre for Old World Archaeology and Art, 1985), 35.
