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Orestes elevated his son to the throne while he himself administered Italy in the name of his son and effectively ruled virtually as Emperor. After ten months of power, in August 476 AD, Orestes’ barbarian mercenaries mutinied again and proclaimed Odovacar King. Orestes was captured and beheaded at Placentia, and the helpless Romulus was ...
- Born 63 BC – Died 14 Ad, Age 78
- The Rebuilding of Rome
- Administrative, Legal & Tax Reforms
- Expanding The Empire
- The Search For An Heir
- The Last Year
- Augustus The Man
- Monetary Reform
- Monetary System
With the defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BC, Octavianemerged as the undisputed master of the Roman World. The Battle of Actim effectively ended the Republic and would give birth to Imperial Rome. His great-uncle Julius Caesar briefly attained such a position, but for now, Octavian had to be sure that his victory would remain solid. Betwee...
Augustus is undoubtedly known for taking Rome, built of brick, and transforming it into a marble city. He made the Forum and several temples, including the temple of Divus Julius, which was constructed upon the spot of Caesar’s cremation. He also built the first permanent theatre in Rome, named after his deceased son-in-law – the Theatre of Marcell...
Augustus embarked on significant administrative changes in the spirit of his great uncle, Julius Caesar. Reforms were made in finances as well as in the bureaucracy. Various legal reforms were also introduced, covering everything from Treason and bribery to social reforms. The Equestrian Order and Freedmen were brought into the process of governmen...
Augustus was also very concerned with preserving the Empire and its frontiers. He strengthened the Roman government in Spain and Gaul and embarked on a project of urbanization, much of which is still evident today in the ruins throughout Europe. All of Augustus’ambitions for expanding the frontier were not achieved. While the Romans occupied German...
The process of an imperial dynasty was not necessarily planned nor entirely expected, given the lack of such a Roman precedent. The historianSuetonius claimed that Augustus considered stepping down twice. Once following Antony’s death and his near-death experience in 23 BC, Augustus appeared to some extent almost obsessed with finding an heir, give...
Augustus may have begun to suspect that the bad fortunes of his family were not by chance. Augustus became ill in 14 AD and refused to eat any food unless it was picked by his own hand, fearing perhaps that Livia might be poisoning him as well. It is entirely possible that Livia feared that Augustus might remove Tiberius from his will and may have ...
Augustuswas indeed a practical man. He did not surround himself with great luxuries but preferred quite modest furnishings, diet, and dress. He lived in a modest palace on the Palatine Hill overlooking the Forum. Although he had a great passion for the people and honesty in politics, the interesting paradox was that he mistrusted the mob and dislik...
The monetary reform of Augustus was a significant change that would forever alter the course of Rome’s monetary history. Bronze coinage, which had virtually ceased to be minted after 84 BC, was restituted. The minting of gold and silver was maintained under Octavian’s own personal control, and gold now became a regular part of the Roman monetary sy...
Mints: Alexandria, Antioch, Arelate, Constantinople, Cyzicus, Heraclea, London, Lugdunum, Nicomedia, Rome, Siscia, Sirmium, Thessalonica, Ticinum, Treveri Obverse Legends: Postumous Coinage DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R OB CIVES SER DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R DIVO AVGVSTVS PATER DIVVS AVGVSTVS S C DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER DIVVS AVGVSTVS DIVO AVGVSTO
222-235 AD. Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander was originally named Alexianus. He was born about 208 AD. Alexander was the son of Julia Mamaea and Gessius Marcianus. At the insistence of his grandmother, Julia Maesa, Alexander was adopted by his cousin and was adopted by his cousin Elagabalus in 221 AD, making him the legal heir to the throne.
360 – 394 AD. Following the death of Constantius II in 360 AD, the empire fell into the hands of the last heir of Constantine The Great – Julian II (360-363 AD) . Julian also instituted economic and governmental reforms as well as religious reforms due to his anti-Christain or pegan beliefs. He almost immediately tightened finances in an ...
First Reign 286 – 305 ADSecond Reign 306 – 308 AD. Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus was given the rank of co-emperor by Diocletian in the year following the latter’s victory over Carinus. Maximianus was uneducated bur was a loyal and brave warrior. On the division of the empire between the two Augustii his assigned area of ...
253 – 268 AD. Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus was the son of the emperor Valerian I. Gallienus was raised to the rank of co-emperor (Augustus) soon after his father was hailed Augustus by his troops. At the same time, Gallienus’s son, Valerian II, was given the rank of Caesar. In 254 AD, Gallienus was charged with the defense of the ...
The last double antoninianus, which can be at least reasonably identified, ends with the reign of Quintillus, the brother of Clauius II in 270 AD. Following the death of Caracalla in 217 AD, the double aureus did not immediately survive. The double aureus was finally reintroduced around 249 AD by Trajan.
