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15th March 44 BCE: Roman dictator Julius Caesar stabbed to death near the Theatre of Pompey in Rome

15th March 2022
Tagged as: Assassination, Augustus, Caesar, Julius Caesar, Murder, Roman Empire, Rome

Casca was the first to strike and caused a stab wound to Caesar’s neck. He suffered a total of 23 stab wounds in the attack.

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16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps

16th January 2022
Tagged as: Ancient Rome, Augustus, Emperor, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Roman Empire, Rome

The title Augustus is understood to translate as ‘the illustrious one’ and, although the title did not grant Octavian him political authority, many historians see this as the point at which his rule as first Roman Emperor began.

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2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium

2nd September 2021
Tagged as: Augustus, Battle of Actium, Cleopatra, Egypt, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Navy, Octavian, Roman Empire, Rome

Octavian defeated the combined forces of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.

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16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor

16th January 2020
Tagged as: Augustus, Politics, Roman Empire, Rome

On the 16^th January 27 BCE, the Roman Senate granted Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps.

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15th March 44 BCE: Roman dictator Julius Caesar stabbed to death near the Theatre of Pompey in Rome

16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps

2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium

16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary

22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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