Augustus' Principate and Reforms (27 BCE–14 CE)

1. First Settlement and title "Augustus" granted

   Jan 16, 27 BCELabels: Augustus, Roman Senate

   • Britannica
   • Britannica
   • CSUN

2. Permanent Praetorian Guard organized

   Jan 16, 27 BCELabels: Praetorian Guard, Augustus

   • Britannica

3. Coinage reform centralizes gold and silver minting

   Jan 1, 23 BCELabels: Coinage Reform, Augustus

   • Coinage Reform

4. Second Settlement: tribunician power and imperium maius

   Jul 1, 23 BCELabels: Tribunician Power, Imperium Maius

   • CSUN
   • Principate

5. Fire brigade organized under aediles

   Jan 1, 21 BCELabels: Aediles, Fire Brigade

   • Britannica

6. Marriage law: Lex Iulia de maritandis ordinibus

   Jan 1, 18 BCELabels: Lex Iulia, Augustus

   • Lex Papia

7. Senate commissions the Ara Pacis

   Jul 4, 13 BCELabels: Ara Pacis, Roman Senate

   • Ara Pacis

8. Augustus becomes pontifex maximus

   Jan 1, 12 BCELabels: Pontifex Maximus, Augustus

   • Britannica
   • Augustus

9. Ara Pacis consecrated

   Jan 30, 9 BCELabels: Ara Pacis, Augustan Ideology

   • Ara Pacis

10. Rome divided into 14 administrative regions

    Jan 1, 7 BCELabels: City Regions, Augustus

    • Britannica
    • 14 Regions

11. Military treasury (aerarium militare) established

    Jan 1, 6Labels: Aerarium Militare, Augustus

    • Aerarium
    • Aerarium

12. Vigiles created as professional fire and night watch

    Jan 1, 6Labels: Vigiles, Augustus

    • Britannica
    • Vigiles

13. Marriage and family law updated: Lex Papia Poppaea

    Jan 1, 9Labels: Lex Papia, Marriage Laws

    • Lex Papia

14. Res Gestae completed shortly before Augustus’ death

    Jul 19, 14Labels: Res Gestae, Augustus

    • Res Gestae

15. Death of Augustus at Nola

    Aug 19, 14Labels: Death of, Nola

    • Britannica
    • Augustus