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27 BC
Octavian is given the life-long title of Augustus by the senate in Rome, becoming in effect the first Roman emperor
Gold coin depicting Octavian, 28 BC
British Museum
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27 BC
Livy begins writing and publishing his
History of Rome
, a task which will occupy him for forty years
23 BC
The first three books of Horace's
Odes
are published, written on his Sabine farm
20 BC
Herod the Great, king of Judaea, begins to build a spectacular new Temple for the Jews on the sacred mount in Jerusalem
c. 20 BC
The excellence of the arts, particularly literature, during the reign of Augustus Caesar causes it to be remembered as a golden age of culture
c. 20 BC
A collection of witty love poems, entitled
Amores
, brings Ovid an early success
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