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3 09, 2017

Julio-Claudians – emperors of ancient Rome

By |2019-10-20T14:32:15-07:00September 3rd, 2017|History|Comments Off on Julio-Claudians – emperors of ancient Rome

The Roman emperor Augustus, first of the Julio-Claudians How did Augustus get power? Everybody was tired of all this fighting and killing. And everyone was afraid of Octavian. So when Octavian [...]

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3 09, 2017

The Second Triumvirate – Roman Republic

By |2017-09-03T09:02:39-07:00September 3rd, 2017|History, Romans|Comments Off on The Second Triumvirate – Roman Republic

Julius Caesar When Julius Caesar got to Egypt, he was happy to find out that Pompey was dead. Julius Caesar spent the winter in Egypt, where he met Egypt's pharaoh, Cleopatra. When he went back to Rome [...]

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