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When Octavian's Egyptian hoard reaches Rome, the standard rate of interest falls from 12% to 4%
Octavian is given the life-long title of Augustus by the senate in Rome, becoming in effect the first Roman emperor
Livy begins writing and publishing his History of Rome, a task which will occupy him for forty years
Sukune, according to tradition, wins the first sumo wrestling contest and becomes patron saint of the sport
The first three books of Horace's Odes are published, written on his Sabine farm
Herod the Great, king of Judaea, begins to build a spectacular new Temple for the Jews on the sacred mount in Jerusalem
The excellence of the arts, particularly literature, during the reign of Augustus Caesar causes it to be remembered as a golden age of culture
A collection of witty love poems, entitled Amores, brings Ovid an early success
Augustus Caesar puts a team of surveyors to work mapping the empire's 50,000 miles of roads, a task which will take them twenty years
Roman author Vitruvius writes De Architectura, now generally known as The Ten Books of Architecture
The Netherlands, or 'low countries' around the Rhine delta, enter history as the Roman province of Germania Inferior
Virgil dies just after completing the Aeneid, and imperial command from Augustus Caesar prevents his executor from destroying the epic
According to the Gospel account, Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem two years before the death of Herod the Great - making the date 6 BC
Herod, according to the Gospel account, orders all newly born infants in Bethlehem to be killed
Christians decide (though not until AD 525) that this is the year of Christ's birth, making it AD 1 in the Christian chronology
After the death of two of his grandsons, the emperor Augustus formally adopts his stepson Tiberius as his successor
Augustus Caesar insists on Tiberius adopting as his successor Germanicus, a talented young member of the imperial family
Germanicus, designated eventual heir to the throne, marries Agrippina, granddaughter of the ruling emperor
The defeat of three Roman legions in the Teutoberg Forest by Arminius, establishes the Rhine as a natural boundary of the Roman empire
The period of stability achieved during the reign of Augustus Caesar has been given the name Pax Romana ('Roman peace')
The death of Augustus introduces half a century of chaos, as the members of his family compete ruthlessly for power
Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus Caesar as the Roman emperor
Germanicus, nephew and heir of the emperor Tiberius, dies when far away with the army in Syria
Saul of Tarsus, later known as St Paul, has a Greek-speaking Jewish father who is a Roman citizen
The Romans construct the massive Pont du Gard to bring water to the city of Nîmes
