Excerpt from A History of the World, From the Earliest Records to the Present Time, Vol. 3: Ancient History, From the Triumvirate of Tiberius Gracchus to the Fall of the Roman Empire Octavian the sole ruler of the Roman world - Imperator and Censor for life - Cen sus of the empire - The dignity of Princeps - He accepts the Imperium for ten. Years - The provinces of Caesar, and of the Senate and people - The title of Augustus - The name of Caesar - Augustus goes to Spain - His dangerous illnesses - Question of a successor - He receives the perpetual tribunitian and consular powers - His legislative and judicial functions - The Emperor not above'the laws - The popular assemblies-state of the Roman people - The Senate and the Equites - The Imperial consuls, praetors, aediles, and quaestors - The prefect of the city - Government of the provinces - Military organiza tion - The Praetorian cohorts and Urban guards - The Legions - The eet Finances of the empire - Summary of the Imperial system - The family of Augustus - Livia and her stepsons - Octavia and Marcellus - Death of Mar cellus - Marriage of Julia to Agrippa - Caius and Lucius Caesar, and Agrippa Postumus - Descendants of Octavia and Antony - Genealogy of the Six Cazsars - Augustus in the East - The standards of Crassus recovered - The great Secular games - Agrippa goes to the East - Augustus in Gaul - Descrip tion Of the Danubian regions - Vindelicia and Rhaetia conquered by Tiberius and Drusus - Consulship of Tiberius - Augustus Pontifex Maximus - Death Onrippa - Marriage of Tiberius to J ulia - Drusus in Gaul - Account of the Germans and their land - The four campaigns of Drusus in germany-his death and funeral - Conquest Of Moesia - Tiberius in Germany - His retire ment to Rhodes - Banishment of Julia - Advancement and deaths of' Caius and Lucius Caesar - Adoption of Tiberius - His campaigns in Germany and Illyricum - Intrigues against Augustus - Exile of Ovid - Catastrophe of Varus - Tiberius and Germanicus in Germany - Last days and death of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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