DATES IN THE LIFE OF AUGUSTUS

YEAR:	DATE:	EVENT:
63 B. C.	September 23	BIRTH OF AUGUSTUS, at Rome (Suetonius Augustus 5, 6, 94).
ca. 50	.	Funeral Oration for his grandmother Julia
48	October 18	Toga virilis (ceremony: became a man in law)
45	October	In Spain with Julius Caesar: Battle of Munda At Apollonia in Macedonia, with troops assembling for Caesar's eastern expedition.
44	March 15	Assassination of Julius Caesar, young Octavius' grandmother's brother.
	April 18	Back in Italy, at Naples
	April 19	Meeting with Cicero and Balbus (Cicero ad Att. 14. 10) Puteoli, at Philippus' villa Cumae, at Cicero's Villa
	early May	In Rome: MEETING WITH ANTONY in Pompey's Gardens
43	April 14	Battle at Forum Gallorum. Antony defeated.
	April 14-27	Battle at Mutina (April 21): Antony defeated.
	May 24	Bononia. Antony and Lepidus join forces.
	August 19	First Consulate of Caesar, with his cousin Pedius
	October	Meeting with Antony and Lepidus at the Island of Reni (near Bononia)
	November 27	Second Triumvirate legislated into existence for 5 years at Rome: Lex Titia (Appian BC IV.7; Dio 46. 55, 47. 2, 47. 19; Suetonius Augustus 27; Livy Epit. 120; Gellius XIV. 7.5) Proscriptions: 130+ senators (Livy); 200 senators and 2000+ Equites (Appian) –Only one ex-consul known (Cicero)
42		The Campaign against the "Liberators" (Brutus and Cassius) Triumviri had 43 legions + cavalry + auxilia Finance: 1400 rich women ordered censused and assessed: failure. Everyone with property of HS 400,000 to contribute 1 year's income.
	October 23	Battle of Philippi. Young Caesar was ill.
41	.	Perusine War (Appian Bellum Civile V; Dio 48; Suetonius Augustus 12)
40	by July 5	Capture of Perusia; Caesar returns to Rome (Dio 48. 17). Caesar leaves for Gaul and Spain (Dio 48. 20) Caesar ill at Canusium and Brundisium (Appian V. 57) Antonius marries Caesar's full-sister Octavia (child: Antonia, mother of the Emperor Claudius)
39	.	Caesar marries Scribonia (child: Julia)
38	January 17	Caesar marries Livia, the pregnant wife of Ti. Claudius Nero. She already had one small child by Claudius Nero, named Tiberius. Drusus was born shortly after the marriage. Livia finally died in A. D. 29 at the age of 86.
36	September 3	Battle of Naulochus (off the coast of Sicily). The end of Lepidus' importance.
31	September 2	Battle of Actium: Defeat of Antonius and Cleopatra.
30	August	Alexandria: Suicide of Antonius and Cleopatra.
29	August 13-15	Triple triumph of Caesar on his return to Rome
28	.	Census
27	January 13 & 16	Restoration of the Republic (Res Gestae Divi Augusti 34) Constitutional Settlement; name of Augustus awarded by Senate.
26	.	Augustus leads the Spanish campaign
23	June	Augustus ill Assassination attempt (led by Maecenas' brother-in-law) Augustus gave up the consulship, and was given Tribunician Power
22	.	Augustus tours the East (Athens, Ephesus, Syria, etc.) (Dio 54. 10)
19	October 12	Return of Augustus from the Eastern Tour: Fortuna Redux (Dio 54. 10)
18	.	Lectio Senatus (revision of membership of the Senate) (Dio 54. 12).
17		Adoption of Gaius and Lucius Agrippa (Dio 54. 18)
	before May 24	Leges Iuliae de ordinibus maritandis
	May 31–June 3	Ludi Saeculares. Centennial Festival and games
16	February 17	Dedication of the Temple of Quirinus (Ovid Fasti 2. 509; Dio 54. 19)
16–13	.	Tour of Gaul and Tour of Spain (Dio 54. 19) (Augustus accompanied by Livia, Tiberius and Terentia)
13	July 4	Official date of Augustus' return from his western tour. Ludi pro reditu.
12	March 6	Augustus elected Pontifex Maximus, in succession to Lepidus.
	March 19-23	Augustus travels to Campania with Agrippa (Dio 54. 28)
	Summer	Augustus in Aquileia, meeting with Herod the Great (Josephus 16. 4)
11	May 4	Grand Opening of the Theater of Marcellus (who died in 23) (Suetonius Aug. 43).
10		Augustus in Aquileia with Livia and Julia; journey to Gaul with Tiberius and Drusus
	August 1	Dedication of the Altar of the Three Gauls at Lyons
9	January 1	with Tiberius in Ticinum
	September 14	Funeral of Drusus in Rome (Dio 55. 4)
8	.	Census. Lectio Senatus.
7		Games for Augustus' return from Gaul (Dio 55. 8)
7/6 ?	.	Birth of Jesus, son of Mary, in Bethlehem, Province of Judaea
6	.	Augustus ill in Rome (Suetonius Tiberius 11.
5	January 1	Augustus consul XII. He introduces his heir Gaius Caesar in the Forum.
2	January 1	Augustus consul XIII. He introduces his other heir Lucius Caesar in the Forum. Augustus voted the title Pater Patriae.
	August 1	Dedication of the Forum Augustum and Temple of Mars Ultor The Julia Scandal.
A.D. 4	July	Lectio Senatus Extension of Tribunicia potestas for ten years for Augustus and Tiberius
6-8		Augustus in Ravenna (Suetonius Augustus 20), and Rimini (Suet. Augustus 30; Dio 55. 34)
9	early Summer	Reception of Tiberius in Rome (Suetonius Tiberius 17)
12		Augustus' letter to Livia about Claudius (Suetonius Claudius 4)
13	January 16	Triumph of Tiberius (Suetonius Tiberius 20)
	April 3	Augustus wrote his Last Will and Testament and the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.
14	May 11	Census.
	July 24-25	Augustus and Tiberius leave Rome for the East (Dio 55. 29)
	August 9	Departure of Tiberius for the Balkans
	August 16	Return of Tiberius to Brundisium, summoned by Livia
	August 19	Death of Imperator Caesar Augustus, at his villa at Nola, aged 76.
	September	Augustus deified by Senatorial Decree

Source:
There is a very full treatment of events and dates in the life of Augustus, with full citations, in Viktor Gardthausen, Augustus und seine Zeit 2 volumes in 6 parts (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1900-1904).