Augustus Born: Architect of the Roman Empire
Augustus ended a century of Roman civil wars by defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra and then methodically rebuilding the state into an imperial system disguised as a restored republic. His administrative reforms, road networks, and architectural programs produced the foundation on which Western civilization would build for the next two thousand years.
September 23, 63 BC
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