cyber day 27

• Caesars grandnephew- and son named Octavian took over at age 18
• He forms the second triumvirate 
• Mark Antony, Lepidus, Octavian 
• Octavian forces Lepidus to retire 
• He becomes rivals with Antony 
• Antony partners with Cleopatra 
• Octavian defeats them in the Battle of Actium
• He is now the unchallenged ruler of Rome
• He was given the honorific “Augustus”
• “Exalted one”
• He was also given the title “imperator”
• Supreme military commander
• This is where we get the word “emperor”
• Now Rome is an empire, not a republic
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