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44 BCE
Killing of Julius Caesar
Described in Julius and Caesar -
44 BCE
Second Triumvirate Formed
Included Lepidus, Antony, and Octavian (known in play as Caesar) -
40 BCE
Antony marries Octavia
Antony marries Octavian's sister, Octavia, to make peace with Octavian. -
36 BCE
Lepidus expelled from Triumverate
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31 BCE
Civil War begins between Antony and Caesar
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31 BCE
Battles of Actium and Alexandria
Antony/Cleopatra defeated by Caesar; both commit suicide -
27 BCE
Octavian becomes first Roman Emperor
Renamed Caesar Augustus