Slides 43-52
-Julius Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son-octavian takes over at the age of eighteen with his own triumvirate -Mark Antony is an experienced general -Lepidus is a powerful politician -Octavian forces the wack Lepidus to retire -He and Mark Antony become rivals -Octavian defeats them at the battle of Actium -He is now the unchallenged ruler of Rome -He was given the title imperator -This is where we get the word emperor -Now Rome is an empire -Octavian had 40 years of ruling -He began a stable era of peace -He expanded the Roman empire into Africa -Tiberius ruled from AD 14 to AD 37 -Caligula ruled from AD 37 to AD 41 -Claudius ruled from AD 41 to AD 51 -Nero ruled from 54 to 68