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30s_BC
30s_BC
30s BC
Events and trends
Octavian
defeats
Mark Antony
and
Cleopatra VII of Egypt
at the
Battle of Actium
(
September 2
,
31 BC
). On August,
30 BC
the victor captures
Alexandria
. Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra commit
suicide
, and their young children are raised as Romans, but her son with
Julius Caesar
, co-ruler
Ptolemy XV
Caesarion
, is
executed
.
Egypt
is annexed to the
Roman Republic
, and Octavianus becomes the undisputed ruler of
Rome
and her subjects. This would soon lead to the creation of the
Roman Empire
.
Herod the Great
builds
Masada
, between
37 BC
and
31 BC
, as a refuge for himself should his
Jewish
subjects rise against him.
Significant people
Mark Antony
, Roman politician and general (
83
–
30 BC
)
Pharaoh
Cleopatra VII of Egypt
(lived
70
/
69
–
30 BC
, reigned
51
–
30 BC
)
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, known in English as
Octavian
, Roman politician and general (
62 BC
–
14
)
Pharaoh
Ptolemy XV
Caesarion
(lived
47
–
30 BC
, reigned
44
–
30 BC
)
Births
*
Deaths
*
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