27 BCE - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century

Decades: 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC - 20s BC - 10s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s

Years: 32 BC 31 BC 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC 22 BC

Events

• January 16 - The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. He accepts this honor, having declined the alternative title of Romanus. He is known as Augustus afterwards.
• Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus becomes Roman Consul for the seventh time. His partner Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa becomes Consul for the third time.
• Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, as consul, returns power to the Senate of Rome.

Births

Deaths

• Marcus Terentius Varro, Roman scholar