Augustus

***Augustus*** is a TV series set in the ***Ancient World Cinematic Universe (AWCU)***. It takes place after the events of ***Antony and Cleopatra*** and follows the life of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus. It predominantly takes place between 26 BC and 14 AD.

Like the rest of the AWCU, the series is mostly historically accurate, with some minor adjustments in order to make it cinematic.

### Episode I

After his victory over Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian (William Brent) makes a deal with the senate, returning all the political powers taken by Caesar. Despite this, the Roman army, led by Marcus Agrippa (Tom Hopper), are loyal to him. The real power of Octavian is evidenced when the Senate votes against the maintenance of the roads of Italy, so he funds them using his own resources. Now the senate has lost its power and Octavian forces the senate to give him control of the province. Octavian adopts the title of Caesar Augustus and declares the Republic is no more and the Roman Empire will guide Rome to the future with him as it’s first Emperor.

### Episode II

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Season 1

Episode 1:After his victory over Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian (William Brent) make a deal with the senate, return it all the political powers taken by Caesar. Despite this, the roman army leaded by Marcus Agrippa, is loyal to him. The real power of Octavian is evidenced when the Senate voted against the manteinance of the roads of Italy, when use his own resources to do it. Now the senate has lost his power. Octavian force the senate to give him the control of the province putting his mens in it goverment. Octavian adopt the title of Augustus and Princeps. Now the Roman Republic become a empire and Augustus is the first emperor of Rome.

Episode 2:Agustus marry with Livia, that want that his son birth in her first marriage, Tiberius Claudius Nero become the sucessor of Augustus and with the help of Gaius Maecenas, she tell rumours and liars about Marcus Agrippa, whose leadership of the Roman fleet in Actium, made him very popular and a possible sucessor from he marry him with the daughter of Augustus, Julia the Elder. Augustus become to distrust Agrippa. Augustus wants a mean to get rid of Agrippa.

Episode 3: Livia gain an allie thanks to Marcus Marcellus, nephew of Augustus, that also wants be the sucessor og Augustus and see Agrippa how his rival. He manage to convince Augustus that named one of his men, Lucius Varro Murena how consul in the year 23 a.C, but he dies that years. He is replacement by Cnaius Calpurnius Piso, a optimate that was against Caesar and Augustus in the Civil Wars. Augustus become sick, so Calpurnius try to use his position like consul to name emperor one of his allies, but Marcellus seeing his position in danger, convince Augustus to name Agrippa his sucessor if he die. Fortunately, Augustus is recovered and Calpurnius can't be emperor. He finish his mandate wihout incident.

Episode 4: Agrippa now is the favourite of the emperor and he send to the north of Hispania to stop the incursions of astures and cantabri tribes. He wins many battles and siege the city of Lancia, but when this city fall, the astures flees and entrech in Mons Medullius. Marcellus don't want that Agrippa keep being the sucessor of Augustus, so he with Livia become to tell liars over the alleged failures in the campaing. Augustus decided personally interviene in Hispania and he takes the city of Astúrica, renamed how Astúrica Augusta. Augustus can defeat the rest of astures and after the war he builds the cities of Legio VII, Emerita Augusta and Caesaragusta to the veterans. Althought, the tribes was defeated and now all Hispania was anexed to Rome, Augustus was disappointed with Agrippa and he decided name Marcellus as his sucessor.

Episode 5: After the Cantabri Wars, Augustus use the booty to star building projects in Rome. He make his own forum in the center of the city and in honor of his nephew and sucessor Marcellus he builds the Marcellus Theatre. Meanwhile Maecenas decided finance poets like Propertius and Virgil that writes the Aeneid, telling the mythical origins of the romans, descents of the trojan warrior Aeneas, survivor of Trojan War. Augustus decided send Agrippa to the Danube river to pacify the region, but this was an excuse to exile him. Marcellus send a man to poison him and Agrippa die. Augustus think that die by a fever and decided that Marcellus marry with the widow Julia the Elder. This make that the son of Agrippa, Postumus suspect and he was revenge from Marcellus. Livia, always wanting that her son Tiberius became the sucessor help Postumus to poison Marcellus and he dies. People believe that he died by a disease. Augustus for now decided don't name a sucessor and focus in the empire. After the war in Hispania, he told Postumus that he need people that help him to expand the frontiers of the empire in the Danube River, in Germany, in Egypt and Syria. Postumus said that in honor of her father, he will help him.

Season 2

Episode 1: Augustus receive a message from the king of Iudea, Herodes Archelao, to demand his help to became the next king after the death of his father Herodes I. Augustus send his legions and Herodes Archelao become king of Iudea, but hi must allow in exhange that his kingdom will be anexed by Rome. Augustus make a census to know the number of inhabitants of the new province. Augustus come to Galatia to pacify the region and conquer it to the empire in a fast campaign with the help of Postumus, and a general named Drusus, son of her wife Livia. Augustus think that Drusus can be a good sucessor. Augustus come back to Rome, but Postumus and Drusus go to Jerusalem after Herodes order kill all children of 1 year old to kill a supposed Messiah. Postumus warns Herodes of he won't try nothing similar or he will be deposed.

Episode 2: Postumus Agrippa come back to his house with his sisters, Julia the Younger and Agrippina the Elder. They talk about the death of their dad in the Danube and Postumus decided investigate this. Augustus decided make a new expedition to the Danube. Augustus can conquest all region of the Alps, Dalmacia and Pannonia with his legions. After this, he decided to send Drusus to Germany to conquer all territories from the Rhine river to Elbe River. Postumus discover that his father was poisoned by the mens onf Livia and he wants revenge against her, promising kill Drusus.

Episode 3: The Parthians atack the eastern frontier and Augustus go to Syria with his step-son Tiberius Claudius Germánicus and his cousins Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar. Tiberius enter in Armenia and crown Tigranes V as the king of Armenia. Tiberius negotiate with the parthians so they return the roman banners that they take in the battle of Carrhae against Crassus. This event make that Tiberius get glory and Augustus consider him like a potential sucessor.

Episode 4: Drusus is in Germany winning against the german tribes. He build the Drussian Fossa, a channel in Rhine River to avoid going across the dangerous North Sea. In the another shore he order the foundation of a senttlement named Argentoratum. He send a message to his brother Tiberius to help him with the conquest. Tiberius go to Germany from Pannonia. Postumus was transfered by Augustus to Argentoratum and he make his plan. He make that Drusus horse become nervous and Drusus fells from his horse, diying. Tiberius see his brother dead, but can't recognize Postumus, that was hiding. Augustus decided name Tiberius his definitive sucessor. Postumus decided kill Tiberius.

Season 3

Episode 1: After the death of his brother Drusus, Tiberius is decided to continue the campaign against the german tribes and reach the Elbe River. He defeats many tribes and build forts. His nephew, Julius Caesar get important victorys. After this campaigns, Tiberius and Germanicus come back to Rome and Augustus congratulate Tiberius and give Julius Caesar the title of "Germanicus" and allow that he can marry with Agrippine the Elder, due his victories in Germania. Tiberius feel some jealous of Germanicus, but decided congratulate him too. Livia suspect that Postumus killed Drusus.

Episode 2: The marcomanni tribe begin a revolt in Germany. Tiberius come to Moguntiacum and begin a campaign, crossing the Rhine and the Wesser river again and defeating the marcomanni. Soon, arrives the news of a new revol in Iliria. Tiberius come to Iliria and name Publius Quinctilius Varus as governor of Germania, ordering her to pacify the region. Varus isn't a general, its a politic and does not command the same respect like Tiberius or Drusus and the germans become to uprise leaded by Arminius, a noble of the Cherusci tribe. Given up as a child by his family as a hostage to ensure the loyalty of the Cherusks, he was raised as a Roman, hoping that one day he would be a tribal leader loyal to the Empire and that he would facilitate the integration of his people. He was perfectly familiar with Roman military doctrine and how vulnerable his legions were to the German terrain.61 He began to conspire, first with a few and then with many, planning the trap in detail. He won over the most hostile to the Empire and followed the undecided, gathering a mass of important followers, which took him several months. A Cherusci rival of Arminius, Segestes try to advert Varus of the danger that Arminius represents to Rome, but Varo ignores him. Soon, from the Rhine to the Elbe, the germans uprising everywhere.

Episode 3: The roman legions leaded by Varus cross Germany defeating the germans tribes. Varus trusts and begins to scatter his troops throughout the region, making them more vulnerable to germans attacks. The legions of Varo cross the Teuteberg forest and the cherusk ambush them. The battle is a disaster: all legions are destroyed and Varo dead. When he have news of the disaster, Augustus tore his clothes and feared that the Germans would invade Gaul and even Italy, so he decided to order the forced mobilization of citizens. He had some deserters and reticents killed, sending the recruits with Tiberius at the borders. In a moment of real madness he scream: "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!". Augustus calmed down once it became clear that the barbarians would not cross the Rhine and word came that some soldiers survived. Tiberius come back to Rome after pacify Iliria and decided make a new campaign to defeat Arminius.

Episode 4: The romans retreat to the Rhine River while Tiberius watch the river to prevent that the germans cross it. Tiberius cross the Rhine and destroys everything up to Lippe. He sacks many german villages, but he comes back to the Rhine giving up to reach the Elbe river. Germanicus can reach the Teuteberg forest and recover the roman banners lost in the battle. In Idistaviso, Germanicus can defeat Arminius and the germans stops his attacks. Augustus decided that is impossible that the empire can expand more and decided stablishes the frontiers of the empire in three big rivers: Rhine, Danube and Euphrates. Tiberius and Germanicus gets a triumph because they restore the prestige of roman legions.

Episode 5: Augustus order the building of the Ara Pacis, to celebrate the arrive of the peace in the empire. Livia discover that Postumus is the murder of his son Drusus and acusses him of conspiration. She also accuse Julia the Elder of conspire against Augustus and for "have sexual relations with half-Rome". Augustus banish Postumus and Julia, and name Tiberius as his sucessor. Augustus force Tiberius to adopt Germanicus as his son, with he wants to Germanicus become the sucessor of Tiberius. Augustus die and he is buried in his mausoleum. Tiberius become emperor and Livia is happy to get her objective.