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Augustus created the aerarium militare, a special treasury to provide bonuses for retiring soldiers, which was financed by a sales tax and an inheritance tax.  1
 
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After arresting her husband for conspiring against him, Augustus banished his granddaughter, Julia, for adultery.  2
 
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The legate P. Quinctilius Varus with a Roman army of 20,000 was annihilated by the Germans under Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest. The Romans withdrew west of the Rhine.  3
 
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AUGUSTUS DIED at Nola. Tiberius, who held both tribunicia potestas and imperium maius, succeeded.  4
 
 
 
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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