| BBC - History - Augustus (63 BC - AD 14; Roman emperor 27 BC - AD 14) (955 words) |
 | The years 44 to 31 BC saw a struggle for dominance between Octavian and Caesar's deputy Marcus Antonius, known in English as Mark Antony. |
| Between 16 BC and AD 6 the frontier was advanced from the Rhine to the Elbe in Germany, and up to the Danube along its entire length. |
| But Drusus died in the process (9 BC), and in AD 9 the annihilation of three Roman legions in Germany (out of 28 overall), in the Varian disaster, led to the abandonment of Germany east of the Rhine. |
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