08/01 30 BC Anthony commits suicide along with his lover Cleopatra, at Alexandria, shortly after the defeat against Octavian.
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08/01 10 AD Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) born at Lugdunum. He would be Roman Emperor from 41 to 54, and the first one to be born outside Italy.
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08/01 126 AD Pertinax born at Alba Pompeia in Liguria, the son of a former slave turned successful businessman. He was Roman Emperor for three months in 193.
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08/03 178 AD Marcus Aurelius and Commodus depart for Danube frontier; it was to be Aurelius' final campaign