27 bc (jan 1, 37 BC – jan 1, 27 BC)
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Octavian announced that he was giving up his power to the senate but he kept all his power. Then the senate gave him a new name "revered one". Modern historians consider the naming of Augustus to mark the end of the roman republic and the beginning of the roman empire.
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