23 Bc

• Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the eleventh time. His partner is Aulus Terentius Varro Murena.
• Octavian Caesar Augustus relinquishes position of Consul of Rome, attains that of Tribune of Rome and Princeps, or "First Citizen." (see Roman Empire).
• Herod the Great builds a palace in Jerusalem and the fortress Herodian in Judaea. He also marries his third wife, named Mariamne, the daughter of high priest Simon.
• The Roman writer, architect and engineer Vitruvius finishes writing De Architectura (known today as The Ten Books of Architecture), a treatise in Latin on architecture, and perhaps the first work about this discipline.
• Ma'nu III Saphul becomes ruler of Osroene.
• Following coinage reform, the as coin was struck in reddish pure copper, instead of bronze. The denominations of sestertius and dupondius were introduced as large bronze coins.

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