AUGUSTUS ARRANGED ROME’S PROVINCIAL REGIONS & INFLICTED HEROD AS JERUSALEM’S BOSS (31–27 BCE) By Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles) Contributing Editor: Janet Kira Lessin Octavian crushed Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE, seized Alexandria in 30 BCE, and absorbed Egypt as his personal domain under …
