The Roman Empire

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The Roman Empire

• The Rule of Augustus
• ushered in Pax Romana
• established economic
• programs, stable gov.
• extended Greek ideals
• legacy

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Octavian-the movieanswer questions when
watching

• 1. Who supported Octavian? Why? What happened to
  him?
• 2. What year did civil war break out between Mark
  Antony Octavian? When did it end? Who won?
• 3. How did Octavian define power? How did he gain
  support of the soldiers? The people? Why is 27
  BCE significant?
• 4. What question plagued Octavian? How long did
  he rule?

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And now the feature presentation
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• Roman tradition challenged by
• (who warned Rome about expansion hurting these
  traditions?)
• 3rd Century Rome economic, military political
  problems that weakened empire
• 476 AD

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Pax Romana

• Octavian aka __________ ruled for 41 years.
  Known as (held all 3 titles)
• Princeps-
• Augustus-
• Imperator- (what was he trying to
  portray?)

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• Augustus had absolute power
• Senate relations
• 3 goals trade, policies, glorified Rome
• Trade
• Public building programs
• Civil service
• Roads
• Aqueducts
• Post office
• Etc (?)

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Map information!

• Using map Label land areas of- Gaul, Spain,
  Sicily, Syria, Assyria, England (Britain), Troy,
  Carthage, Macedonia, Palatine, Numidia, Palestine
  
• Label water Rubicon River, Danube river, Rhine
  River (why are these important?)
• Label Hadrians Wall (what does it mark?)
• compare the geography of the Roman Republic (133
  BC) to Roman Empire (height) (117 AD)-who was the
  emperor? How was Rome able to expand to its
  height?

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• Methods of Succession
• Defend this quote The system of government set
  up by Augustus proved to be more stable
  effective than its individual leaders.