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Title: The Roman Empire


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The Roman Empire
  • 27 BCE to 476 CE

2
Building the Empire
3
Building the Empire
  • Home to more than 1 million people
  • Territory surrounded the Mediterranean Sea
  • Became a Republic run by elected leaders

4
Romes Emperors
  • Augustus
  • First Emperor of Rome
  • Established new governing powers

5
Emperor Powers
Raise Taxes
Declare War
Nominate Public Officials
Punish Lawbreakers
6
Laws and Citizenship
  • Roman laws were written down and kept on public
    display.
  • Laws protected the rights of the citys citizens
  • Only citizens could vote or hold office
  • Citizenship was very valued and desired
  • People who were conquered were allowed to become
    citizens thus creating loyalty to the empire

Innocent until proven guilty
7
Engineering
Aqueducts Man-made channel that carried water
from distant mountains into Rome or other cities
8
Architecture
  • Used Greek ideas to make buildings larger and
    stronger
  • Columns and open spaces
  • Design style still copied today.

9
Philosophy
  • Focuses on improving Lives
  • Stoic philosophy emphasizing peoples civic
    duty
  • How they could improve everyday life
  • Not to be concerned with possessions.

10
Art
  • Realistic Art
  • They wanted their statues and painting to look
    like they could come alive.

11
Christianity Spreads
  • Spread quickly through Rome
  • Officials initially tried to stop the spread by
    persecuting Christian followers
  • By the 300s, most of Romes population was
    Christian
  • Influence of church leaders helped unify Rome as
    a single Christian society
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