Transcript PAX ROMANA

PAX ROMANA
A time period of 200 Years of Peace and
Stability in Rome
The first Emperor of Rome was
Augustus
• He started to use the civil service system,
centralized government and led Rome to a
golden age
ROMAN REPUBLIC VS. ROMAN
EMPIRE
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The empire grew rapidly as they started to trade
and conquer land
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Roman Empire begins to practice imperialism
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IMPERIALISM – when one country totally dominates
another country’s politics, economics, and culture
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Roman Empire owed much of its success to an
advanced system of roads
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The roads made it easy to trade and move the
armies around
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Rome was influenced by Greeks
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Like Alexander the Great, Rome spread Greek culture.
Greek Sculpture
Roman Sculpture
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GREEK ARCHITECTURE
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Aqueducts
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Aqueducts were used to bring water from the
mountains into the city
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The Romans were skilled engineers who built structures like
the Pantheon, Coliseum, and Aqueducts.
Pantheon
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Coliseum
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Romans flourished in literature through the works of
Virgil, Livy, and Tacitus
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Rome’s biggest contribution may have been its legal system
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty
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Trial by Jury
Basis for Roman Law was Law of the Twelve Tables
TWO TYPES OF ROMAN LAW
CIVIL LAW
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Applied to Roman Citizens
LAW OF NATIONS –
applied to conquered people
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Different Perspectives of Pax Romana
“You, Roman, remember-these are your arts: To
rule nations, and to impose the ways of peace, To
spare the humble and to war down the proud.”
Livy
“ Robbers of the world, having by their universal
plunder exhausted the land, they rifle the deep. If
the enemy be rich, they are rapacious; if he be
poor, they lust for dominion; neither the east nor
the west has been able to satisfy them. Alone
among men they covet with equal eagerness
poverty and riches. To robbery, slaughter,
plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they
make a solitude and call it peace.” Tacitus
CLOSURE
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1. Define the term Pax Romana
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2. Explain the term realism when talking about sculpture
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3. Explain what kind of things happen during a golden age
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4. What was Rome's biggest contribution and why