Transcript By: Isaac Asimov - Warren County Public Schools

The Roman Empire
Augustus
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Augustus real name was
actually Octavian.
He reorganized Rome’s
government.
Augustus was one of the first
emperors of ancient Rome.
He was considered to be one
of the greatest leaders in
Rome.
Augustus defeated Cleopatra
and Mark Antony’s army.
Augustus made sure that
neither of them escaped by
tactically placing ships were
he knew they would try to
escape.
The Boarders
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The richest of the
provinces was Ancient
Egypt which had the
annual flooding of the Nile
river.
Egypt was one of the main
food suppliers of the
Roman Empire.
West of Egypt were the
provinces of Cyrenaica,
Africa, Numidia, and what
used to be Carthage.
West of Numidia was the
still Independent kingdom
of Mauretania.
Tiberius
When Augustus died Livia
sent out messengers to
Tiberius. He was on a
campaign to Illyria.
 Tiberius upon receiving the
message took control of an
army and at once returned
to Rome to take his place as
emperor.
 Soon after he became
emperor he sent his son to
face the rebellion on the
Danube and Rhine rivers.
They managed to push
back the Germanic tribes.
 Tiberius died after a 23 year
reign over the Roman
Empire.
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Caligula
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Caligula was born in a camp in
Germany. That’s were he spent the
first few years of his life.
As a baby for the purpose of morale
his father dressed him up in army
clothes and also a small version of
soldier boots.
His nickname Caligula means little
boots this stuck with him for the rest of
his life.
Caligula with in the first years of being
Emperor became seriously ill but he
did recover but it affected his mind.
Caligula wanted to be granted divine
honors before he even died this was
against Roman customs.
Many conspiracies arose against
Caligula and one succeeded he along
with his wife and daughter were
assassinated by the Praetorian Guard.
Summary of the book
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The book The Roman
Empire focus’s mainly on
the rise and fall of the once
great Empire.
It mainly shows you
between the reign of
Augustus and all the way
up to the Germanic
Kingdoms.
Most of the book focus’s
on the Emperors of
Ancient Rome such as
Tiberius, Caligula, Titus,
and so on.
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Augustus Caesar
Sequence of Events
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753 B.C. The founding of
Rome.
509 B.C. Establishment of the
Republic.
390 B.C. Gaul’s take control
of Rome.
270 B.C. Rome takes control
all of Italy.
216 B.C. Rome loses the
battle of Cannae.
202 B.C. The Roman Army
defeats Carthage.
133 B.C. Rome controls most
of the Mediterranean world.
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101 B.C. Marius defeats the
German invaders.
70 B.C. The birth of Virgil.
65 B.C. The birth of Horace.
63 B.C. The birth of Octavian.
59 B.C. The birth of Livy.
44 B.C. Julius Caesar is
assassinated.
29 B.C. Octavian controls
Rome.
27 B.C. Octavian becomes
Augustus and establishes the
Roman Empire.
14 A.D Augustus dies
Tiberius becomes Emperor.