Transcript The Roman Empire Ch. 15

The Roman Empire
Ch. 15
You are a Roman Senator, can you
save the Republic?
Ruler Julius Caesar has just recently been assassinated
by certain members of the Roman Senate. What should
be done? Who should be the new dictator? Should there
be a new one?
I. Rule of Augustus
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First Emperor of Rome
 Caesar assassinated
 Octavian, Marc Antony, Marcus Lepidus rule
 Civil War between Octavian and Antony
 Octavian wins
Senate makes Octavian emperor. Republic no more
Kept the senate and assembly. Why?
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Reforms
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Soldiers swear allegiance to him
Government jobs of talent
Census taken
Police force
Library
Expanded citizenship
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Military reforms
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Number of legions reduced from 60 to 28
Sent legions to far parts of the empire. Why?
Romes Natural Boundaries
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Sahara in the south
Atlantic to the west
Rhine and Danube to the east
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and
to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long
established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly
all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils
are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are
accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing
invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to
provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient
sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains
them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present
King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having
in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To
prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
II. Pax Romana
27BC-----------------------180AD
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Trade flourished
Law was standardized
and everyone equal
Borders expanded
and secured
Roads were built
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Christianity begins
Greek slaves
brought to Rome
Order and good
government
Government:
Law:
Engineering:
1.Rome became an
empire ruled by an
emperor.
2.Full-time workers were
hired to carry out the
emperor's polices.
3.Government in the
provinces improved.
1.One set of laws
governed the empire
2.The system of laws
included all branches of
public/private law that
exist today
3. Lawyers interpreted
the laws.
1. The system of roads
greatly improved.
2.Aqueducts brought
water from the
mountains to Roman
cities.
Language:
Literature:
Religion:
1. The Roman alphabet
became the basis for the
western world alphabet.
2. Latin, the Roman
language, became the
basis for French, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese
and Romanians.
1. Virgil, Rome's
greatest poet, wrote the
Aeneid, a fictional
account of the founding
of Rome
3.Tactitus and Livy wrote
historical accounts of
Rome.
1. Followers of a Jewish
holy man named Jesus
founded a new religion
called
Christianity.
2.Christianity
spread throughout the
Roman Empire
Making of Roman Roads
Roman Aqueduct
Amphitheater
Herculaneum
Herculaneum
Roman Arena
Roman street
Roman Colloseum
Arena
Pantheon
Roman Bathhouse
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III. Daily Life in the Empire
Leisure
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Circus- Chariot Racing
Theater- Gladiatorial fights
Theater- Plays
Bath houses
Homes
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Domus-Town home owned by rich. Centered
around atrium
Insulae- Apartments with business’ at bottom
Villas- country estates
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Society
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Male dominated society
Women had few rights
Children
7-11 primary school
 12-15 secondary school
 15-18 school of rhetoric
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Food
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Plebians- bread, cheese, perhaps meat, wine
Patricians- all kinds of exotic foods
80’s
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Fashion
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Men
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Tunics and Togas
Women
Tunics covered by a stola
 Dyed their hair red and black and wore make up
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IV. Fall of the Empire
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Political reasons? Story of Nero
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No fixed successor to the throne
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100 years, 37 different emperors
Empire split in two
Social reasons?
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Decline in morals and values
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Public health problems/Plagues
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Gladiatorial competitions
Lead pipes
Urban decay
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High crime and many homeless
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Economic
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Unemployment/slavery
Military spending
Inflation
Money spent on the poor
Christianity?
Barbarian Invasions?
Does this sound similar to problems in
America today? Explain
Barbarian Invaders