Transcript Presentation

By: Mrs. Deborah Thompson
The
Emperor
Augustus
By expanding the empire and
reorganizing the military and
government, Augustus created
a new era or prosperity
Augustus
paved the way
for 200 years
of peace and
prosperity
in Rome.
The long era
of peace that
began with Augustus,
lasted until A.D.
180 and was called
the Pax Romana or
Roman Peace.
Upon becoming emperor
in 27 B.C.,
Augustus set out
to make the
empire strong and safe.
He created a special
unit called the
Praetorian Guard
which consisted of
about 9,000 men
in charge of guarding
the emperor.
Achievements
of Augustus
Conquered new territories and
added Spain, Gaul, and
land in present day Austria,
Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria.
Rebuilt Rome with palaces,
fountains and public buildings.
“I found Rome a city of
brick and left
it a city of marble.”
Imported grain to
feed the poor.
Appointed a
proconsul or
governor for
each of Rome’s
provinces to
replace politicians
chosen by the
Reformed the
Senate.
legal system
by creating a
set of laws for
non-citizens.
Reformed the
Roman tax
system and
made it more
fair by making
tax collectors
permanent
government
workers.
What
happened
to
Augustus?
Augustus ruled for
almost 40 years
and died in A.D. 14.
No law provided for his successor.
Augustus had trained
a relative, Tiberius,
to succeed him.
Tiberius
Caligula
Julio-Claudian
Emperors
(all related to Augustus)
Nero
Claudias
Great military leader
Tiberius
Kept Rome’s economy
stable
Regulated business
to
prevent fraud.
Abolished sales
tax
Caligula
Suffered from
mental illness,
acted strangely,
and treated
people cruelly
Constructed new buildings
Name
Nero
Gave slaves right to file
complaints
Gave assistance to cities
suffering from disasters
A vicious man who
killed
his own mother.
Remembered for
having “fiddled while
Rome burned.” He
committed suicide
Claudius
Built a new harbor
at Ostia and a
new aqueduct
for Rome
Conquered most
of Britain
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Restored peace and
order after Nero’s rule.
Put down the Jewish
rebellion in Palestine
Began construction of
the colosseum and
a huge amphitheatre in
central Rome
Son of Vespasian
Defeated the Jews
and destroyed the
Jewish temple in
Jerusalem in A.D.70
Mount Vesuvius
erupted and
destroyed Pompeii
during his reign
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Details
At the
beginning of
the A.D. 100’s
a series of
rulers, not
related to
Augustus,
came to
power.
Details
They presided
over a century of
prosperity when
agriculture
flourished, trade
increased, and
the standard of
living rose.
During this time,
the power of the
Emperor
overshadowed
that of the Senate
but the good
emperors did not
abuse their
power. They
worked to
improve Roman
life in many ways.
Trajan
expanded the
empire to its
largest size and built
many new public works.
He gave money to help
parents raise and
educate children
Hadrian
Built Hadrian’s Wall
in Britain and made
Roman laws easier
to understand
and apply
Known as
the good
rulers
Nerva
Reformed land
laws in favor of
the poor
and revised
taxes
Antonius Pius
Promoted art and
science, built new
public works, and
passed laws to
aid orphans
Marcus
Aurelius
Helped unite
the empire
economically
and reformed
Roman law
All the good emperors supported public building
projects by building arches, monuments, bridges,
roads, harbors, and aqueducts.
An aqueduct is a human-made channel for
carrying water long distances.
Under Trajan,
the empire reached
its largest size and
spread beyond the
Mediterranean
including parts of
Britain and
Mesopotamia
Hadrian
removed
troops from
Mesopotamia and set
the empire’s eastern
boundaries at the
Rhine River and
Danube river
A
Unified
Empire
The Roman
Empire was
one of the
greatest
empires in
history with
3.5 million
square
miles of
territory.
It’s people
Spoke
What unified
different
The empire
Languages,
was
mostly Latin
Roman
and Greek,
law,
and practiced
Roman
different
rule,
local
and a
customs
shared
identity
as
Romans
Name
The
Romans
were
generous
about
granting
citizenship
and in A.D.
212 every
free
person
was made
a Roman
citizen
Most people in the
Roman Empire made
a living from the land.
agriculture was the
most important part
of the economy.
Farmers produced olives
and grapes and the making
of wine and olive oil
became big business. In
Britain and Egypt, the chief
crops were grains.
Latifundia were
common and there
were many small
farms.
Potters, weavers, and
jewelers produced goods
and cities became centers
for making glass, bronze,
and brass.
Traders came
from all over
the empire
to ports in
Italy
The two largest
ports were
Puteoli and Ostia
at the mouth of
the Tiber River
Luxury items, including
silk goods from China,
spices from India, and
raw materials (tin, iron,
lead) from Britain,
Spain, and Gaul came
into Roman cities
During the Pax Romana
or Roman Peace,
Rome’s system of
roads
reached a length
Of 50,000 miles
Rome’s trade was
helped by a common
currency or system
of money and a
standard system of
weights and
measures that made
it easier to price
goods, trade, and
ship products