Transcript The Death of Julius Caesar Rome was in chaos after

The Death of Julius Caesar
Rome was in chaos after his
death.
27 B.C. - 14 A.D. Originally known as Octavian, his name is today known simply
as Augustus which was the title given him by the Senate in the year 27 B.C. He
was the grandnephew of Julius Caesar and was following an illustrious military
career when Caesar was murdered. Hearing of Julius Caesar’s murder, he set in
motion a series of alliances meant to avenge his great-uncle's death. Rome
suffered13 years of civil war as groups struggled to control Rome.
He recruited Lepidus and Marc Antony for the task, defeated Brutus and his coconspirators and then carved up the Roman world among the three. Lepidus was left in
control of the African provinces, Marc Antony with Egypt and the eastern provinces and
Octavian the rest including Rome itself. The Triumvirate as it was called was unstable
and they each began to plot against the other.
Within a few years however
Lepidus would be stripped of his
powers and Marc Antony would be
defeated in a major battle. Antony
and his wife Cleopatra then
committed suicide leaving
Octavian as sole emperor.
Octavian then became known and
referred to by his title and went on
to rule the Roman Empire for
another 40 years. He did this while
cooperating with the Senate and to
him Romans owed much of the
grandeur and influence that this
empire became known for.
"I found a city of
brick and left it a
city of marble", so
said the Roman
Emperor Caesar
Augustus (64 b.
C. - 14 a. C.)
Building and
Architecture
under
Caesar Augustus
The Romans invented cement, which
held the marble tiles in place.
Henceforth, marble laboriously cut out
of a quarry went much farther than being
used in solid blocks. The city of Rome
was redone with marble, becoming the
most beautiful city in the known world.
Cages
were
located
under the
main arena
for people
as well as
animals.
The warriors of the colosseum
OTHER BUILDING PROJECTS INCLUDED
THE FORUM
TYPICAL ROMAN
ROAD
Raised crosswalk
A ROAD
STILL IN
EXISTENCE
TODAY
NETWORK OF ROMAN ROADS
Exposed
heating pipes
oven
THE ARMY PATROLLED THE ROADS
TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
After about 115 A.D., there was fighting to hold the defensive lines; but
within the empire’s borders, the "Pax Romana" ensured relative peace
and tranquility.
ROMAN
COINS
SHOWING
AUGUSTUS
The birth of one child changed
the Roman Empire for ever.