Transcript What Did Augustus Achieve?

What Did Augustus Achieve?
• Built a permanent,
professional army of about
150,000 men.
• Created a special unit
called the Praetorian Guard
to guard the emperor.
• Expanded the Roman
Empire
• Rebuilt Rome with beautiful
palaces, fountains, and
public buildings.
• Imported grain to feed the
poor
• Improved government by
appointing a proconsul or
governor for each of the
provinces to help rule.
• Reformed the tax system
by making tax collectors
permanent government
workers instead of tax
collectors paying the
government to work.
• Reformed the legal system
by creating a set of laws for
people in the provinces
who were not citizens.