Transcript Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
• Patrician Consul
• Triumvirate – 3
consuls, Pompey,
Crassus, Julius
Caesar
• Oligarchy
Rise to Power
• Leads northern Armies
• Conquers Gaul without Senate
authorization
• Senate fears his power – calls him back to
appear in Forum
• Caesar crosses the Rubicon with his army
• Surrounds Senate
• Voted Dictator by them  “Dictator for
Life”
Reforms & Impact
Reforms
• Citizenship to
provinces
• New senators
• New colonies for
landless poor
• Increased pay for
army
• Creation of more jobs
Impacts
• Expands Roman
territory & creates
support for himself
• People favor Caesar
over Senate
• Senate Assassinates
Caesar
• Death leads to Civil
War
Caesar Augustus 27BC – 14AD
(Octavian - Nephew of Julius
Caesar)
• 1st Emperor (absolute power)
• Rebuilt Rome after civil war
• “I found Rome a city of sunbaked bricks and left it a city
of marble.”
• Supported arts
• Tax reform
• Food imports
• Public Works - Building,
temples, roads (creating
jobs)
The Tomb of
Augustus
Julio-Claudians
(family of Julius Caesar)
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Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
The Good Emperors
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Skilled in governing
Promoted building projects and expansion
Nerva
Trajen
Hadrian
Antoninus Pious
Marcus Aurelius – “philosopher king”
The City
Pax Romana
• 200 years of Peace within the Empire
• Begins with Augustus’ Reign
• Massive building and engineering projects
The Appian
Way
A Road in
England
Circus
Maximus
Roman
Forum
The Empire