Book by Isaac Asimov Power point by Holden croslin 6 TH period

1. The Roman Empire Book by Isaac AsimovPower point by Holden croslin6TH period

2. Augustus • Augustus real name was actually Octavian. • He reorganized Rome’s government. • Augustus was one of the first emperors of ancient Rome. • He was considered to be one of the greatest leaders in Rome. • Augustus defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony’s army. • Augustus made sure that neither of them escaped by tactically placing ships were he knew they would try to escape.

3. The Boarders • The richest of the provinces was Ancient Egypt whichhad the annual flooding of the Nile river. • Egypt was one of the main food suppliers of the Roman Empire. • West of Egypt were the provinces of Cyrenaica, Africa, Numidia, and what used to be Carthage. • West of Numidia was the still Independent kingdom of Mauretania.

4. Tiberius • When Augustus died Livia sent out messengers to Tiberius. He was on a campaign to Illyria. • Tiberius upon receiving the message took control of an army and at once returned to Rome to take his place as emperor. • Soon after he became emperor he sent his son to face the rebellion on the Danube and Rhine rivers. They managed to push back the Germanic tribes. • Tiberius died after a 23 year reign over the Roman Empire.

5. Caligula • Caligula was born in a camp in Germany. That’s were he spent the first few years of his life. • As a baby for the purpose of morale his father dressed him up in army clothes and also a small version of soldier boots. • His nickname Caligula means little boots this stuck with him for the rest of his life. • Caligula with in the first years of being Emperor became seriously ill but he did recover but it affected his mind. • Caligula wanted to be granted divine honors before he even died this was against Roman customs. • Many conspiracies arose against Caligula and one succeeded he along with his wife and daughter were assassinated by the Praetorian Guard.

6. Summary of the book • The book The Roman Empire focus’s mainly on the rise and fall of the once great Empire. • It mainly shows you between the reign of Augustus and all the way up to the Germanic Kingdoms. • Most of the book focus’s on the Emperors of Ancient Rome such as Tiberius, Caligula, Titus, and so on. • Augustus Caesar

7. Sequence of Events • 753 B.C. The founding of Rome. • 509 B.C. Establishment of the Republic. • 390 B.C. Gaul’s take control of Rome. • 270 B.C. Rome takes control all of Italy. • 216 B.C. Rome loses the battle of Cannae. • 202 B.C. The Roman Army defeats Carthage. • 133 B.C. Rome controls most of the Mediterranean world. • 101 B.C. Marius defeats the German invaders. • 70 B.C. The birth of Virgil. • 65 B.C. The birth of Horace. • 63 B.C. The birth of Octavian. • 59 B.C. The birth of Livy. • 44 B.C. Julius Caesar is assassinated. • 29 B.C. Octavian controls Rome. • 27 B.C. Octavian becomes Augustus and establishes the Roman Empire. • 14 A.D Augustus dies Tiberius becomes Emperor.