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Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome. AIM : Who influenced Roman society to make it the envy of the Ancient World? Do Now : Define the following terms in your notebook: * Roman Republic * Twelve Tables * Augustus * Pax Romana. Mr. Ott – BETA 2011-12. The Roman Empire: 27 BCE - 476 CE.

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Ancient Rome

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  1. Ancient Rome • AIM: Who influenced Roman society to make it the envy of the Ancient World? • Do Now: • Define the following terms in your notebook: • * Roman Republic • * Twelve Tables • * Augustus • * PaxRomana Mr. Ott – BETA 2011-12

  2. The Roman Empire: 27 BCE - 476 CE

  3. Octavian Augustus:Rome’s First Emperor

  4. The First Roman Dynasty

  5. Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE

  6. The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire

  7. The Rise of Christianity

  8. The Spread of Christianity

  9. Imperial Roman Road System

  10. Caligula • Mentally disturbed • Assassinated after short brutal reign

  11. Nero • Good administrator but vicious • Murdered many • Persecuted Christians • Committed suicide Frescoed grotteschi ("grotesques") in Nero's DomusAurea. The Aula Ottagona (Octagonal room) of Nero's DomusAurea in Rome.

  12. Hadrian • Consolidated earlier conquests • Reorganized the bureaucracy • Great Builder (Pantheon, Hadrian’s Wall, Tivoli Complex) Britannia (Britain)

  13. Marcus Aurelius • Brought empire to height of economic prosperity • Defeated invaders • Wrote philosophy

  14. Gladiators • Condemned criminals • Prisoners of war • Slaves • Free men

  15. The Empire in Crisis: 3c

  16. The Legacy of Rome • Republican Government • Roman Law • Latin Language • Roman Catholic Church • City Planning • Romanesque Architectural Style • Roman Engineering • Aqueducts • Sewage systems • Dams • Cement • Arch

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