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Warm Up

Warm Up. Copy HW Please grab two worksheets from the front desk –make them pages 17 and 18 Please begin by list three things you learned last week about Julius Caesar. Essential Questions. How do culture and technology reflect values?

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up Copy HW Please grab two worksheets from the front desk –make them pages 17 and 18 Please begin by list three things you learned last week about Julius Caesar

  2. Essential Questions How do culture and technology reflect values? How can societies use what they have learned from the past? What happens when empires collapse? How has the relationship between people and their gov’t changed?

  3. The Early Roman Empire 43 B.C- ___________ -Antony, Lepidus and Octavian -Lepidus retires -Antony falls in love with Cleopatra VII and they plan to take over the Republic -Octavian defeats them at the battle of Actium, they flee, he chases and they kill themselves

  4. Octavian * Ends civil wars and ends the Republic * Lays the foundation for the Roman Empire • He is balancing the ideas of becoming a dictator for life and forming a more representative type of government • He gave some power to the Senate, but made himself the imperator, or “commander and chief” it came to mean emperor • Took the name Augustus-“the revered or majestic one”

  5. Augustus Caesar

  6. Tiberius • 14-37 A.D. • Great military leader, kept economy stable.

  7. Caligula • 37AD-41AD • Abolished sales tax, had people who were banished come back, increased Court power

  8. Claudius • 41-54 CE • Built new harbor at Ostia and new aqueduct for Rome Conquered most of Britain

  9. Nero • 54-68 CE • Constructed many new buildings, gave slaves right to file complaints, assisted citizens sufferings disasters

  10. Julio-Claudian Emperors

  11. Nerva • 96-98 CE • Reformed land laws in favor of the poor. • Revised taxes

  12. Trajan • 98-117 AD • Expanded the empire to its largest size.

  13. Hadrian • 117-138 CE • Built Hadrian Wall in Britain, made Roman laws easier to understand

  14. Antoninus Pius • 138-161 CE • Promoted art and science, built new public works and passed laws to aid orphans.

  15. Marcus Aurelius • 161-180 CE • Helped unite the empire economically reformed the Roman Laws

  16. Good Emperors

  17. Emperor Augustus (Octavian) Began the 200 year PaxRomana • Roman Peace • 50 million citizens • 150,000 man professional army • 9,000 man Praetorian Guard (emperor’s secret service) • Imported grain from Africa to feed the poor • Rebuilt Rome (fountains, buildings…)/ Arts flourished • Proconsul (governor) was put in charge of each province • Tax collection was made less corrupt • Made laws and citizenship for non-citizens / improved gov’t 

  18. Write and Discuss Are we living in a Pax U.S.? • Yes or No!!!!!!! • Please provide three supporting details…

  19. Closure • Define PaxRomana. • Name three things August accomplished while in power.

  20. Map items • ***shade area Rome controlled at its height ~200CE • Italy Spain Gaul Britain Greece Asia Minor Syria Arabia Egypt Rome Carthage Alexandria Athens Med. Sea Atlantic Ocean Black Sea Adriatic Sea

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