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Bell Ringer: . If you got to rule a country, create a list of 
five laws you would want your people to 
follow. Why those rules?. GREEKS. THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME. Romulus and Remus (Mythology). ETRUSCANS. LATINS.

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  1. Bell Ringer: If you got to rule a country, create a list of 
five laws you would want your people to 
follow. Why those rules?

  2. GREEKS THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME... Romulus and Remus (Mythology) ETRUSCANS LATINS

  3. Don't Draw the Bottom Line until we are done with that emperor R41

  4. Name: Julius Caesar Important Dates: 59 BC - Casesar becomes 
Consul Jan. 10 49 BC - Caesar crosses 
the Rubicon River to fight 
Pompeii for power in Rome Important Information: Named Dictator in 44BC March 15, 44 BC - Caesar 
stabbed to death 35 times

  5. Name: Augustus Also named "Octavian" Important Dates: 27 BC - AD 180 - "Pax Romana" Augustus' Rule was in the midst 
of Pax Romana Important Information: - Caesar's grand-nephew - 43 BC - part of the 2nd 
Triumvirate that ruled for 10 
years - Restored the Republic - First Emperor of Rome

  6. Name: Constantine Important Dates: AD 313 Constantine passed the 
Edict of Milan (ended the 
persecution of Christians) Important Information: Christian Emperor - Baptized on 
his deathbed in AD 337

  7. Name: Caligula Important Dates: - Ruled AD 37 - 41 - Assassinated after a short, 
brutal reign - "Bad Emperor" Important Information: - Tried to make his horse a Consul 
and a priest - Mentally Disturbed

  8. Name: Nero Important Dates: - Ruled AD 54-68 - Committed Suicide - "Bad Emperor" Important Information: - "Fiddled while Rome burned" - Persecuted many Christians - Wanted to be an actor

  9. Name: Diocletian Important Dates: - Ruled Nov. 20 284- May 1, 305 - Retired in AD 305 due to poor 
health Important Information: - Restored order to the empire - Doubled the size of the Roman 
armies - Divided the Roman Empire into the 
East and the West

  10. Name: Hadrian Important Dates: - Ruled AD 117- AD 138 - Third of the Five Good 
Emperors - Important Information: - Built Hadrian's Wall to protect 
Northern England from invasion 
(AD 122)

  11. Name: Justinian Important Dates: - Ruled from 482-656 CE - Sought to reunify the divided empire Important Information: Created the Justinian Code to Unify the Roman Empire - The Codex - codification of existing Roman laws - The Digest - guide for judges; summary of common laws - The Institutes - Introduction to law and the Code (meant for law students Lists both de facto and de jure (social practices and laws)

  12. Closing: In your opinion, who was the best emperor and who was the worst? Justify your answers.

  13. Fall of the Empire Occurred in AD 476

  14. Tech Assignment: Foundations of Rome Webquest (Attach to R41)

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