PPT-Augustus Caesar

The First and Arguably Best Emperor of Rome Background Information Julius Caesar is Augustuss greatuncle Augustus Caesar was Romes first emperor although he never wanted the role of an emperor. Æneid. LLT CDXXX. Spring MMXV. P. VERGILIVS MARO. Vergil (70 BC-19 BC). Author of the. . Æneid. . and . other . pöms. .. Well-off Roman dude who would rather write than fight. Wrote the . Æneid. A. fter the Punic Wars. Numantine. Wars – Spain. Jugurthine War – against half of Numidia (. Jugurtha. ). 100 BC – Julius Caesar born. Marius – general, consul from 107-86 BC. Sulla – general, consul, dictator 82-81 BC, Jugurthine War. great . respect for the Senate, . but . later emperors made no secret of their power. . The Senate continued to exist after the reign of Augustus, but senators had little say over the affairs of the empire. Some of the emperors who followed Augustus ruled wisely. Others were foolish . c. 63 B.C.E. - 14 A.D.. Legal/. Politics. The Triumvirate . The Rise and Fall of the Triumvirate (Potter). Legal/Politics. The Roman Constitution. The Senate and People of Rome. E. mperor. The Roman Empire . SASH39. Lovisa Brännstedt. The Roman . Emperor. . The . development. . of. the Empire. The . principate. The . Emperor. as imperator . How. . did. the . Emperor. . Aeneid. Professor Ameeth Vijay. The . Aeneid. as National Epic. I sing of arms and of a man. The first to come from the shores. of Troy, exiled by fate, to Italy. And the . Lavinian. coast; a man battered. Octavian was the son of Julius Caesar’s niece. . The first eighteen years of Octavian’s life were unremarkable, but a surprise in Julius Caesar’s will eventually resulted in him becoming Caesar Augustus, the ruler who transformed Rome into . Ian Slamen. B. eginning . Born in 63 B.C.. Frist name: Gaius . Octavius. . Thurinus. Family from . Velletri. , small town outside of Rome. Equestrian . Mother, . A. tia. , was niece of Julius Caesar . great . respect for the Senate, . but . later emperors made no secret of their power. . The Senate continued to exist after the reign of Augustus, but senators had little say over the affairs of the empire. Some of the emperors who followed Augustus ruled wisely. Others were foolish . Octavian was the son of Julius Caesar’s niece. . The first eighteen years of Octavian’s life were unremarkable, but a surprise in Julius Caesar’s will eventually resulted in him becoming Caesar Augustus, the ruler who transformed Rome into . By Anna . Widder. The Julio-. Claudians. http://www.livius.org/ti-tn/tiberius/tiberius.html. http://cassandra2004.blogspot.com/2008/11/praetorian-guard-augustus-obama.html. Augustus. 27 BCE-14 CE. Background. For students. Given this PowerPoint, students will be able to identify the years which an emperor reigned, taking a quiz with 80% accuracy.. Given this PowerPoint, students will name who an emperor allied with, taking a quiz with 80% accuracy.. Take out your “Deeds of Augustus” reading . take . out a sheet of paper . The Deeds of Augustus . List . five of Augustus’s accomplishments  . According to the information in this document, why was Augustus Caesar a successful leader/ruler?. Difference started to grow larger between the rich and the poor. Some reformers attempted to give land to the poor, but the wealthy Romans in the Senate were threatened by that, and had the reformers killed. As this was happening, Roman generals who were conquering land were becoming power hungry. As armies grew, people’s loyalty shifted from the Republic to the generals. Civil war finally breaks out between a general named Sulla, who was backed by the Patricians, and a general named Marius, who was backed by the Plebeians. Sulla was victorious and became a dictator..