PDF-BC AUGUSTUS Augustus was the first Emperor of Rome

His name was Octavian before he became emperor and changed it to Augustus in 27 BC He came out on top after years of civil war that followed the death of Julius Caesar Augustus was not a very lovable person but he was clever and a good lawmaker He s. 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 . 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. . 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: Lysander Chico. ,. . elijah. mason. EMPEROR CLAUDIUS . (10 BC-54 AD). Born in Rome Italy.. He had an older brother named Germanicus.. He was a well-educated and intelligent student.. The Ashes of the Roman Republic. Rome enters a period called the . Pax. . Romana. : 200 year period of peace in the Roman Empire. 27 B.C.E. – 180 A.D.. Augustus is named imperator and the first citizen of the Roman empire. As imperator, Augustus kept the senate alive had all power in his own hands including economy and military. . Western Civilization. University High School. 2011-12. Augustus. 31 BCE – Restored peace to Rome – . Pax. . Romana. Period of security, order, harmony, flourishing culture, expanding economy, growth of empire. res Gestae. ‘The Queen of inscriptions’. september. 28, 2015. Author: Augustus, 1. st. emperor of Rome (63 BCE-14 CE). Title: . Res Gestae . Divi. . Augusti. /Autobiography of the Divine Augustus/. Pg 20-21. Key Terms and People. Section 1. Augustus. citizens. aqueducts. Section 2. Diocletian. Constantine. Clovis. Attila. corruption. Section 3. Justinian. Theodora. Byzantine Empire. mosaics. 1- Augustus. https://vimeo.com/50938453. Tiberius 14 – 37 CE. First half of his rule was good – continued Augustus’ policies. After the death of his son (Drusus) he became paranoid and focused on treason trials – people were convicted w/o evidence. Rome-began as a small agricultural city-state. Then a republic. An Empire. Eventually Dominated the . Mediterranean. The Etruscans. Th. e Etruscans were Ionian Greeks who migrated to the Italian Peninsula . Located along the Mediterranean sea. Mediterranean climate. The . Alps and . Appinies. . m. ountain ranges protect Rome from outsiders and made it difficult to travel across the peninsula. Home of Mt. Vesuvius (volcano). 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.. © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. What was the Roman Empire?. There were two periods of Roman government.. Roman Republic . 509 BCE-30 BCE. Roman Empire. 30 BCE-476 CE. Rome technically had an “empire” under the Roman Republic..