AUGUSTUS CAESAR THE PAX ROMANA THE FALL OF ROME THE LATE ROMAN
EMPIRE Slide 2 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER CAESAR? Remember after Caesar
was murdered his nephew Octavian became dictator. Octavian was so
popular that he was made the first emperor of Rome. AUGUSTUS
(Octavian) the first emperor of Rome Slide 3 WHAT DID AUGUSTUS DO
FOR ROME? CENSUS a population count Gave food to the poor Let new
conquered territories keep their customs Slide 4 THE PAX ROMANA
Augustus rules for 41 years and made Rome very strong PAX ROMANA
200 years of peace in the Roman Empire. Slide 5 HOW DOES PEACE PAY
OFF? Since nobody had to worry about fighting, trade could
increase. There were also no TARIFFS, taxes on any of the goods
being traded. Slide 6 DAILY LIFE IN ROME The daily life of Romans
was very similar to the Etruscans. Most people lived in apartments
Patricians lived in large houses called a DOMUS. Slide 7 WHERE DO
THE WEALTHY LIVE? If you were VERY wealthy you would live in a
VILLA, a large estate out in the country. The villa is almost like
a small village, owned by one family. This is the emperor Hadrians
villa outside of Rome. You can still visit it today. Slide 8
EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT In Rome, boys and girls went to school
together until they were teens. Boys would continue school while
girls had to get private tutors. For entertainment Romans played
games like dice, sports, or of course watched gladiator games.
Slide 9 THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE The Pax Romana lasted for two
centuries, but eventually came to an end for many different
reasons. 1. Politics some of the emperors were pretty terrible. 2.
Economics money! Taxes increased and Rome suffered from INFLATION,
when prices keep going up. People began to trade instead of use
money! Commodus was such a bad emperor he was killed by his own
bodyguards! Slide 10 ENEMIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 3. The third
reason the empire began to fall was invasion. They were attacked by
the GOTHS a people from northern Europe. Eventually in 410 A.D. a
German chief named ALARIC conquered the city of Rome.
