Rome

The empire

Roman empire

Roman empire

• Review– Results of foreign conquest– The Gracchi– The Late Republic: anarchy and civil war– Marius– Sulla– The first Triumvirate– Civil War

Roman empire

• The end of the Republic– Caesar as dictator– Augustus (Octavian)– “Restoration of the Republic”– Formal and informal powers of the Princeps– The early Principate– Problem of succession

Roman empire

• Augustus and the “Roman Revolution”– Augustus’ power network– Reconstruction and renewal– Patronage of the arts– Moral / religious program– Army reform– Economics

Roman empire

• Legacy and succession– Tiberius 14ad-37ad– Caligula 37ad-41ad– Claudius 41ad-54ad– Nero 54ad-68ad• The end of the Julio-Claudians• The secret of empire

– Four emperors 68-69ad– Galba, Otho, Vitellius

Roman empire

• Flavian dynasty– Vespasian 69ad-79ad– Titus 79ad-81ad– Domitian 81ad-96ad

• Adoptive emperors (the “five good emperors”)– Nerva 96-98– Trajan 98-117– Hadrian 117-138– Antoninus Pius 138-161– Marcus Aurelius 161-180