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Name__________________________________________Date___________Class_______Period_____QUAESTIO:_______________________________________________________________________________NuncAgenda:Watchthevideoandanswerthequestionsasyouwatch…WhatconditionsandeventsledtothecollapseoftheRepublicandthefirstEmperor?WhendidRomebecomeanEmpire,whenitstartedtoimperializeorwhenitgainedanemperor?
(Sources:AlltextfromWorldHistory:HumanLegacy,SusanRamirezetal.,Holt)
TheperiodfromthebeginningofAugustus’sreignin27BCuntilthedeathofthelastoftheGoodEmperorsinAD180isoftencalledthePaxRomana—theRomanPeace.Severalessentialtraits,suchasstablegovernment,astronglegalsystem,widespreadtrade,and,mostimportantly,peacecharacterizedthislongera.DuringthePaxRomanathesmoothworkingoftheimperialgovernmentwasseldominterruptedbywarorinvasion.
The Roman Empire 117 CE
1.W
hat is the Pax Rom
ana, and why w
as it given this name?
2.Exam
ine the map. W
hy do you think the expansion of the Rom
an Empire im
proved trade?
