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Patricians no longer want to be in the Legions. The new generation began
to love luxury.
Patricians no longer want to be in the Legions. The new generation began
to love luxury.
Patricians had huge villas and estates called latifundia worked by thousands of slaves throughout the
empire
Patricians had huge villas and estates called latifundia worked by thousands of slaves throughout the
empire
Augustus achievements
Civil War since Marius day, nobody really remembered the old republic
EmperorCalled Caesar Augustus held traditional Roman government
offices
1st Citizen1st Consul for lifeTribune for lifePontiff Maximums (Head Priest)Imperator, or commander in chief.
Augustus achievements
EmperorSuccessfully balanced
1. proletariat of Rome (free food, wonders, games)
2. Senate appointing governors
3. Controlled armies by appointing generals and moving them
around.
4. Tries to revive traditional roman virtues.
Augustus achievements
Rebuilt and improved Rome“I found Rome made of bricks and leave you in
marble”
• Baths of Agrippa
5 Julio Claudian Emperors
Direct relatives of Augustus
5 Julio Claudian Emperors
Direct relatives of Augustus
Claudius 41-54 CE
• Good administrator• building projects throughout
empire• Conquest Britain, Judea• Poisoned by his wife• handicapped
Nero• Built theaters and culture
throughout empire• Murdered his mother and
many senators• Many believe he started the
great fire of Rome• Committed suicide•
Flavian Emperors 69-81 from Italy
• Vespasian: not a patrician
• built the Flavian amphitheater nicknamed
the Coliseum
Flavian Emperors 69-81 from Italy
• Vespasian: excellent General
• built the Flavian amphitheater nicknamed
the Coliseum
Flavian Emperors from Italy
• Titus crushed a revolt in Jerusalem then destroyed the Second Temple of Solomon.
5 Good Emperorsfrom all parts of empire
• Imperial powers not hereditary
• Emperor would train and choose best person in Empire as the next emperor
Trajan• Expanded the
Empire to its furthest.
• Rarely went to Rome
• Huge building programs throughout the empire.
• Bigger social welfare
Emperor TrajanThe Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire
Emperor TrajanThe Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire
Emperor TrajanThe Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire
Emperor TrajanThe Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire
As Rome expanded East China expanded west bringing two great
classical cultures into touch
As Rome expanded East China expanded west bringing two great
classical cultures into touch
Hadrian 117-138
• The Empire becomes defensive.
• Rarely came to Rome
• Huge building projects everywhere
Antonius Pius• Stops taxes for Roman
citizens. • History about how
things became so perfect.
• Politics about how things should stay the same.
Marcus Aurelius• The stoic
philosopher wrote Meditations.
• Did not adopt an heir, his son Commodus succeeded him
Commodus
• A brutal monster• ends Pax Romana
• Thought he was Hercules
• Strangled by Guards
September Servetus 193-211
• First of the Barracks emperors
• Legions decided emperor
• Emperors rarely visit Rome
• Senate reduced to a city government