Today in class we took more notes on Rome.
Caesar seizing power
- serves as a consul (1 yr)
- appoints himself governor of Gaul
- Pompey is jealous, becomes his rival
- Caesar's armies clash/w Pompey in Greece, Asia, Spain, and Egypt (Caesar winning)
- In 44BC he is named dictator- for 6 months then for life
Caesar's reforms
- granted citizenship to people in provinces
- expanded the senate, adding his friends
- created jobs for the poor, especially through public works projects
- increased pay for solidiers
- started colonies where those without land could own property
Assassination
- why! the senators saw Caesar's rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability.
- how? they lured him into the senate, stabbing him 23 times, making sure all were involved ( they put their hands in his blood)
- who? even Brutus , Caesar's ally ( " et tu Brute?")
- senators were not punished
- Octavian was named Julius Caesar's sole heir
- basically ended republic
Aftermath of the murder
- Julius Caesar's grand nephew-and adopted son
- Octavian takes over at the age of 18 with his own triumvirate
- Mark Antony is an experienced general
- Lepidus is a powerful politician
A doomed alliance
- Octavian forces the weak Lepidus to retire
- He and Mark Antony becomes rivals
- Mark Antony partners up with Cleopatra of Egypt
- Personality
- Politically
- Economically
- Octavian defeats them at the Battle of Actium
Octavian on his own
- he was now the unchallenged ruler of Rome
- he was given the honorific " Augustus" which means exalted one
- he was also given the title "imperator" which means supreme military commander
- we get the word emperor from imperator
- now Rome is now an empire, not a republic
Octavian aint on Tarquin
- 40 yrs of ruling as an emperor ( 27 BC- AD 14)
- he began a stable era of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana which means Roman Peace
- Pax Romana was 207 yrs long ( 27 BC- AD 180)
Caesar seizing power
- serves as a consul (1 yr)
- appoints himself governor of Gaul
- Pompey is jealous, becomes his rival
- Caesar's armies clash/w Pompey in Greece, Asia, Spain, and Egypt (Caesar winning)
- In 44BC he is named dictator- for 6 months then for life
Caesar's reforms
- granted citizenship to people in provinces
- expanded the senate, adding his friends
- created jobs for the poor, especially through public works projects
- increased pay for solidiers
- started colonies where those without land could own property
Assassination
- why! the senators saw Caesar's rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability.
- how? they lured him into the senate, stabbing him 23 times, making sure all were involved ( they put their hands in his blood)
- who? even Brutus , Caesar's ally ( " et tu Brute?")
- senators were not punished
- Octavian was named Julius Caesar's sole heir
- basically ended republic
Aftermath of the murder
- Julius Caesar's grand nephew-and adopted son
- Octavian takes over at the age of 18 with his own triumvirate
- Mark Antony is an experienced general
- Lepidus is a powerful politician
A doomed alliance
- Octavian forces the weak Lepidus to retire
- He and Mark Antony becomes rivals
- Mark Antony partners up with Cleopatra of Egypt
- Personality
- Politically
- Economically
- Octavian defeats them at the Battle of Actium
Octavian on his own
- he was now the unchallenged ruler of Rome
- he was given the honorific " Augustus" which means exalted one
- he was also given the title "imperator" which means supreme military commander
- we get the word emperor from imperator
- now Rome is now an empire, not a republic
Octavian aint on Tarquin
- 40 yrs of ruling as an emperor ( 27 BC- AD 14)
- he began a stable era of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana which means Roman Peace
- Pax Romana was 207 yrs long ( 27 BC- AD 180)
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