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CHAPTER 1: AS I AM INTERESTED IN FINDING WHERE OUR CURRENT ECONOMY CAME FROM, AND HOW MONEY (THAT IS IN CONTROL OF SALES) BECAME IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING
THEREFORE, I COMPLETED AN EXPLORATIVE TOUR THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME
AND I IDENTIFIED WHAT WAS RELEVANT THAT WE KNOW ABOUT ANCIENT ROME
A BASIC TIMELINE OF ANCIENT ROME: For thousands of years, Greece had many religions and its history goes back to early human formation, but the most important Gods were the Olympian Gods led by Zeus:
ANCIENT GREEK LENDERS, WHO WERE BASED IN TEMPLES, MADE GRAIN LOANS TO FARMERS AND THE PUBLIC TRADED GOODS BETWEEN CITIES 753 BC: Latin moves into Italy, speaking the ‘Italic’ language. 752 BC: Romulus fought and killed his twin brother Remus calling the new city, Rome after himself.
SO THE ROMAN FOUNDATION BEGUN WITH A MURDER
DIFFERENT KINGS RULED ROME AFTER THIS PERIOD AND PRIESTLY OFFICIALS WERE CREATED 597 BC: Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as King of Judah at 21, but revolted against the Pharaoh. 589 BC: Nebuchadnezzar responded by invading Judah and began a Siege of Jerusalem, breaking through Jerusalem's walls, destroying the city and the Temple of Jerusalem.
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WE WORSHIP GOD IN THE SAME WAY OVER 2000 YEARS LATER, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING WE AS HUMANS BEINGS HAVE BEEN THROUGH: INTERESTING SOME EXAMPLES OF MY OBSERVATIONS: They didn’t have computers – we do, so there was difference They didn’t have electricity – we do, so there was difference They didn’t have our knowledge – we do, so there was difference They didn’t have electronic technology – we do, so there was difference They didn’t have our medicines – we do, so there was difference They didn’t have today’s governments – we do, so there was difference They didn’t have the we have today – we do, so there was difference They didn’t even have paper – we do, so there was difference However, praying to God in a building – is the same!
TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM CHRISTIANS PRAYING AT A CHURCH 538 BC: Cyrus the Great permitted Jews to return to Judea without restoring the Monarchy, giving Judean Priest Authority over Judaism for they had "Schools of Thought” and the Voices to Dominate. 516 BC: The Temple of Jerusalem was re-built.
PRIESTS WHO CONTROLLED THE RITUALS OF THE TEMPLE WERE CALLED RABBIS (Hebrew: "My Master") and dominated the study of the Holy Scriptures
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509 BC: Romans take over the last King, forming the ‘Roman Republic’, and they divided the public into 4 levels: The highest class of Rome were called ‘Patricians' who created and ran offices. The second highest class were the ‘Equestrians’. The third class was the Plebeians, the average Roman. The lowest class were the Slaves. Under the Roman Empire, there were hundreds of thousands of slaves who were owned by other people and had no rights at all. Over the years, Romans started minting their own coins, making coins the main Roman currency throughout the entire Roman Empire during the ‘Roman Republic’. Coins such as: The Aureus (Gold). The Denarius (Silver). The Sestertius (Bronze & Copper). 336/23 BC: Alexander the Great became King of Greece, defeating the Persians, took Egypt, seized the Babylon and then invaded India claiming to be the Son of Zeus. Alexander the Great died and his empire was divided between his four Chief Generals.
301 BC: Seleucus served as Infantry General for Alexander the Great and took control over Northern Syria.
300 BC: Roman Republic minted.
290 BC: Rome dominates or takes over the Italian Peninsula.
285 BC: First indigenous Seleucid appointed.
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222/187 BC: King Antiochus III the Great, wanting to be friends with his new Jewish subjects, assured them of their right to "live according to their ancestral customs", including religious practises.
AFTER 2000 YEARS, IT IS THE SAME CURRENCY: LIKE RELIGION, THE SAME!
Silver coin of King Antiochus III the Great | Silver coin of Alexander Balas | Our Queen’s Silver 20 cent coin 175 BC: Antiochus IV recaptures Jerusalem from Jews, outlawing Judaism and Circumcision (Jewish belief). 161 BC: The Seleucid Empire became unstable, and Antiochus V was overthrown by Seleucus IV's son, in attempt to restore the Seleucid power in Judea, but was overthrown by Alexander Balas. 100 BC: Romans conquer Gaul and Egypt that came under Roman rule, and gave access to the Red Sea for Spice and other trades.
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Gaius Julius Caesar was born into a Patrician family, with Caesar's father, also called (Gaius Julius Caesar), governing the province of Asia. 85 BC: Caesar's father died suddenly, so at 16, Julius Caesar was the head of the family. The following year he was nominated to be the new High Priest of Jupiter. During this time, he was called back into military action in Asia, raising aids to repel a hostile entry from the East. Back in Rome, he was elected Military Leader, and saw visions of a political career. 78 BC: Last Seleucid King was defeated which ended the Seleucid Monarchy. Greek & Jewish Religious tensions started building up in Judea and the Roman’s stepped in to help their Greek Religion, by starting The First Jewish–Roman War. 73/66 BC: The First Jewish–Roman War, were Jewish Rebels fighting against the Roman Empire escalated, due to Anti–Taxation protests, and forced the Roman Governor Florus to order his Roman troops to their Temple. The Jewish people fell to unrest over this matter, some Jewish Leaders openly mocking Florus in public, which caused Florus to react to this unrest the next day, by sending soldiers and arresting a number of the city leaders, who were later whipped and crucified.
63 BC: Caesar lived in Rome and won the election to be the Chief Priest in the Roman State Religion and was appointed to govern Spain, but still in massive debt, needed to satisfy his creditors. A rich Roman Marcus Crassus, aided Caesar's debts and acted as guarantor for others.
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Caesar left for Spain, conquering two local tribes and was hailed as a Commander by his troops. Judea came under Roman influence, when Pompey the Great arrived as part of a Roman campaign.
59 BC: Caesar who was a Consul, brought Pompey and Crassus together to control public business forming the First Triumvirate ("rule of three men") and proposed a powerful law for the ‘Redistribution of public Lands to the poor’ which was cemented by the marriage of Pompey to Caesar's daughter.
56 BC: Julius Caesar's Governorship was extended for another five years and began an invasion of Britain.
55 BC: While Caesar was in Britain, his daughter, (Pompey's wife) died giving childbirth. Caesar tried to re-secure Pompey's support by offering him his great niece in marriage, but Pompey declined.
53 BC: Pompey was appointed sole Consul as Crassus was killed leading a failed invasion of the East. The Triumvirate died, and Pompey married the daughter of Caesar’s political opponent.
50 BC: Pompey accused Caesar of treason to the law, so Caesar left Italy under the control of Mark Antony, to head to Spain to defeat Pompey's Lieutenants. The Roman Senate began laying honours on Caesar, appointing him Dictator, but he resigned this Dictatorship to pursue Pompey to Egypt but found him already dead. Therefore, Caesar began killing the Pharaoh's forces for their role in Pompey's murder.
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CRASSUS MARK ANTONY JULIUS CAESAR POMPEY 49 BC: He marched back to conquer Rome itself, and forcibly opened the treasury that had a tribune seal, as he saw the central government to be weak, with political corruption spiralling out of control. 48 BC: Caesar was re-appointed Dictator for Ten years, with a month of the year still named after him: July. 47 BC: Pharaoh's forces where finally destroyed by Caesar at the Battle of the Nile, but this time leaving Cleopatra, the ‘Queen of Egypt’, to go back to the Middle East, and to annihilate the King and proceeded to Africa. 45 BC: Caesar resigned his position as Sole Consul, but started The Julian Calendar, (similar to our Calendar) and had not proscribed his enemies, but instead pardoning almost all, as there was no public threat, naming his grandnephew Octavian to heir everything and made Mark Antony High Priest. Early 44 BC: Caesar was appointed Dictator for life and established an early police force. Late 44 BC: Caesar was due to appear at a session of the Senate, when Cassius produced his dagger and stabbed the dictator's neck shouting “Help, brother”! Within moments, the entire group surrounded them, pulling his toga over his head when he saw General Brutus among the Conspirators.
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The 60 or more men continued to stab the dictator 23 times, on The Ides of March (15 of March). Gaius Octavian, aged 18 when Caesar died, had political skills, but to combat Brutus and Cassius, (who were massing an enormous army in Greece), needed help and Mark Antony needed soldiers. 43 BC: The Second Triumvirate was officially formed. Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus (Caesar’s General) reinstated an old practice against outlaws, and engaged in the legal Murder of a large number of its opponents to secure them from harm from its forty-five Roman Legions starting a Civil War against Brutus and Cassius that was over before it began. 42 BC: Hyrcanus II’s nephew Antigonus took the throne from his Uncle naming himself King and High Priest. 40 BC: As a loyal supporter of Hyrcanus II, Herod was appointed Governor of Galilee at the 25 of age. 39 BC: Herod and the Romans (Mark Antony included) recaptured Jerusalem and Executed Antigonus. 37 BC: Rome appointed Herod the Great as King of Judea, who developed the water supplies to Jerusalem and made his 17- year-old brother-in-law Aristobulus III, High Priest. 35 BC: Aristobulus III was drowned at a party, on Herod's orders. 31 BC: Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in Egypt and ended the Roman Republic to start a new beginning of the Roman Empire and became the first Emperor, and changed his name to Augustus.
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AFTER THE DEATH OF MARK ANTONY, AUGUSTUS ASSUMED THE TITLE OF DIVI FILIUS (SON OF A GOD) 30 BC: Herod was shown great favour by Augustus, who confirmed him as King of Judea. 25 BC: Herod imported grain from Egypt and started an aid program to combat the widespread hunger. He also waived a third of the taxes. 24 BC: At 17, Tiberius entered politics under Augustus's direction. 12 BC: Herod accused his first sons of high treason, Augustus advised him to proceed legally against his sons. 7 BC: The court hearing took place in Berytos (Beirut) before a Roman court where they were found guilty and executed, making Antipater the exclusive successor to the throne. 5 BC: Antipater was brought before a court and charged with the intended murder of Herod and was sentenced to death with the approval of Augustus. 4 BC: Young Pharisee disciples smashed the golden eagle over the main entrance of the Temple of Jerusalem after the Pharisee teachers claimed it was a worshipping Roman symbol. Herod arrested and sentenced the disciples to death, but not the Pharisee teachers, who continued to teach.
AFTER HEROD'S DEATH, HIS KINGDOM WAS DIVIDED AMONG 3 OF HIS SONS BY AUGUSTUS 2 AD: Augustus allowed Tiberius (one of The 3 Sons) to take over Herod and in return was required to adopt Augustus nephew, Germanicus. 14: Augustus died, leaving Tiberius to become Emperor, who not only poisoned Germanicus, but also in 31 AD, gets:
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31: Caligula (the sole surviving son of Germanicus) remanded to the personal care of the retiring Tiberius, where he lived for six years, while Caligula's mother died in prison under Tiberius’s order. 33: Pilate was responsible for Imperial Tax Collections in Judaea and accused Jesus of sedition against Rome and His claim to be king, so Pilate handed Jesus over to the Jurisdiction of Tiberius, who mocked and re-sent Jesus back to a confused Pilate, who received wishes from public Jews to murder him, and he ordered a sign posted above the Cross to give public notice of the legal charge against him: ‘This is Jesus the King of the Jews’
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THE DEATH OF JESUS WAS THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIANITY
LUKE 3:1, STATES THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST ENTERED ON THE ‘TIBERIUS PUBLIC MINISTRY’ IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN TIBERIUS HAD REQUESTED TO THE SENATE, AFTER A FEW YEARS OF THE BIG CRUCIFIXION, TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE CHRISTIANITY AS PART OF A JEWISH SECTION RATHER THAN A SEPARATE, DISTINCT FAITH 37: Tiberius died and Caligula became Emperor, killed several Senators and replaced the Consul immediately. 40: Caligula spent Tiberius' fortune of 2,700,000,000 sesterces as he attempted to expand the Roman Empire, he introduced religion into his political role, and cried out "Let there be one Lord, one King". He erected 2 Temples in Rome so Senators will worship him as a ‘Sun God’ as displayed on the Egyptian coins. 41: Caligula was assassinated, that made Claudius Emperor. 43: Claudius ordered the invasion of Britain. 54: Claudius was poisoned by his wife Agrippina (Sister of Emperor Caligula) and claimed her son Nero, Emperor Nero, was unsatisfied with his marriage to Octavia and he entered into an affair with Poppaea, the wife of his friend Otho without his Mother’s permission. But a marriage to Poppaea and a divorce from Octavia did not fit with his Mother alive, (as mum liked Octavia). 60: So Emperor Nero ordered or employed Anicetus, (the Emperor’s Tutor) to murder Agrippina, (Nero’s own mother). 61: Emperor Nero then divorced and banished Octavia on the grounds of infertility. After public protests over Octavia's exile, Nero accused her of adultery with Anicetus and she was executed, while Anicetus was banished to Sardinia, were he lived comfortably to an old age.
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62: Emperor Nero married the pregnant Poppaea. 65: Nero's wife died and Statilia became Nero's mistress, forcing Statilia's husband to commit suicide, so Emperor Nero could marry Statilia. THIS WAS WHAT LEADERS WHERE DOING WITH THEIR POWERS 2000 YEARS AGO EMPEROR NERO WAS KNOWN AS THE FIRST ANTICHRIST ORDERING CHRISTIANS TO BE THROWN TO DOGS, WHILE OTHERS WERE CRUCIFIED OR BURNT ALIVE. NERO BEHEADED PAUL IN ROME AND CRUCIFIED PETER UPSIDE DOWN ABIDING NOT TO PERSECUTE MORE CHRISTIANS 67: There were religious tensions in Judea, stemming between Greek and Jews that caused a Jewish revolt. Emperor Nero dispatched Roman Emperor Vespasian to restore order and imposed a Judaism tax for the Maintenance of the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter (the centre of Ancient Roman Religion) as one of the measures against all the Jewish Christians. Only those who had abandoned Judaism were exempt from paying the Judaism Tax. 68: When the senate declared Nero an Enemy of the People, he fled Rome and committed suicide. The New Emperor Galba began his reign after Nero’s suicide executed any possible threat to him but after a few months he was murdered by Otho, who was overthrown by Vitellius shortly after. 70: The Second Jewish-Roman War began when Titus, unable to breach the city's defences, set-up the Roman Army’s camp close to Jerusalem and anyone caught attempting to leave the city would be captured, after the destruction of the Temple, Christianity survived and had started to separate from Judaism.
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79: Titus became Emperor Titus but died suddenly, which makes his brother Domitian Emperor. 96: Domitian was assassinated. 98: Trajan became Emperor. 115: The Kitos War was the name given to the third of the Jewish- Roman Wars, where major revolts by Jewish Rebels spiralled out of control. The rebellions were finally crushed by Roman General Lusius. 118: Emperor Trajan, suffered a heatstroke and died, and his successor, Hadrian assumed the reins of the government and quietly stripped Lusius of his command. 131: Tensions grew higher when Hadrian abolished circumcision, which he viewed as mutilation and then attempted to root out Judaism (for the causing of continuous rebellions) by prohibiting the Torah and installing two statues there, one of Jupiter and another of himself. 132: The Bar Kokhba revolt was the fourth and last of the major rebellion by the Jews against the Roman Empire, Simon bar Kokhba, commander of the revolt, was hailed as a Messiah, a heroic figure who claimed to restore Israel, but only lasted 2 years. JERUSALEM HISTORY STATES THAT THE NUMBERS SLAUGHTERED WERE ENORMOUS AND THAT THE ROMANS WENT KILLING UNTIL THEIR HORSES WERE SUBMERGED IN BLOOD TO THEIR NOSTRILS THE AFTERMATH OF THE BAR KOKHBA REVOLT, HELPED IDENTIFY CHRISTIANITY AS A SEPARATE RELIGION FROM JUDAISM
Emperor Nero OTHO HADRIAN
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138: Hadrian's death marked a significant relief to the surviving Jewish communities and Antoninus became Emperor. 143: After a rebellion, Antoninus conquered Scotland.
DIFFERENT EMPERORSHIPS OF ROME OVER MANY DECADES TO FOLLOW, BUT FROM THE YEAR 211, OBTAINING POWER GOES CRAZY: 211: Brothers, Caracalla and Geta become joint Emperors but Caracalla had Geta murdered shortly thereafter. 217: Caracalla was assassinated and Macrinus became Emperor. 218: Macrinus was executed and Elagabalus is installed to the throne. 222: Elagabalus was murdered and Alexander became Emperor. 235: Alexander was killed in a soldier mutiny and Maximinus became Emperor. 251: Gallus and Volusianus become Emperors but were slaughtered by their own troops, to make Aemilianus Emperor. Aemilianus was later killed by his own soldiers. 260: Valerian proclaimed as the Emperor and asked the Senate to ratify his son Gallienus to Caesar or Augustus. 268: Gallienus was assassinated by his officials who made Marius Emperor. 269: Marius has a short reign, before Victorinus had him killed and proclaimed himself Emperor in Gaul and Britain. He was murdered by one of his officers, whose wife he supposedly seduced. Victorinus Jr. was appointed Emperor by his family on that same day and was killed immediately by his troops.
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270: Aurelian became Emperor. 275: Aurelian was murdered and Tacitus became Emperor. 276: Tacitus died and Florianus become Emperor, but was assassinated, making Probus the new Emperor. 282: Probus was killed by his own troops, leaving Carus to claim the role as Emperor. 283: Carus died during an invasion and his sons Carinus and Numerian became Emperors. 284: Diocletian killed Numerian and proclaimed himself as Emperor then marched against Carinus. 285: Diocletian defeated Carinus and split the Empire into two halves and appointed Maximian Emperor beside him. 303: Diocletian ordered the persecution of Christians. 305: Diocletian and Maximian abdicated (resigned).
PROBUS DIOCLETIAN CONSTANTINE I CONSTANTINE II 306: Constantine I was proclaimed Emperor. 310: Constantine I reformed the coinage economy minting copper coins. 313: Conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity through marriage and was tolerated by the Roman Empire.
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326: Constantine I ordered the death of his oldest son, Crispus. 337: Constantine I died and his three sons Constantine II, Constantius and Constans become Emperors. 340: Emperor Constantine II invaded Italy, was ambushed and murdered by Constans (his own brother). 350: Constans was captured and killed. 351: Emperor Constantius (the third son) appointed his cousin Constantius Gallus as Caesar. 354: Constantius Gallus was put to death. 361: Emperor Constantius died of illness, and his successor, Julian became Emperor but was wounded and died during a skirmish, proclaiming Jovian Emperor. 364: Emperor Jovian died making Valentinian I and Valens Emperors.
CONSTANS VALENS VALENTINIAN I THEODOSIUS
375: Valentinian I died and was succeeded by Gratian as Western Emperor. 378: Valens was killed in battle by the Goths. Theodosius was the Eastern Emperor. 380: Theodosius allowed Christianity, the first State Church of the Roman Empire. 384: Gratian was murdered, making Valentinian II Emperor. 392: Valentinian II died in an apparent suicide, but was more likely murdered by Arbogast.
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394: Arbogast was killed by Theodosius. 395: Theodosius died leaving the Western Empire to his son Honorius. 423: After a long and disastrous reign, Honorius died. 425: Valentinian III became Western Emperor. 455: Valentinian III was assassinated and succeeded by Maximus as Emperor, who was killed and Avitus became Emperor of the West. 457: Avitus was deposed by the magister Ricimer and killed. Majorian was installed as Western Emperor. 461: Majorian was deposed by Ricimer, making Libius Severus the Western Emperor. 465: Libius Severus died, possibly poisoned by Ricimer. 467: Anthemius became Western Emperor with the support of Pope Leo I. 472: Ricimer killed Anthemius and made Olybrius a new Western Emperor, both Ricimer and Olybrius died. Gundobad became Magister Militum in Italy and made Glycerius the new Western Emperor. 474: Glycerius was deposed by Julius Nepos who proclaimed himself Western Emperor. 475: Julius Nepos was forced to flee German Mercenaries that form an important part of any Roman army and Roman armies played a major role in the making and breaking of Emperors. Around this time, they were determined to settle into Italy, but were rejected by Roman officials, so they elected one of their own members, Odoacer, to lead a charge to become an Emperor. 476: General Flavius Odoacer killed Orestes, Emperor Zeno and the Senate of Rome allowed Odoacer to Govern Italy as King. He found land for his German tribesmen in Italy with no
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problems, although Odoacer was not a Christian. He rarely intervened in the affairs of the Church in the Roman Empire. 480: Julius Nepos, who still claimed to be Emperor, was killed. 487: Another tribe, under the leadership of Theodoric, almost succeeded in capturing Constantinople, so Emperor Zeno of Constantinople invited Theodoric to invade Italy and take Odoacer's place. 493: On 25 February John, Bishop of Ravenna, was able to negotiate a treaty between Theodoric and Odoacer to occupy Ravenna together and share joint rule. This treaty did not last, ten days later Theodoric murdered Odoacer by drawing his sword and striking him while they shared a meal. On that same day, all of Odoacer's army that were found were killed by order of Theodoric and he made no attempt to interfere in Roman Catholic affairs.
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