Notes Octavian knew he could have made himself dictator for life, but he knew that the people of Rome wanted a republic In 27 BC, Octavian was “restoring the republic” But it really meant… Octavian’s title, Imperator, translates to commander in chief, but it came to mean emperor. • Octavian also took the title of Augustus, which means “the Octavian majestic one”. becomes Augustus From this point on, Rome is no longer a republic, but an empire. …Differed …Won from …Spread Julius support of Information: …Failed: …Succeeded: Caesar: the public: By not acting By like a restoring At King, the By spreading living temples the simply, using Roman ? and and Empire treating putting coins into Senators up new Germany with buildings respect Changes 1.Made a permanent army 2.Created the Praetorian Guard 3. Added territories to the empire 4.Rebuilt Rome 5.Reorganized the government 6.Reformed the tax system 7. Reformed the legal system The Julio-Claudian Emperors Who were they? Why are they important? • After Augustus’s death, • These 4 men both helped and the next 4 emperors hurt Rome. Overall, Rome was somewhat chaotic from the did both good and bad time of Augustus’s death to things for Rome Nero’s suicide The Julio-Claudian Emperors Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero The Julio-Claudian Emperors The Good: • Economy stabilized • Conquered Britain • New buildings and aqueducts The Julio-Claudian Emperors The Bad: • Emperors Nero and Caligula prove that emperors can be dangerous • Much of Rome burned down in A.D. 64 The “Good Emperors” Who are they? Why are they • At the beginning of the important? A.D. 100s, a series of • These emperors helped rulers unrelated to establish Rome’s system of Augustus came to power roads, aqueducts, ports, and helped Rome prosper and common currency The “Good Emperors” Marcus Hadrian Antoninus Nerva Trajan Pius Aurelius The “Good Emperors” After Julius Caesar, Augustus took over and ushered in Pax Romana After Augustus, Rome had a brief period of ups and downs with the Julio- Claudian Emperors Overall, from about the year 96 to 180, Rome Main Idea Main underwent many changes and enjoyed peace, prosperity, and stability Agriculture Standard of Emperors did flourished living rose not abuse their power Education Trade improved increases Laws were List at least ten things that make this a peaceful time and these emperors “good”. made more fair and easier to understand The Roman Navy During Pax Romana, forced pirates off of Roman coins were the Roman Road the Mediterranean accepted throughout system reached Sea to make trade the entire empire 50,000 miles safer (common currency) A vast Common currency Prosperity road through for Rome system the empire Roman Boundaries Made Official • Reason for setting boundaries: Many believed Rome was getting too big to control • Northern border of the Rhine River and the Danube River • Hadrian’s Wall built in Britain .