cyber day #27

Aftermath To The Murder

  • Julius Caesar’s grandnephew (and adopted son) Octavian takes over at the age of 18 with his own triumvirate
  • Mark Antony: an experienced general
  • Lepidus: a powerful politician
  • This is the Second Triumvirate
A Doomed Alliance

  • Octavian forces Lepidus to retire
  • He and Mark Antony become rivals
  • Mark Antony then partners up with Cleopatra of Egypt
  1. Militarily
  2. Personally
  3. Politically
  4. Economically
  • Octavian defeats them at the Battle of Actium
Octavian On His Own
  • He is now the unchallenged ruler of Rome
  • He was given the honorific “Augustus”
  • “Exalted one”
  • He was also given the title “imperator”
  • He was a supreme military commander
  • Now Rome is an empire, not a republic
Octavian Isn't A Tarquin
  • 40 years of ruling as emperor (27 BC to AD 14)
  • He began a stable era of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana (Roman peace)
  • Pax Romana was 207 years long
  • 27 BC to AD 180
Some Accomplishments... 
  1. Expanded the Roman Empire further into Africa
  2. He set up civil service to run the government/empire
  3. Building a network of roads
  4. Collecting taxes
  5. Establishing a postal service
  6. Administering the grain supply
  7. Building awesome public facilities
  8. Buildings, aqueducts
  9. Setting up a police department
  10. Running a fire-fighting organization
  11. Died of natural causes
The Beginning Of The Age Of Emperors
  • After Octavian’s death, power was passed down to emperors
  • Some were good, horrible, and appeared to be completely insane
Tiberius
  • He ruled from AD 14 to AD 37
  • He was an excellent general, but a reluctant emperor
  • After the death of his son, he exiled himself from Rome and left his prefects in charge
  • He died at age 77
Caligula
  • He ruled from AD 37 to AD 41 
  • He won a power struggle after Tiberius' death
  • He was known for his cruelty, extravagance, and perversity 
  • He was an insane tyrant
  • He was assassinated by a group of praetorian guards, senators, and the imperial court, trying to re-establish the Republic
  • This didn't work though
Claudius
  • He ruled from AD 41 to AD 54
  • He suffered from many infirmities: a limp, stammering, shaking, slobbering... possibly because of cerebral palsy
  • He took over because he was the last adult male in the family
  • He ruled well 
  • He built roads, aqueducts, canals, and started the conquest of Britain
  • He died by poisoning (it was his last wife's plan, she wanted her son Nero to rise to power)
Nero 
  • He ruled from 54 to 68
  • He emphasized the arts
  • There was a huge fire in 64 
  • He wanted to rebuild Rome to be more majestic
  • He hugely overspent, and even raided the temples for money
  • historians did not look kindly upon him

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