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Lesson #28
Period ___________
Objective:
The Pax Romana
Draw the Main Ideas:
Notes:
Part 1 The Pax Romana
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_____________________ 1st emperor. He
brought peace to the frontier, built many
public buildings, and created a lasting
government. He also obtained the senate's
permission to leave the title of emperor to
his successor.
_________________- Octavian set up a
this service, which paid workers to manage
the affairs of government.
______________-This period known as
“Roman Peace”, lasted for about 200 years,
During this time the Roman empire was at its
greatest power. Its population during this
time was between 60 and 80 million.
______________- stretched around the
Mediterranean, from modern Syria and
Turkey west and north to England and
Germany
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___________________- Traders used
these to buy and sell goods
_____________________- claimed to be
the Son of God. He taught his disciples that
the kingdom of God was within ones own
heart.
_____________________-protected by
the Roman navy.
_____________________- defended
Roman territories from attack. Once they
finished their time in the army, they became
Roman citizens.
______________________- While Caesar
Augustus was in power, these people began
to rise up against the Romans. Augustus sent
several legions to force them into
submission.
_________surrounded them and killed
almost every man in the Roman army. This
loss of three legions was one of the worst
defeats in Roman history.
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Part 2 Emperors of Insanity
______________- Augustus died in 14 C.E. his
stepson became the new emperor. He moved the
royal residence to the island of Capri, off Italy’s
coast. At risk of assassination, he chose the site
chiefly because the remote location made it easy
to defend - but also so that he could indulge his
sick fantasies away from prying eyes. He was a
cruel tyrant. He put to death a great many people
only because he thought they were his enemies. If
he did not like a person, he would charge him with
some crime and order his soldiers to kill him. He
would do this by throwing them off the 300 foot
cliff of his palace. Anybody that was lucky enough
to survive the fall were met by men in boats who
would bash their heads in with paddles. he was
himself killed by a man named Caligula.
_____________________- these next two
emperors also put many people to death without
just cause.
__________________- He became emperor in
the year 54 A.D.
_____________________-Nero was the son of
this woman. She married the Emperor Claudius.
Then she killed Claudius by poison, and Nero
became emperor. She expected that when her son
was emperor she herself would be the real
mistress and would rule the Roman Empire as she
pleased
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____________________- a fierce quarrel
erupted between him and his mother. He turned
her out of his palace and ordered her never to
appear there again His mother tried to push to
replace him as emperor. He would have three
guards go and kill his mother in a way that it would
look like suicide. Then, he forced his adoptive stepsister and wife Claudia Octavia to commit suicide.
Then he then killed his new wife, Poppaea, in a fit
of passion. Then, became enamored with a slave
boy/freedman who resembled his dead wife Poppea.
He had the boy castrated, married him and made
him dress and act like a woman. NONE of the
emperors before Nero lived so grandly as he did.
_______________- Half the city was burned.
Some of the Romans said that Nero had started
the fire and had prevented it from being put out.
Most of the six days during which the fire lasted
Nero spent in a high tower, enjoying the sight.
Nero played on his harp, sang merry songs, and
recited verses about the burning of the ancient
city of Troy. Nero said that it had been caused by
the believers in the religion of Christ.
_____________- Romans hated these
people.
________________- Christians would
practice their faith in these underground
burial chambers.
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________________________- when Nero
declared that they had caused the great
fire, this began happening to them. Many of
them were hanged, some were covered with
pitch and burned, and others were hunted to
death by savage dogs. During this time the
Apostle Paul was beheaded and the Apostle
Peter was crucified
____________- Eventually he would be
declared an enemy of the state. With the
help of a servant, he plunged a knife into his
throat, saying "Qualis artifex pereo” "What an artist the world is losing in me".
Part 3 During the Reign of Titus
___________- He became emperor in 79
C.E. During his reign the Coliseum was
finished.
____________________- was the largest
theatre in the world. It had seats for over
80,000 people.
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__________- made attempts to break free
of the Romans. These movements did not
succeed. Jerusalem was sacked and the
Temple for Yahweh was destroyed.
_______________- was covered with ash
after a volcanic eruption. The ash preserved
many works of art and culture.
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Part 4 Five Good Emperors
________________- Between A.D. 96 and
A.D. 180. 73 miles long, stretching from sea
to sea. The purpose was to protect land that
the Romans had gained in Britain.
________________- One of his great
achievements was the rebuilding of the
Pantheon. Still standing today, it was a
temple for all the gods of Rome.
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________________- during Hadrian’s
Reign, the Jews again revolted again. This
revolt was also a failure. The majority of the
Jewish population of Judea was either killed
(half a million), exiled, or sold into slavery.
Jerusalem was destroyed along with many
other cities and towns. He also changed the
name of Judea to Syria Palaestina
____________________- The death of
Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180 marked the
beginning of the decline of the Roman
Empire
Using the information that you learned in this lesson, explain what this picture is about:
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