Rome and Christianity : From Republic to Empire

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Rome and Christianity From Republic to Empire
Key Terms Cicero Julius Caesar Pompey Marc
Antony Augustus Pax Romana Aqueduct Romance
Languages Civil Law
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• After civil war, Rome was a dangerous place.
• Everyone was trying to decide who the best
  leaders would be and who to support.
• Julius Caesar, a powerful general in the Roman
  army, gained many followers.
• The senate thought he had too many followers, so
  they killed him on the Ides of March, or March
  15th.
• Caesars friends, Marc Antony and Octavian, took
  power after Caesar was murdered and promised to
  avenge his death.
• They did so but couldnt get along after Antony
  divorced his wife, Octavians sister.
• Octavian forced Antony to kill himself and gained
  absolute power.

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Ides of March
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Rome Becomes an Empire
During Pax Romana, Rome was in excellent shape!
Trade, new currency, and a stable
government helped Rome prosper.

• After Octavian, now named Augustus, gained power,
  Rome became an empire.
• The first 200 years of the empire were called Pax
  Romana, or Roman peace.

An empire is a land with different people and
territories under one single ruler.
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Romes Accomplishments

• Romans studied things that would help them live
  better lives.
• They studied the stars to produce a calendar.
• They studied plants and animals to learn how to
  grow them larger and provide more food.

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Romes Accomplishments

• Galen, a Roman doctor, studied the human heart
  and how it works.
• They used the first cement material.
• They built roads in layers making them so durable
  that are still around today.

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Romes Accomplishments
Many Roman bridges and aqueducts still stand
today.

• Romans also mastered the art of building strong,
  durable bridges by building them with arches.
• These strong arches showed their understanding of
  engineering.
• They also built aqueducts, or raised waterways
  that carry water from mountains to valleys.

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Architecture and Literature

• Romans stole many ideas from the Greeks.
• Romans were able to build larger structures than
  the Greeks because of engineering.

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Romance Languages
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and
Romanian are Romance languages that developed
from Latin.

• Because Rome was an empire, many languages were
  spoken in its territories.
• Latin was the most important of those languages.
  
• People wrote, conducted business, and kept
  records in Latin.

English words like veto and circus are from
Latin.
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