· BIG IDEA: the building of an empire:
· the creation of the Roman empire transformed Roman government, society, economy, and culture.
· why that stuff is important:
· the Roman Empire has always served as a model for political organization and control.
· RULERTOPIA
· *Julius Caesar: a military leader who was elected consul in 59 B.C.
· Augustus: unchallenged ruler of Rome aka Octavian
· Pax Romana: the period of peace and prosperity
*I’m pretty sure he had a salad named after him
· most people had to survive on produce from their local area
· rich people usually got good food by trading for it
· Romans may or may not have (they did) had more slaves than any other previous civilization
· to distract people from that small detail, the government provided free entertainment
· VOCABULARIUM
· civil war: a war between people in the same country
· gravitas:
a person that withholds the qualities of discipline, strength,
and loyalty
· numina: the gods, or the divine forces that the Romans believed resided in everything around them
· triumvirate: a group of three rulers
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