Y N0t 2 #43-Rome Notes (#2)

·       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