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Updated: 6 Nov 2017
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The 70s BC where a dangerous place.
Politicians and generals went to
war because the want to
increase their power as political
order broke down in Rome.Pompey's allies ordered Caesar
to give up command of his armies.
Because they wanted Pompey to
Rome alone.The allies where
in the Senate.Pompey allies fled to Italy with Pompey.
Because they thought that
they did not have enough troops
to defeat Caesars. But Caesars chased
Pompey for a year. Caesar killed
Pompey in Greece.Caesar returned to Rome
he made himself dictator
for life. Although Caesar worked
to improve Rome society many
people resented the way he gained
power. They though the he was going
to be King.Octavian announced that he is
giving his power to the Senate .But
really he kept all his power. The Senate
gave Octavian a new name --Augustus.Octavian sent a fleet to attack Antony.
Antony's fleet meet Octavian fleet
in Greece in the battle of Actium.
Antony fleet was defeated but
Antony escaped back to Egypt
with Cleopatra.The Pax Romana lasted Until
the AD 180s.The Pax Romana
or roman peace. The time where
roman empire was peaceful. The
Pax romana lasted about 200 years .Antony and Octavian defeated
their opponents. After the battle,
the last of Caesar's murderers
killed themselves.Antony was married to Octavian
sister Octavia. Eight years later
Antony divorced her to marry
Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt.
Octavian saw the divorce as a
insult to his sister and himself.By the in of the 200s emperors gave
up some of there land the Roman
army have conquered. they feared
that the empire had become to large
to defend or govern efficiently. Later
rulers discovered, that the emperors
were right.Attila raided roman territory
in the east. roman needed
stronger leaders to survive
these attacks, but the emperors
were weak. Military leaders took
power away from the emperors
and ruled in the AD 450sThe corruption had become
widespread in Roman government.
Corrupt used threats and bribery
to get their goals. Ignoring the needs
of the roman citizens. As a result,
Rome's government was no longer efficient.And uprising threatened to drive
Justinian from Constantinople.
His smart and powerful wife
Theodor convinced him to
stay an fight. With her advice
He crushed the riots and ruled
effectively for the rest of his reign.Justinian married Theodora and
together they worked on restoring
the power, beauty, and strength of
a vast empire. While
was in a military
campaigns. His wife was
helping create laws to aid women
an children and stop
government corruption.Only people living in Italy
could be Roman citizens.
No one else had the right
to participate in the
government.Over a period
of time the citizenship spread.To make the health better,
Roman doctors studied the
work of the Greeks. The one
great doctor in the empire was
Galen who lived in the AD 100s
.He was a Greek surgeon who
studied people body.The early 200s all free people that
where living in the roman empire
were given the right if citizen. But
many other people -including the
millions of slaves who worked in
roman homes ,farms, and mines
-had few rights.The senators where mad
a Caesar because he reduced
their power and they feared
that he was growing strength.
March 15 is known as Ides of
March. A group of Senators
attacked Caesars in the
senate and stabbed him to death.In the early AD 100s the roman
had taking over Gaul and most
on central Europe. Under Claudius
the emperor Roman conquered
much of the islands of Britain.
Rome controlled Asia Minor,
Mesopotamia, and the eastern
coast of the Mediterranean's.Between 58 BC and 50 BC
Caesar had nearly conquered
all of Gaul -an areas that are
today France. He wrote about
this conquest in great detail in
this quote." Caesar having to
divided his forces... and having
hastily (quickly) constructed
some bridges, enters their
country in three divisions,
burns their houses and
villages, and gets possessio
n of a large number of cattle
and men."
-Julius Caesars, The Gallic Wars
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