Notes
After Julius Caesar
Octavian=Caesar Agustus=Agustus
Second Triumvirate- 43 bc-33 bc
Civil war broke out after Caesar's death
Octavian, Marc Antony, and Lepidus
Fell apart due to jealousy and violence
Octavian forced Lepidus to retire
Octavian went to war against Marc Antony (with Cleopatra from Egypt)
Octavian Defeated Antony/Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium in 31 bc
Once Octavian and Marc Antony defeated Caesar’s killers, they split the Roman Republic and Octavian took Rome and Antony took Egypt
Anthony falls in love Cleopatra and had 3 kids
Octavian is concerned that Anthony and Cleopatra would try to take over Rome
Octavian decided to attack first and defeated A and C in the Battle of Actium as stated previously
A and C killed themselves escaped and killed themselves
Augustus, stabilized the frontier
Glorified rome- found in brick and left in marble
Created a system of gov that lasted for centuries
Set up civil service
Paid workers to manage affairs of government
Romans liked gravitas, means discipline, strength, and loyalty
90% of em farmed throught the empire
Rilived my conspicuios consumption
Mostled in peverty with high unemployment
Gove provied grain ereday
Governmet put on cotest to please poor
Free of charge during holidays
Fought in coluseeum
Animals v a, man v m or m v a
Roman religion
Gov and religion were lionked
Stole gods from greek and changed their names
Rise of christinity- rooan gods practiced little emotion
Rome took over isreal in 68bc
Christianity was atractive to romans because of an aftelife
Embraced all people
Gave hope to powerless people
Apealled to thoes repelled by extravagances of imperial rome
Offerd a personal relationship with a loving god
Promised eternal life after death
Paul an apostle stressed that Jesus was the son of God who died for peoples sins
He also declared that Christianity should welcome all converts jew or genile (non jew)
Rome persicutd christians cuz they didnt worship the roman gods they were crucified like Jesus
Constatyien named Christianity one of the roman religions in 313 AD after winning a battle where he thought christians interviend
Theodosius made it the official religion in 380 AD
Priest led the church
Bishop was a priest and supervied local churches
Peter was fisth bishop and first Pope
Saint Peter was a pope
As time when ton dissagreements grew between christians in regards to their belifs
New testament was added to the old one to make it unify christians
Included for gosples as well as the epistles letters of paul
In 325 AD constantien further unified the teachings of christianity
In Nicaea(Turkey) church letters wrote the nicene creed, wich defined the basic belifs of the church
Historians agree that the end of the reiagn of th emperor Marcus marked the end of the 2 centureis of peace and prosperity
3 main causes of rome- internal conflicts- seperation into east and west- and outside invasions
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