The Roman Empire

Augustus  Augustus real name was actually Octavian.  He reorganized Rome’s government.  Augustus was one of the first emperors of ancient Rome.  He was considered to be one of the greatest leaders in Rome.  Augustus defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony’s army.  Augustus made sure that neither of them escaped by tactically placing ships were he knew they would try to escape.

The Boarders  The richest of the provinces was Ancient Egypt which had the annual flooding of the Nile river.  Egypt was one of the main food suppliers of the Roman Empire.  West of Egypt were the provinces of Cyrenaica, Africa, Numidia, and what used to be Carthage.  West of Numidia was the still Independent kingdom of Mauretania.

Tiberius  When Augustus died Livia sent out messengers to Tiberius. He was on a campaign to Illyria.  Tiberius upon receiving the message took control of an army and at once returned to Rome to take his place as emperor.  Soon after he became emperor he sent his son to face the rebellion on the Danube and Rhine rivers. They managed to push back the Germanic tribes.  Tiberius died after a 23 year reign over the Roman Empire.

Caligula  Caligula was born in a camp in Germany. That’s were he spent the first few years of his life.  As a baby for the purpose of morale his father dressed him up in army clothes and also a small version of soldier boots.  His nickname Caligula means little boots this stuck with him for the rest of his life.  Caligula with in the first years of being Emperor became seriously ill but he did recover but it affected his mind.  Caligula wanted to be granted divine honors before he even died this was against Roman customs.  Many conspiracies arose against Caligula and one succeeded he along with his wife and daughter were assassinated by the Praetorian Guard.

Summary of the book  The book The Roman Empire focus’s mainly on the rise and fall of the once great Empire.  It mainly shows you between the reign of Augustus and all the way up to the Germanic Kingdoms.  Most of the book focus’s on the Emperors of Ancient Rome such as Tiberius, Caligula, Titus, and so on.  Augustus Caesar

Sequence of Events  753 B.C. The founding of Rome.  509 B.C. Establishment of the Republic.  390 B.C. Gaul’s take control of Rome.  270 B.C. Rome takes control all of Italy.  216 B.C. Rome loses the battle of Cannae.  202 B.C. The Roman Army defeats Carthage.  133 B.C. Rome controls most of the Mediterranean world.  101 B.C. Marius defeats the German invaders.  70 B.C. The birth of Virgil.  65 B.C. The birth of Horace.  63 B.C. The birth of Octavian.  59 B.C. The birth of Livy.  44 B.C. Julius Caesar is assassinated.  29 B.C. Octavian controls Rome.  27 B.C. Octavian becomes Augustus and establishes the Roman Empire.  14 A.D Augustus dies Tiberius becomes Emperor.