1. Who came After Augustus
The Early Empire
Who came After Augustus
Nero was also a vicious man
He killed his mother and his 2 wives
He is remembered to have “Fiddle while Rome burned” in 64 AD

2. Who came After Augustus
The Early Empire
Who came After Augustus
Rumors spread that Nero set Rome on fire
Nero blamed it on the Christians and punished them severely
Nero eventually committed suicide

3. Unity and Prosperity
After Nero’s reign, Rome passed through a period of disorder until Vespasian took the throne.
Vespasian began construction of the colosseum

4. Unity and Prosperity
After Vespasian his sons Titus and Domitian ruled Rome.
Both saw an era of growth and prosperity

5. Unity and Prosperity During Titus’s reign 2 disasters struck.
Rome was destroyed by a fire.
Mount Vesuvius erupted destroying Pompeii

6. Unity and Prosperity The Good Emperors Hadrian Nerva Trajan
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Presided over nearly a century of prosperity from : AD

7. Unity and Prosperity The Good Emperors Agriculture increased
Trade increased
Standard of living rose

8. Unity and Prosperity The Good Emperors
Created programs to help ordinary people
Gave money to help people raise and educate their children
Hadrian made law easier to understand.

9. Unity and Prosperity The Good Emperors
Antoninus Pius passed laws to help orphans
They built bridges, roads, monuments, harbors and aqueducts.
Aqueduct- human made channel for carrying water long distances

10. Unity and Prosperity A Unified Empire
Empire reached its largest size under Trajan.
Spread beyond the Med, north into Britain, and East into Mesopotamia

11. Unity and Prosperity A Unified Empire
Hadrian realized the empire was to large to manage so he pulled his span of control back.
Northern boundaries set at the Rhine and Danube Rivers
He built Hadrians wall across north Britain to keep the Scots and the Picts out

12. Unity and Prosperity A Unified Empire
In AD 100 the Roman Empire was one of the greatest in History.
Included 3.5 million sq. mi.
What unified the empire was Roman Law, Roman Rule, and shared identity as Romans

13. Unity and Prosperity A Unified Empire
Agriculture was the most important part of the economy
Traders came from all over the empire to ports of Italy.
2 of the largest ports were Puteoli and Ostia