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1 Who were Rome’s main emperors?
Essential Question: Who were Rome’s main emperors?

2 Julius Caesar Illegally brought his army into Rome to show his power.
Named “dictator for life” to make the poor people happy. Assassinated by Roman Senators – but why? “Crossing the Rubicon…” 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

3 Augustus Caesar Named “dictator for life” to make the poor people happy. Assassinated by Roman Senators – but why? Illegally brought his army into Rome to show his power. “Crossing the Rubicon…” 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

4 Augustus Caesar -Rome officially became an empire, a nation ruled by just one man. -Rome had been a republic, a nation ruled by a group where people vote on decisions. -Most people wanted to change! WHAT?! WHY?! 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

5 Augustus Caesar -Rome officially became an empire, a nation ruled by just one man. -Rome had been a republic, a nation ruled by a group where people vote on decisions. -Most people wanted to change! WHAT?! WHY?! 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 476 AD 476 AD

6 Trajan -Rome officially became an empire, a nation ruled by just one man. -Rome had been a republic, a nation ruled by a group where people vote on decisions. -Most people wanted to change! WHAT?! WHY?! 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

7 Trajan Mediterranean Grew the empire to it’s largest size, completely surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Rome got huge ( ) 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

8 Diocletian Mediterranean Grew the empire to it’s largest size, completely surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 476 AD 476 AD

9 Diocletian Western Eastern Divided the large empire to make it easier to govern. It didn’t really help. 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

10 Constantine 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

11 Constantine -Reunited the empire, giving the credit to Jesus Christ
-Made Christianity legal with the Edict of Milan. -Moved the capital (and most of the army!) to Constantinople and turned it into a “Christian” capital. 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

12 The End -Reunited the empire, giving the credit to Jesus Christ
-Made Christianity legal with the Edict of Milan. -Moved the capital (and most of the army!) to Constantinople and turned it into a “Christian” capital. 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

13 The End As more emperors focused on the east, the Western Empire started to fall apart. Barbarians that had been conquered long ago (and forced into slavery) became more and more angry (and hungry!) They attacked the city of Rome looking for food. FEED ME MORE! 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

14 The End -By 476 the rest of the Western Empire had fallen along with the city of Rome. -Everything was lost. Language, technology, society, government, and more all gone. -The east became The Byzantine Empire and lasted another 1,000 years. 44 BC 27 BC 117 AD 305 AD Constantine 410 AD 476 AD

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