1. Student Notes: Rome Notes III (3)
* please make sure to view in slideshow mode to see all visuals and notes; we will watch the video clips as a class.

2. Octavian Augustus: Rome’s First Emperor
EQ – Ch. 15, sections 1&2
How did Octavian (Augustus) establish peace in the new Roman Empire?
What was the Pax Romana?
Octavian Augustus: Rome’s First Emperor

3. End of the Republic
After the death of Julius Caesar, a civil war broke out.
At the end of the war, Caesar’s nephew, Octavian, became the sole ruler, or emperor, of Rome.

4. Augustus chose people because of their talent rather than their birth.
Augustus – Positive Changes
Augustus chose people because of their talent rather than their birth.
This gave slaves and former slaves a chance to be part of Rome’s government.

5. Augustus wanted borders that were easy to defend.
Augustus – Rome’s Borders
Augustus wanted borders that were easy to defend.

6. Augustus – Rome’s Borders
He used the Atlantic Ocean in the West; the Rhine and the Danube Rivers in the North; and the Sahara Desert in the South and stationed soldiers there.

7. Augustus ordered a census or a population count.
Augustus – Friend of the People
Augustus ordered a census or a population count.
This made sure people did not pay too many taxes or too few.

8. Augustus – Friend of the People
He began Rome’s first public fire brigade and police force.
He built Rome’s first library to encourage learning.

9. Augustus – Friend of the People
Augustus allowed people in Roman provinces to become Roman citizens.

10. Pax Romana
Pax Romana—This is a Latin term for the “Peace of Rome” (or Roman Peace)
Augustus brought about the Pax Romana. Though Rome still had problems, Rome grew wealthy and did not fight in any major wars for the next 200 years.

11. Catacombs—elaborate tombs for the dead beneath the ground
Rome—Terms to Learn
Catacombs—elaborate tombs for the dead beneath the ground
Catacombs were painted with scenes from daily life and had chairs and beds.

12. Veto—the power to say no to some governmental action
Rome—Terms to Learn
Veto—the power to say no to some governmental action
Tribunes could veto laws made by the senate they thought were unfair to plebeians.

13. Dictator—a ruler who has absolute power
Rome—Terms to Learn
Dictator—a ruler who has absolute power
Adolf Hitler
Idi Amin
Josef Stalin
Dictators have the final say in all matters and usually cannot be questioned

14. Tariffs—taxes that are placed on goods brought into a country
Rome—Terms to Learn
Tariffs—taxes that are placed on goods brought into a country
There were no tariffs during the rule of Augustus making trade easy and Rome very rich.