Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Octavian- AKA Caesar Augustus
Augustus:
  • Begins the Pax Romana (peace)
  • When he died he passed the power to Tiberius
  • He set up a civil service to take care of the roads, the grain supply, even a postal service
  • Emperor when Jesus was born
Jesus:
  • He was a practicing Jew
  • Roman citizen
  • He began his ministry at age 30
  • He said words that made the Romans and Jews nervous so they began to plan his execution
  • Pontius Pilate sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion
  • Paul is the guy who spread the word about Jesus' death, resurrection, and message
  • Paul traveled to many places telling them about Jesus and he has never met him
  • He wrote letters to many of those he spoke to
A Ranking of the Most Influential People:
  1. Muhammad
  2. Sir Isaac Newton
  3. Jesus
  4. Buddha
  5. Confucius
  1. St Pail of Tarsus
Tiberius:
  • They often adopted people to be next when its time
  • Stepson of Octavian
  • He didn't want to run the emperor
  • He didn’t get along with the Senate, he referred to them as "men fit to be slaves"
  • When he died he gave the power to Caligula
Caligula:
  • He was Germanicus' son
  • Tiberius adopted grandson
  • Granted bonuses to those in the military
  • He began to fight with the Senate
  • He had statues of him displayed in many places
  • slept with other man's wives
  • They said he tried to make his horse a consul
Claudius:
  • Set apart by his family because of his disabilities
  • He built roads, defeated Britain, renovated the Circus Maximus
  • His wife Messalina was never faithful to him
  •  he found Silius as a threat
  • Had Messalina and Silius killed

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