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The Death of Julius Caesar
Rome was in chaos after his death.
27 B.C. - 14 A.D. Originally known as Octavian, his name is today known simply as Augustus which was the title given him by the Senate in the year 27 B.C. He was the grandnephew of Julius Caesar and was following an illustrious military
career when Caesar was murdered. Hearing of Julius Caesar’s murder, he set in motion a series of alliances meant to avenge his great-uncle's death. Rome
suffered13 years of civil war as groups struggled to control Rome.
He recruited Lepidus and Marc Antony for the task, defeated Brutus and his co-conspirators and then carved up the Roman world among the three. Lepidus was left in control of the African provinces, Marc Antony with Egypt and the eastern provinces and Octavian the rest including Rome itself. The Triumvirate as it was called was unstable
and they each began to plot against the other.
Within a few years however Lepidus would be stripped of his
powers and Marc Antony would be defeated in a major battle. Antony
and his wife Cleopatra then committed suicide leaving Octavian as sole emperor.
Octavian then became known and referred to by his title and went on
to rule the Roman Empire for another 40 years. He did this while cooperating with the Senate and to
him Romans owed much of the grandeur and influence that this
empire became known for.
"I found a city of brick and
left it a city of marble", so
said the Roman
Emperor Caesar
Augustus (64 b. C. - 14 a.
C.)
Building and Architecture
under Caesar Augustus
The Romans invented cement, which held the marble tiles in place. Henceforth, marble laboriously cut out of a quarry went much farther than being used in solid blocks. The city of Rome was redone with marble, becoming the most beautiful city in the known world.
Cages were
located under the
main arena for people as well as animals.
The warriors of the colosseum
OTHER BUILDING PROJECTS INCLUDED THE FORUM
TYPICAL ROMAN ROAD
Raised crosswalk
A ROAD STILL IN
EXISTENCE TODAY
NETWORK OF ROMAN ROADS
Exposed heating pipes
oven
THE ARMY PATROLLED THE ROADS TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
After about 115 A.D., there was fighting to hold the defensive lines; but within the empire’s borders, the "Pax Romana" ensured relative peace
and tranquility.
ROMAN COINS
SHOWING AUGUSTUS
The birth of one child changed the Roman
Empire for ever.