we r done rome ALSO I HAD LEMonade today

In Western Civ today we talked about Emperor's and we finished up the slide on Rome and I drank pink lemonade it was a good time here are my notes:

Caesar Seizing Power

• serves as consul for one year 
• appoints himself governor of Gaul 
• Pompey is jealous, becomes his rival, they battle, Caesar wins 
• increased pay for soldiers 
• started colonies where those without land could own property 

Caesar's Reforms

• granted citizenship to people in provinces 
• expanded Senate, added friends 
• created jobs for the poor through things like public works projects 

Assassination 

• senators saw Caesar's rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability 
• stabbed him 23 times 
• senators were not punished 
• end of republic 

Aftermath

• Caesar's grandnephew Octavian takes over at 18 and forms own triumvirate with Mark Antony and Lepidus 
• 2nd triumvirate 
• Octavian forces Lepidus to retire 
• became rivals with Antony 
• Antony partners up with Cleopatra of Egypt, personally, politically, and economically 
• Octavian defeats them at battle of Actium 

Octavian on his Own 

• only one in charge 
• named Augustus (meaning honored one) 
• also named "imperator" 
• where we get emperor 
• 40 years of rule 27 BC to AD 14 
• began the era of peace: Pax Romana 
• 207 years long, 27 BC to AD 180 
• some accomplishments 
• expanded the Roman Empire further into Africa 
• set up civil service to run the gov/empire 
• died of natural causes 

Age of Emperors 

• after Octavian's death power was passed down to emperor's `
• Tiberius 
• ruled from AD 14 to AD 37 
• excellent general but reluctant emperor 
• after death of his son he left and let the prefects take charge 
• died at 77 
• Caligula 
• D 41 
• won power struggle after Tiberius' death 
• known for his cruelty, extravagance, and perversity, was an insane tyrant 
• named horse consul 
• assassinated by a group of guards and senators 
• Claudius 
• ruled from AD 41 to AD 54 
• possibly had cerebral palsy 
• took over because he was the last adult male in the family 
• ruled well, built roads, aqueducts, canals, and started conquest of Britain 
• died by his last wife poisoning him because she wanted her son Nero to rise to power 
• Nero 
• ruled from 59 to 68 AD 
• over EMPHASIZED the arts 
• huge fire in 64 (didn't fiddle) 
• wanted to rebuild Rome to be more majestic 
• hugely overspent, even raided temples for money 
• historiaNS do not look at him kindly