Roman Empire

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6. The Roman Republic was the
phase of the ancient Roman
civilization characterized by a
republican government.

7. MAJOR PROBLEMS
•Growing discontent among
the lower classes of society
•Breakdown in military order

8. JULIUS CAESAR
• A military leader who became a
great leader of the Roman
Republic
• He was stabbed to death 23
times by plotters led by Gaius
Cassius and caesar’s friend
Marcus Brutus at the Senate
Chamber

9. JULIUS CAESAR
• His last words were “Et tu,
Brute?” (“ You, too, Brutus)

10. The Roman Empire was the
post-Republican period of the
ancient Roman civilization,
characterized by government

11. headed by emperors and large
territorial holdings around
the Mediterranean Sea in
Europe, Africa and Asia.

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21. ECONOMIC REASONS
MILITARY REASONS
POLTITICAL REASONS
SOCIAL REASONS

22. ECONOMIC REASONS

23. ECONOMIC REASONS

24. ECONOMIC REASONS

25. MILITARY REASONS

26. POLITICAL REASONS

27. SOCIAL REASONS

29. BAD EMPEROR

30. GOOD EMPEROR

31. GOOD EMPEROR

32. • 37-41 A.D.
• Mentally Disturbed

33. • 54-68 A.D.
• Good adminitrator but
vicious
• Murdered many
• Persecuted Christians

34. • 81-96
• Ruled dictatorially
• Feared treason
everywhere and
executed many

35. • 96-98
• Began custom of
adopting heir

36. • 98-117
• Empire reached its
greatest extent
• Undertook vast
building program
• Enlarged social
welfare

37. • 117-138
• Consolidated earlier
conquests
• Reorganized the
bureaucracy

38. • 138-161
• Reign largely a period
of peace and prosperity

39. •161-180 A.D.
• Brought empire to
height of economic
prosperity
• Defeated invaders
• Wrote philosophy