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Julius Caesar
• Patrician Consul
• Triumvirate – 3 consuls, Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar
• Oligarchy
Rise to Power
• Leads northern Armies• Conquers Gaul without Senate
authorization• Senate fears his power – calls him back to
appear in Forum• Caesar crosses the Rubicon with his army• Surrounds Senate• Voted Dictator by them “Dictator for
Life”
Reforms & Impact
Reforms• Citizenship to
provinces• New senators• New colonies for
landless poor• Increased pay for
army• Creation of more jobs
Impacts• Expands Roman
territory & creates support for himself
• People favor Caesar over Senate
• Senate Assassinates Caesar
• Death leads to Civil War
Caesar Augustus 27BC – 14AD(Octavian - Nephew of Julius
Caesar)• 1st Emperor (absolute power)• Rebuilt Rome after civil war• “I found Rome a city of sun-
baked bricks and left it a city of marble.”
• Supported arts• Tax reform• Food imports• Public Works - Building,
temples, roads (creating jobs)
The Tomb of Augustus
Julio-Claudians(family of Julius Caesar)
• Tiberius
• Caligula
• Claudius
• Nero
The Good Emperors
• Skilled in governing• Promoted building projects and expansion• Nerva• Trajen• Hadrian• Antoninus Pious• Marcus Aurelius – “philosopher king”
The City
Pax Romana
• 200 years of Peace within the Empire
• Begins with Augustus’ Reign
• Massive building and engineering projects
The Appian Way
A Road in England
Circus Maximus
Roman
Forum
The Empire