Assassination and Another Caesar:
- He received enough votes from the people to become a dictator for life
- the senate did't like how much power he had and they didn't have
- his murder brought civil wars and war-lords
- Octavian and Antony fought a war for power in Italy
- they ended up joining forces against the senate
- They took over power in different areas but soon this turned to rivalry
- power was swinging towards Octavian
- Octavian defeated Antony in a naval battle near Actium
- Cleopatra and Antony returned to Egypt where they both committed suicide
- Octavian turned the government to Monarchy
"THE ERA OF THE ROMAN PEACE WAS ONE OF MASSIVE SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CULTURAL CHANGES THAT WOULD FORM A NEW PATTERN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION"
- the era of the Roman Peace was one of a massive social, religious, and cultural changes that would form a new pattern of Western Civilization.
The Rule of the Emperors:
- after Octavian triumph they gave him the new name Augustus(the revered one)
- he considered himself a "princeps" not a dictator
- princeps- "first citizen," a traditional Roman name for prominent leaders who were considered indispensible to the Republic that came to be used by Augustus and the other early emperors.
- named a commander and chief in the armed forces
- he reformed the government by bringing people under his control
- he showed respect to local institutions
- encouraged leaders to fulfill their responsibilities
- he re organized the army
- his soldiers were voluntary
- augustus settled on Tiberius as the next ruler
- nero was over-thrown
- normally the leader was elected by the senate
- caesar- the imperial title given to the designated successor of a reigning emperor
- augustus- the imperial title given to a reigning emperor
- Roman Peace- a term used to refer to the relative stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the Mediterranean world and much of western Europe during the first and second century.
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