Name __________________________________________ Date ___________ Class _______ Period _____ QUAESTIO: _______________________________________________________________________________ Nunc Agenda: Watch the video and answer the questions as you watch… What conditions and events led to the collapse of the Republic and the first Emperor? When did Rome become an Empire, when it started to imperialize or when it gained an emperor? (Sources: All text from World History: Human Legacy, Susan Ramirez et al., Holt) The period from the beginning of Augustus’s reign in 27 BC until the death of the last of the Good Emperors in AD 180 is often called the Pax Romana—the Roman Peace. Several essential traits, such as stable government, a strong legal system, widespread trade, and, most importantly, peace characterized this long era. During the Pax Romana the smooth working of the imperial government was seldom interrupted by war or invasion. The Roman Empire 117 CE
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Name__________________________________________Date___________Class_______Period_____QUAESTIO:_______________________________________________________________________________NuncAgenda:Watchthevideoandanswerthequestionsasyouwatch…WhatconditionsandeventsledtothecollapseoftheRepublicandthefirstEmperor?WhendidRomebecomeanEmpire,whenitstartedtoimperializeorwhenitgainedanemperor?
(Sources:AlltextfromWorldHistory:HumanLegacy,SusanRamirezetal.,Holt)
TheperiodfromthebeginningofAugustus’sreignin27BCuntilthedeathofthelastoftheGoodEmperorsinAD180isoftencalledthePaxRomana—theRomanPeace.Severalessentialtraits,suchasstablegovernment,astronglegalsystem,widespreadtrade,and,mostimportantly,peacecharacterizedthislongera.DuringthePaxRomanathesmoothworkingoftheimperialgovernmentwasseldominterruptedbywarorinvasion.
The Roman Empire 117 CE
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