World History I

World History I

World History IUnit Six Block Six LectureThe Pax RomanaMake sure that you are viewing this in Slide Show format. Click on Slide Show and push from beginning. Move through the presentation by pushing on the up and down arrows on your keyboardClick me

Pax Romana literally translates in Latin to Roman Peace

Following Augustus Caesars rein (the first emperor from last block), the Roman Empireenjoyed approximately 200 years of peace and prosperity (14 to 180 CE/AD)

There was expansion and solidification of the Empire. Rome is at its biggest both geographically and in term of its power and domination over the western world. Defining the Pax RomanaClick Here

Trade was enhanced as a uniform system of money was established

Safe travel and trade were guaranteed on roads such as the Appian Way and via secured sea lanes

Roman roads were built to last

Rome promoted prosperity and stability throughout the empire

All Roads Lead to Rome!(the economic Impact)Click me

Rome grows into a city of over one million people (first such city in the Classical world)

Stability was returned to the social classes (Patricians and Plebeians back to normal)

Augustus Caesar establishes moral reforms with an emphasis on traditional family (the Macho Guy is back in charge!) A return to normalcy(The social impact)Click me

Not so much in Rome

The Senate remains in an advisory role (and is a place of status and wealth)

Rome creates an imperial civil service to run day to day government operations (very much like the Persian Empire)

Rome continues to develop of a uniform system of laws

Politics as Usual? Not so much(political effects) Click Here

Thanks Roman Empire!

Trajan (98 to 177 CE/AD) is the Emperor at the height of the Roman Empire

Hadrian (117 to 138 CE/AD) Sets forth the northern Roman boundary with a wall across Great Briton

Marcus Aralias (161 to 180 CE/AD) is the last of the good guysTheres even some good Emperors!

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But the Pax Romana is not all peaceful(Check out these guys!)Click HereCaligula (37 to 41 CE/AD) was Ok until he got sick. Then he went insane and became cruel, sadistic, extravagant, violent and perverted

Nero (64 to 68 CE/AD) was a ruthless emperor who was so nasty that he set fire to the city of Rome (he sang and played his lyre to pass the time) to clear land for his real estate project (talk about urban renewal!)