END OF ROMAN REPUBLIC, BEGINNING OF ROMAN EMPIRE. (27 B.C.):
Octavian defeats Cleopatra and Marc Antony at the Battle of Actium, and takes the title of Augustus. And becomes the first Roman emporer.
FIRST ROMAN EMPIRE(27 B.C.-14 A.D.):
The first Roman emperor was Augustus and he had many accomplishments.
Two of his most important were:
them to make sure they were getting what they should.
JULIAN-CLAUDIAN EMPORERS(15A.D.- 54 A.D.):
YEAR OF THE FIVE EMERORS(193 A.D.-237 A.D.)
DIOCLETIAN(284 A.D.- 305 A.D.)
Octavian defeats Cleopatra and Marc Antony at the Battle of Actium, and takes the title of Augustus. And becomes the first Roman emporer.
FIRST ROMAN EMPIRE(27 B.C.-14 A.D.):
The first Roman emperor was Augustus and he had many accomplishments.
Two of his most important were:
- The first one was that he made tax collectors permanent members of the government because
them to make sure they were getting what they should.
JULIAN-CLAUDIAN EMPORERS(15A.D.- 54 A.D.):
- Augustus
- Tiberius
- Cligula
- Claudius
- Nero
- Sercius Sulicus Galba
- Marcus Salvius Otho
- Aelius Vitellius
- Vespian
YEAR OF THE FIVE EMERORS(193 A.D.-237 A.D.)
- Pertinax
- Didius Julianus
- Pescennius Niger
- Clodius Albinus
-Assasinated
- Septimus Severus
- Clodius Albinus
- -Assasinated
YEAR OF THE SIX EMERORS(238 A.D.-276 A.D.) - Maximus Thrax
- Gordian the first
- Gordian the second
- Pupienus
-Died in battle
- Balbinus
- Gordian the third
DIOCLETIAN(284 A.D.- 305 A.D.)
- Established property and income taxes to pay for bridges, roads, sewers, and defense
- To govern Rome establishes a tetrarchy (rule by 4)
- He is the one who decided to split the government in to the East and West
- Tetrarchy= Both East and West will have an emperor, called Augustus, and an emperor in training, called Ceaser.
- Made the law that the emperor will have to adopt his emperor in training as his son, establishing a dynasty. This solves the problem of succession because now everyone knows who the ruler will be next.
- Made the 'Edict of Milan' to make christians legal
- Got rid of the gladiator games
- Criminals had to mine instead of gladiator games
- Declares Christianity is the only legal religion