1. Caesar Augustus takes power
Octavian Controls the Senate Dictator Civil Wars Ended Taxes Civil Servants

2. From Nazareth to Bethlehem
BIRTH OF CHRIST
Luke 2:1-20
“Fullness of Time”
Caesar Augustus
Census
From Nazareth to Bethlehem
donkey

3. Romans made the World ready for Christ—”Fullness of Christ”
Roman roads
Pax Romana
Free seas
One language
Searchers for truth

4. Why did Rome Fall?
Moral Decay Barbarian Invasion Greed Illegal Immigration Diseases Worthless

5. Temple Arch of Titus Massacre Do not Stay 1948 Holocaust
Jews and Rome
Temple Arch of Titus Massacre Do not Stay 1948 Holocaust

6. Rome and the Church
Crucifixion Persecution Colosseum Lions, Tigers, Bears (just one) Adoption Official Religion

7. Legacies of Rome
Government System Republic Senate Christian Church Latin Languages ______--______ culture Eastern/Byzantine Empire Romance

8. Vandals Saxons Jutes Goths Franks Lombards Germanic Huns
BARBARIANS
Vandals
Saxons
Jutes
Goths
Franks
Lombards
Germanic
Huns

9. REASONS WHY ROME FELL-Historians theories
1. Decline in Morals
2. Too heavy Taxation
3. Greedy people; government involved in the economy not allowing capitalism
4. Christianity destroyed the desire of Romans to be great
5. illegal immigration
6. hyper-inflation of money
7. Attack of new diseases the Romans were not resistant to
8. Decline of the army
9. It's how the world turns--History happens.