1. Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a good leader?
11.4 Pax Romana
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Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a good leader?

2. The Rule of Augustus Pax Romana “Roman Peace”
200 years of peace and prosperity
Height of Rome’s power
Ended c.180 A.D.

4. What Reforms Did Augustus Make?
Permanent professional army
Praetorian Guard (9,000 men to guard him)
Empire’s boundaries were along natural physical features
Made it easier to defend
Rebuilt buildings
Improved government
Proconsul oversaw provinces
Tax collectors were made government officials
Changed the legal system
Gave grain to the poor

5. Emperors After Augustus

6. Titus, defeated Jewish rebels and destroyed the temple

7. The Colosseum

8. A.D. 79 – Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii

9. Five Good Emperors

10. Aqueduct Click here: The awn of Plumbing

11. A United Empire
A. D. 100’s Empire was almost the size of the United States
A.D. 212 every free person was a citizen
Treated the same under Roman laws

12. Ancient Roman Roads

13. The Empire’s Economy

14. Essential Question
List 5 things Caesar Augustus did that made him a good leader Choose one Roman leader that was not good and explain why. Choose another Roman leader that was good and explain why.

15. Letter: Dearest _____,
You are an ordinary Roman citizen living in Rome around A.D You own a small farm. Write a letter to a family member living in faraway Alexandria, Egypt. Tell them about how the Roman Empire has changed in the last 100 years. As an ordinary citizen, explain in detail which change affects you most. With all my love, ___________