1. From republic to empire
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Chapter 6

2. Expansion Creates Problems
Widening gap between rich and poor
Increased slavery, unemployment, homelessness
Wealthy Romans became corrupt

5. The Republic Collapses
121 B.C. – Civil war erupts
Dictator generals fought with private armies
60 B.C. – The First Triumvirate stabilized Rome
Julius Caesar
Crassus
Pompey
44 B.C. – Caesar is named dictator for life

6. Julius Caesar

7. The Ides of March Caesar passed sweeping reforms to help the poor
Became increasingly popular, and feared
44 B.C. – stabbed to death on the Senate floor
The Second Triumvirate assumes control
Octavian (Augustus)
Mark Antony
Lepidus

8. The State of the Empire Pax Romana – 27 B.C. – 180 A.D.
Augustus’s civil service (law and order)
Five good emperors… and then some bad ones
Caligula and Nero
The pain of succession

9. Life in Imperial Rome Patriarchal family structure Practicality
Women were nearly social equals
Children and Education
Slaves and gladiators
Gods and Goddesses
“Bread and Circuses”
Welfare

10. Gladiators

11. Pantheon
Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa and rebuilt by Hadrian in 126 A.D.