1. THE RISE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

2. THE EMPIRE BEGINS A.IN 27 BC THE GRANDNEPHEW OF JULIUS CAESAR NAMED OCTAVIAN WON ROME’S CIVIL WAR AND BECAME ROME’S 1 ST EMPEROR.

3. EMPIRE BEGINS CON’T B. HE WOULD CALL HIMSELF AUGUSTUS. C. HE RULED THE ROMAN EMPIRE UNTIL 14 AD.

4. ROMAN EMPIRE CON’T D. ROME EXPANDED GREATLY UNDER AUGUSTUS & THE PERIOD KNOWN AS THE “PAX ROMANA” BEGAN.

5. THE “PAX ROMANA” A. THE PERIOD OF PEACE & PROSPERITY FOR THE ROMAN EMPIRE. B. IT LASTED 207 YEARS.

6. RELIGION OF THE EMPIRE THEY BELIEVED IN MANY GODS. SAME GODS AS THE GREEKS, BUT WITH DIFFERENT NAMES. THE EMPEROR WAS ALSO TO BE WORSHIPED AS A GOD.

7. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS - Architecture: the arch, dome and water proof concrete -Language: Latin influenced the world’s “Romance languages”, more than half of the English language comes from it.

8. -System of Law: 1) right to equal treatment 2) punished only for acts not thoughts 3) unreasonable/unfair laws should be set aside. 4) burden of proof rests with the accuser rather than the accused 5) “Innocent until proven Guilty”

9. ROME’S LEGACY “Rome never fell because it turned into something greater- An idea- and achieved immortality” -R.H. Barrow