Roman Empire Before Caesar Essay

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ROMAN EMPIRE BEFORE
CAESAR
By: Diana Spencer, Tamaria Howe, Kendarrius Baily, Kyle Norris

RULERS BEFORE CAESAR
Augustus

Rome's first emperor.

Claudius

He conquered Britain.

Nero

He was insane.

Titus

Before he was emperor he destroyed the great Jewish temple of Solomon

Trajan

He was a great conquer.

Hadrian

He built Hadrian's Wall to shield the province from the northern barbarians.

Diocletian

He split the empire into two parts western and eastern.

Constantine

He was the first Christian emperor.

Romulus Augustus

He was the last emperor of Rome.

Justinian

He was the last ‘great’ emperor.

Constantine XI

The last emperor of Constantinople.

BEGINNING OF ROME
• The Roman Empire has been around for so many decades that it is called the “entered city”
• It was ruled by Kings
• After the first seven Kings, they took it upon themselves to rule with council. • At first the senate advised the king now he appointed the council.
• Council ruled only a year.

OVER TIME
• From approximately 25 BC the empires population was about 56,500,000.
• They started using a currency sestertius
• The first two centuries of the Empires existence were a period of unprecedented political stability and property.

12 TABLES
Table 1

Procedure: for courts and trials

Table 2

Trials continued

Table 3

Debt

Table 4

Fathers over Families

Table 5

Legal guardianship and inheritance laws

Table 6

Accusation and possession

Table 7

Land rights

Table 8

Tarts and delegates

Table

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