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What the bloody hell did Caesar do? |
• Gained more power from his campaigns in Gaul • Fought Pompey for control of Rome and won. •became the first emperor of Rome and made reforms that improved the overall situation of Rome but decreased the massive wealth of the few individuals that had gained it before. • assassinated in the Senate by Brutus 44 B.C.E • in his will he named Octavian his heir |
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Who was Octavian/Augustus and what did he do? |
• Octavian joined together with Marc Antony to deadest Brutus and his allies, they are successful but later turn on each other. • defeats Marc Antony and his ally Cleopatra at the battle of Anticum (31 B.C.E) - ends this era of civil war • is given the title Augustus, "the first citizen" • controlled all levers of power and tried to recreate the Republic • he also tried to keep his power in the background and refused to call himself a king (even when he was that in all meaning of the word) • this ushered in an era of peace and prosperity (Pax Romana, 31 B.C.E - 180 C.E) •he also made sure that the state took control of the legions pay, ensuring their loyalty to Rome and not their field commanders • Did not set up an order/line of succession which later caused problems for Romacal |
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Who was the fucktard named Caligula? |
He was a mad emperor that appointed his horse as a senator. |
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And who was Nero and what the heck did he do? |
Another mad emperor who burned a lot of people alive. (Mainly Christians as he disliked them). The Roman Army rebelled against him in 68 B.C.E causing Rome to erupt into a constant civil war. |
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Okay, and who was Hadrian? |
• obviously an emperor • improved law and order • made bureaucracy a profession during his rule • built the Hadrian wall in South England |
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The Barrack emperors (235-284 C.E) |
Civil consumed Rome again and during this period Rome had 22 emperors in a period of 49 years. The common theme with these emperors where that they were all military leaders who gained power through military might.
During this period the frontier defences were weakened as they were to busy fighting each other. Economic decline as well - inflation. |
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Diocletian (284 - 305 B.C.E) |
• restored some law and order • he divided Rome into West and East Rome. • he moved to east Rome since that what easier to protect • influenced the Medieval Feudalism.
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Who the duck was Constantine (306 - 337 C.E) and what duck did this person thingy do? |
• obviously a emperor of Rome, the first Christian emperor • legalised Christianity and made it a state religion • founded the city of Constantinople • laid the foundation for the Byzantine Empire |
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Annoying Byzantine People thingies I apparently need to no stuff about. |
This is in no shape or farm a question. This is only a way to separate Roman **** from Byzantine ****. |
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What the bloody **** did Justinian (527 - 567 C.E) do and who was he? |
• Byzantine emperor who tried to retake Rome • succeeded in conquering North Africa and Italy • drained the bloody economy • was not able to hold the lands that he had conquered.
-> led to that the Lombard easily could raked over a weakened Italy. |
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What the bloody **** did Justinian (527 - 567 C.E) do and who was he? |
• Byzantine emperor who tried to retake Rome • succeeded in conquering North Africa and Italy • drained the bloody economy • was not able to hold the lands that he had conquered.
-> led to that the Lombard easily could raked over a weakened Italy.
Was also the founder of the code of Justinian, which kept the Roman civil law and tradition intact. It is also a foundation to nearly all modern European nation laws. |
