Pax Romana

Augustus Caesar was a great leader. He built roads across the empire. He decorated the city of Rome. He established a police and fire department in Rome as well. He also made a postal service in Rome. His rule was the beginning of an era called the Pax Romana (Roman Peace).…

Introduction History has been scattered with great empires that rise and fall. Modern examples such as the USSR or Hitler’s shortly realized Nazi European Empire, and ancient examples such as Alexander the Greats Greek Empire, all shared the same trait of covering vast amounts of territory whilst encompassing different minorities, majorities, religions and races. The Roman Empire is one such empire that stretched from England to Egypt and covered the entire circumference of the Mediterranean Sea…

Augustus was born as Gaius Octavius in 63 BC in Rome and was in power after his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Gaius Octavius was able to take control of one of the most powerful empires in the world at the time and rule it successfully for over 40 years -he was definitely not a weak or an ineffective Emperor. He was the most dangerous Emperor in the world. Augustus had ruthlessly killed his opponents, winning no glory in battle despite outmanoeuvring and beating the proudest men who were not yet…

time. His life is stunning, and so are his achievements. Augustus reshaped the entire empire, and enlarged it and its culture, changing the next two centuries for the better. He laid out his own foundation, and started an era that is known as the Pax Romana. Octavius was the grandnephew of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was once the master of Rome, after two expeditions to Britain and crossing the Rubicon River without disbanding his army. After this he made himself out to be a consul and…

Hunter Scheerbaum Unlike most ancient civilizations, Greeks and Romans expanded their empires successfully through their military powers. Even though military power was what brought these two civilizations to existence, that power later brought them to turmoil and down fall. Greek people thought that they were the superior empire because of there military. Military success became an issue when relationships were started through military power. Athens was in control of international trade and…

In a Roman society the senator was the one that passed the laws and who was in charge of the government. The Roman Empire started as an advisor council filled with patricians. “Senators had special privileges and they alone could hold the highest official offices and judgeships in criminal and civil courts” (The Roman Empire: In the First Century). Citizens also take part in politics, they play a role by governing the state. The Senator and citizens help the roman society maintain stableness and…

History repeats itself if we as humans do not know what mistakes were made in the past. Ancient Rome lasted for centuries because the leaders adapted to the mistakes of the past leaders. Today’s culture has fallen into a doomed pattern by ignoring the strives the Roman’s made to improve itself. “The Roman Empire made the largest impact on western culture today,” said Dr. Edward Woodfin, a western civilization professor at Converse College. From the time the Roman Empire was established it’s…

The Seated Boxer is a bronze Hellenistic sculpture created in around 100bc. I attribute this work to the Hellenistic period of Greek art. Sculptors of this period concentrated on depicting male athletes just as what the Seated Boxer is. Emotion in Classical Greek art was merely expressed through simple gesture, a technique that contrasts with the style of Hellenistic sculpture. In Hellenistic art, advancement of skilled led to emotion being portrayed vividly through the detailed work of art.…

Roman life was like in Pompeii before the eruption of the volcano. The evidence that has since been recovered by excavations of the cities has shown a vast amount of artifacts that have given historians so much knowledge about city life during the Pax Romana that was never known before. The socio-economic, religious, and political insight learned from the ruins of Pompeii are extremely useful in uncovering what life was really like before Mount Vesuvius erupted.…

Political: Roman Government and Politics According to the AP World History course framework, the third theme of the curriculum involves the creation, expansion, and conflict between the different forms of state across time. Focusing on one of the dominant powers of the classical period, the Romans, one can see a change in political structure as the Roman Republic turned into the Roman Empire (Wiseman). Before Rome became an empire, Rome was a republic from 507 to 31 BCE. Power resided in…