Rome Movie Review and Powerpoint 5/16/11

Augustus- Getting it done:

• begins the Pax Romana
• built roads and aqueducts (plumbing).
• set up civil services to take care of roads and such.
• all around a great leader, until he died.  He gave his power too....

Tiberius!  But first, a bit about Jesus:

• Roman citizen, practicing Jew
• began his ministry at 30.
• " My kingdom is not of this world."  That made the the Romans nervous.  They started planning his execution.
• sentenced to crucifixion.
• Not that popular in his lifetime.  He hung out with the low class.  People still don't know the exact date of when he was born and when he died.
• The Christian religion believes that Jesus was their savor and God's son.
• Paul told everyone about Jesus.  He used to hate the Christians but than he saw a vision and he believed.  So he spread the word of his story to everyone
• Paul traveled all over the place to tell everyone.

Most influential People in History:

1. Muhammed
2. Sir Isaac Newton
3. Jesus
4. Buddah
5. Confucius
6. St. Paul of Tarsus

Tiberius:

• dark, somber, reclusive, reluctant leader
• great general
• referred to the senate as : men to fit be slaves."
• Germanicus and Tiberius used to be slaves but G was about to succeed Tiberius so he killed him.
• Died when he was 77 years old.  Gave the thrown to...

Caligula: What a wierdo

• starts off well
• granting bonuses to the military, declaring treason trials a thing of the past, and made government spending a matter of public record.
• but then.. he began to fight with the sentate
• claimed to be a god
• had people make statues of him. 
• Slept with other mens' wives and brag about it. ew
• indulged in to much spending.
• tried to make his horse a priest...
• assassinated by his own people.

Claudius: Speech impediment

• his family made fun of him cause he had a speech impediment.
• was actually a really good emperor!
• took over Britan
• renovated the Circus Maximus.
• Claudius has his wife killed

Meanwhile, Religious Troubles

• Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic
• Romans had many gods, plus at times the emperor was viewed as a god.
• A group of Jews tried to rebel but they were all killed.  They were called the Zealot.
• Western wall is still there today (holiest of all walls)