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SS Unit 3 Chp 8n
Section 4 - notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roman Peace | The Pax Romana, ---- ----- is the long era of peace (200 years) that began with Augustus |
| safe | upon becoming emperor in 27 B.C., Augustus set out to make the empire strong and ----- |
| army | to provide security, Augustus built a permanent, professional ---- of about 150,000 men |
| Augustus | ----- also created a special unit called the Praetorian Guard |
| emperor | the Praetorian Guard consisted of about 9,000 men in charge of guarding the ----- |
| politics | the Praetorian Guard later became very influential in Roman ---- |
| legions | Augustus's ---- conquered new territories and added vast stretches of northern Europe to the empire |
| Roman | all of Spain and Gaul came under ---- rule, as did land in what is today Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria |
| hungry; imported | Augustus restored Rome's splendor and fed the --- poor of Rome with ---- grain from Africa |
| government | Augustus worked hard to improve Rome's ------ |
| 50 | during Augustus's reign, more than --- million people lived in the Roman Empire |
| governor | Augustus appointed a proconsul or ---- for each province replacing politicians appointed by the Senate |
| tax | Augustus also reformed the Roman --- system |
| paid | before Augustus, individual tax collectors ---- the government for the right to do the job |
| keep | to make their investments worthwhile, tax collectors were allowed to ---- some of the money they gathered |
| dishonest | many of the tax collectors were ---- and took too much money |
| permanent | Augustus solved the problem of the dishonest tax collectors by making tax collectors ----- government workers |
| legal | Augustus also reformed the ---- legal system by creating a set of laws for people who were not citizens |
| followed | The Julio-Claudian emperors were the rulers who --- Augustus: Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero but unfortunately they were not all fit to lead |
| competent | Tiberius and Claudius were ---- rulers |
| strangely | mental illness caused Caligula to act ---- and to treat people cruelly |
| horse | he had many people murdered wasted a lot of money and even gave his favorite --- the position |
| killed | eventually the Praetorian Guard ---- him and put Claudis on the throne |
| Nero | ---- was also a vicious man |
| wives | among those he had killed were his mother and two ---- |
| fiddled | he is best remembered for having ---- while Rome burned |
| fire | according to legend, he was playing music miles from Rome when a ---- destroyed much of the city in A.D. 64 but eventually he committed suicide |
| restored | Vespasian ---- order to Rome after the chaos following Nero's death |
| Jewish | he put down several rebellions in the empire, including the ----- rebellion in Palestine |
| Titus | troops commanded by Vespasian's son --- defeated the Jews and destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70 |
| Colosseum | during his reign, Vespasian began construction of the ---- a huge amphitheater in Central Rome |
| Domition | Vespasian's son Titus then his other son ----- ruled Rome after he died |
| growth | both sons oversaw an era of ---- and prosperity in Rome |
| disasters | during Titus's reign two ---- struck the empire |
| Pompeii | the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted destroying the city of ---- and a great fire badly damaged Rome |
| series | at the beginning of the A.D. 100's a ---- of rulers who were not related to Augustus or Vespasian came to power |
| good emperors | Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius are known as ---- ---- |
| flourished | the Roman Empire ---- under their rule |
| educate | Trajan gave money to help poor parents raise and --- their children |
| law | Hadrian made Roman --- easier to understand |
| orphans | Antoninus Pius passed laws to help ----- |
| aqueducts | all of the "good emperors" supported public building projects - they built arches and monuments , bridges and roads and harbors and ---- |
| aqueducts | ---- is a human-made channel for carrying water long distances |
| reign | the Roman Empire became one of the largest empires in history during the ---- of the good emperors |
| 3.5 million | the Roman Empire included about ---- square miles |
| west; east | the people of the Roman Empire spoke different languages; mostly Latin in the ---- and Greek in the ---- |
| identity | what unified the empire, though, were Roman law, Roman rule, and a shared ---- as Romans |
| boundaries | in Europe the empire's northern ---- were at the Rhine River and Danube River |
| Britain | Hadrian's Wall was built across northern ---- to keep out the Picts and Scots; two warlike people |
| citizen | the Romans were generous in granting citizenship - in A.D. 212 every free person was made a Roman --- |
| agriculture | ---- was the most important part of the Roman economy |
| olives; grain | most people were farmers who grew ---- , grapes, and --- |
| industry | ---- was also important |
| brass | potters, weavers, and jewelers produced goods and cities became centers for making glass, bronze, and ---- |
| ports | traders came from all over the empire and beyond to ---- in Italy |
| Tiber | two of the largest port cities were Puteoli on the Bay of Naples and Ostia at the mouth of the ---- |
| vital | a good transportation system was ---- to the empire's trade |
| 50,000 | during the Pax Romana, Rome's system of roads reached a total length ---- miles |
| currency | Rome's trade was also helped by a common --- currency or system of money |
| coins | Roman ---- were accepted throughout the Mediterranean region by A.D. 100 |
| merchants | ---- could use the same money in Gaul or Greece as they did in Italy |
| weights | the Romans also created a standard system of --- and measures |
| prosperity | the Romans standard system of weights and measures made it easier for people to price goods, trade, and ship products |
| gap | a ---- existed between rich merchants, shopkeepers, and skilled workers and poor farmers and city dwellers |
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