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100
augustus ceaser and the roman empire
the romans gave octavion the title augustus cesar, he was the the first roman emporer -
Period: 100 to 500
rome
rise and fall of the roman empire -
110
pax romanas
pax romana' during pax romanas augustus cesar expanded the roman empire, improved roads bridges and aqueducts. he also improved econimics. during his time art and lituratere flurished -
161
marcus aralius
marcus aralius ruled from 161c.e to 180c.e, he was one of the last five "good emporers". he brought the econemy of rome together by using the same coins and spent most of his time defending the border -
305
diocletion
diocletion worked to strengthen the empire and stop decline
diocletion also appointed a co emporer maximian and divided empire into east and west. diocletion got eastern half becuase it was more wealthy, doubled size of army. but eventually abdocated in 305 -
306
constintine
constintine ruled from 306 c.e to 337 c.e. he became ruler from a battle he had won. during the battle constintines army had been outnumbered and he had been thinking and looking at the sky in the night when he saw a christian symble -
306
constinetine
the next day diocletion had his army paint that symbol on there sheilds when they fought and won slaying thousands of soldiers! -
313
constintine
at 313c.e. constinetine granted freedom to worship and strongly encouraged spread of christianity. this was the edict of milan -
350
justinian
justinian was an important emporer he came up with the idea to make the hagia sophia and had lots of aqueducts and fortresses built -
400
invasion and collapse of rome
fall of romeafter the death of constintine, invaders attached the empire and barbarians took over western rome -
50 year decline
after commodus the empire went into 50 years of decline becuase of a lot of problems. some of these problems where the weak and currupt rulers, they became low on soldiers and had to hire mercenaries. eventually the empire became to big for them to rule all of it -
comodus assasinated
commodus assasinated in 192c.e -
marcus and commodus
marcus aralius crowned commodus the empire -
commodus
ruled from 180 ce to 192c.e. commodus started the decline of the roman empire becuase he was more intrested in himself and fun then the empires government, he also let others help him rule the empire
