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The Five Good Emperor Begins
The Pax Romana was the roman peace the emperors started that lasted for almost a hundred years. Trading was a very important asset to the culture. The language was latin, mixed with a greek culture. The roman law used local city officials as roman agents, performed many government duties, mainly taxation. -
200
Height of Roman Empire
Waa a period of high prosperity and high levels of trade. Only upper classes got the luxury items brought in from China. Alot of grains were imported from Egypt to feed the people. Yet alot of people still farmed. -
200
Height of Roman Empire part2.
Thousands of unemployed people depended on the emperors handouts of grain to survive while many other lower class people worked in shops and markets in the city. The people were divided by an enormous gulf. The upper class lived in luxury while the lower class depended on them, and their farming. -
476
Roman Augustulus was deposed by Germanic head of the army
The Germanic leader invaded Rome taking all his power away. There were also many other things leading up to his fall including, lead poisioning, plagues, and slavery.