Slides 42-53 - Julius Caesar's grandnephew/adopted son (octavius) takes over when he's 18, making a triumvirate with Mark Antony and Lepidus. - Octavian makes Lepidus retire and becomes rivals with Mark Antony - O. partners up with Cleopatra from Egypt and defeats them at the battle of Actium Octavius: Augustus, Imperator, Emperor of Rome. - Rome is now an Empire, instead of a Republic Accomplishments Began a stable era of peace in Rome for 207 years. Expanded Roman empire into Afrfica Began a civil service to run the gov/empire - Dies of natural causes AGE OF EMPORERS: TIBERIUS: rules: AD 14- AD 37 Excellent general, reluctant ruler Son dies, exiles himself Dies at age 77 CALIGULA: rules: AD 37- AD 41 (4 years) Won power struggle after tiberius died Known for: cruelty, extravagance, and perversity - he was insane Assassinated by a group of praetorian guards, Senators, and imperial court after trying to re-establish the republic CLAUDIUS: rules: AD 41- AD 54 Suffered from poss...
Today we watched the rest of the video from Sierra's computer. We had Mr. Canter as a sub and obviously as a language teacher he wasn't about to bust out his western civ knowledge from high school, so I didn't get many notes from this. If Mr. Schick isn't here explaining it then idk what's going on. That's the point where it's easier to use the textbook. I'm excited for lunch.
I got a 80 on the pop quiz which I was completely unprepared for nut I guess that's the point. We talked about Aristotle and then had extra time at the end of class to do whatever we wanted or needed to do.
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