Octavian was in total control of Rome after Antony and Cleopatra both committed suicide. The first thing Octavian had to do before being able to make any changes in Rome was to restore order. He called himself, princeps, or first citizen carefully avoiding the title of emperor, so the new government was officially called the Principate. In 27 BC, the Senate gave Octavian the name Augustus as a title of honor. Augustus ruled for about 40 years bringing great change to the empire.
Augustus Caesar: “The Revered One” In the last one hundred years before Christ (B.C. ), the Roman Empire was the biggest and strongest power in the world. Until 31 B.C. Rome was a republic ruled by elected officials. Augustus Caesar assumed power as the first Roman Emperor in 31 B.C.
Once the flames were out he gave funds for restoration work and issued strict regulations to reduce the risk of any future recurrence. Despite all this Rumours arose accusing the Emperor Nero of ordering the torching of the city and standing on the summit of the Palatine playing his lyre as flames demolished the world around him. Tacitus says that ‘whether it was accidental or caused by a criminal act on the part of the emperor is uncertain’ because the rumours about Nero starting the fire ha have never been confirmed. People became convinced that Nero had started the fire himself but the Emperor looked for
4/22/09 History 103 Prof. Elliot The rise and fall of the Roman Empire Many have heard the history of one of the greatest empires of all time. The Roman Empire had paved the path that the American founding fathers looked to for inspiration and wisdom from learning from the mistakes of historical leaders to create the government we are today. In researching, many wonder how exactly did the empire fail? It looked like the perfect and strongest form of government to the outside nations, and yet it failed still and became a lesson to others and just another page in a history book. Many historians have researched the military and the government of the Roman Empire and it is yet still difficult to find if there was an exact moment that the roman
By the time of Julius Caesar's dictatorship and subsequent assassination at the hands of the Senate, the Roman Republic was in a virtual free-fall of corruption and struggle for power. The Roman people were tired of the turmoil brought on by decades of war and needed a leader that could and would restore peace, order, and prosperity. Nonetheless, thirteen years of civil war followed Caesar's assassination and during this time Octavian, the grand-nephew and heir of Caesar, came into his sizable inheritance. He entered into a military-dictatorship (the Second Triumvirate) of Rome with supporters of his late great-uncle, was given a senate seat, and was elected consul and granted imperium, all before the age of twenty. Before he was 32 years
It was mentioned that Alexander and his mother was behind the plot to have King Philip killed since they had the most to gain. In the end those rumors faded away because Alexander was the only male heir that King Philip produced. Less than two years later, Alexander departed on his first adventure to Asia. This was a trying time for his mother because they have never been apart. At this time Alexander had to begin to prove himself that he could rule his people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great).
Antoine Williams Professor Stamper Humanities 1301 Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Roman Emperors A hail of bullets to take over, and become leader! The Triumvirate of Octavian, Lepidus, and mark Antony ruled Rome after the defeat of the conspirators that had assassinated Julius Caesar. In which now that he is dead, now we know leader of Rome to be Augustus Caesar. See these thought that if they kill Julius that they would be able to run Rome little did they know they were in for an upset. Why, due to there being a legal heir to the throne of Rome.
Caesar emerged victorious, and was made dictator for life. In 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated by senators who opposed Caesar's assumption of absolute power and wanted to restore constitutional government, but in the aftermath a Second Triumvirate, consisting of Caesar's designated heir, Octavian, and his former supporters, Mark Antony and Lepidus, took power. However, this alliance soon descended into a struggle for dominance. Lepidus was exiled, and when Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, he became the undisputed ruler of Rome. With his enemies defeated, Octavian took the name Augustus and assumed almost absolute power, retaining only a pretense of the Republican form of government.
For her father that man had been Pompey. During the Roman civil war it was clear to her brother that Pompey was no longer the man to back and had him beheaded. Cleopatra was twenty-one and also in the same danger as Pompey. At the time of Pompey’s arrival, Cleopatra was in exile, fleeing for her life from her brother. As was tradition, Cleopatra and her brother were meant to rule jointly as
Once he had his much desired position as ruler he killed anyone who could possibly take his place. There are speculated reasons as to why he did this, one of the reasons could be because he was paranoid that someone would try to kill him and take over as king. Another reason Alexander could have killed of possible suitors was because he wanted complete and total domination of the Empire. Although he was king there were a few details that Alexander didn’t check into when he became king. He though that with the death of his father he would gain everything that his father possessed but in reality he never got full possession of Corinthian League, which was created by king Phillip after Macedonia victory over the Greeks which establish control over the Greeks and to make them provide soldiers for the expedition to Asia.