Octavian gained victory and claimed the supreme rule of the Roman world. Upon his return from Egypt in 29BC, Octavian had full consulship powers and under counsel of his uncle’s death, refuted the appearance of acquisitioning too much power by ‘transferr(ing) the republic from my power to that domination of the senate and the people of Rome’. In return the senate conferred upon him proconsular imperium, whilst continuing to be elected consul every year. In a shrewd attempt for more power, Octavian decided to step down from his roles of power and show allegiance to the republican Rome. However in return the senate placed upon him more power
It gave a sense of community and fellowship to the people. The Patricians and high officials of Rome disagreed with the new religion Christ and his followers were trying to convert everyone to. They thought this because it was sweeping away almost everything the Romans had previously believed in. This would be a dramatic change. The impact of this conversion to Christianity would finally take its toll on Rome in 312 CE when Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity legal.
With her marring a Roman (Julius Caesar), she regained power over Egypt after they both had fallen previously to her brother/husband Ptolemy XIII. With combining Egypt and the Roman Empire together, this showed people that Cleopatra was using Julius to regain her throne only, not because she loved him. Here this too also demonstrated how she used to use herself with men to get her way to help her
emperors declared divine after death Worshipped like gods while alive Adopted cultural achievements of Greeks in literature, philosophy, and art. Prehistoric Italy Romans emerged from descendants of tough mountain people in the western plains, along with others. Government Imperium- the right to issue commands and to enforce them by fines, arrests, and physical punishment, including execution. Although normally remained in families, kingship was elective. Approval of the senate
Before this time, Egyptians worshipped many different gods but the primary god was Amun-Ra. During his reign, Akhenaten altered traditional Egyptian religion in one of his most controversial decisions as Pharaoh. Akhenaten changed the focus of Egyptian religion to one sole god, Aten. This is why Akhentan changed his name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten, as he took on the name of the god. As Angela P Thomas noted in her book Akhenaten’s Egypt, “Aten was given a titulary like the king and the god’s name was written in double cartouches.
Client Kingdoms * He restored some friendly kings and princes to their former thrones and found kingdoms for others he favoured. * Gave his friend Herrod Agrippa the territories belonging to his uncles. * Generally anti-Semitic policies destabilised that region * Use of client kings did some damage in his removal of Pro-Roman king of Armenia Gaius’ Civil Administration * Gaius was not interested in administration, because it was not fitting for a God, and he was of the Hellenistic monarch view that everyone should support
Both of the river valley civilizations had an absolute monarch but the Nile had a Theocracy while the Mesopotamians had a Monarchy. In the Nile river valley, the Pharaoh was an absolute monarch who controlled all the land, collected taxes, made laws, and defended Egypt from foreign invaders. He also maintained Ma’at, which was the law and order of the kingdom. The Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh was a god; this made their government a theocracy because the Pharaoh had total control. A single ruler also ruled Mesopotamia, but they had a Monarchy not a theocracy.
Jesus is acknowledged by the Islamic faith as a prophet. They do not believe that Jesus was executed, but rather taken away from the situation by God, or Allah, before any harm was done. The crucifixion and resurrection are not part of their texts. Now, because of the opposing views on the two different religions, Muslims and Christians have been in disagreement for many, many years. The main disagreement being that Christians believe that all men are created equal and Muslims believe that they are the chosen ones and all others are considered infidels.
tomb wall of seti the first seti the first seti the first 19th Dynasty: Seti I, the first of the line of warriors who turned all efforts toward recovering Egypt's prestige aboard. As soon as Seti I came to the throne, he faced serious danger from a coalition of Syrian city-states encouraged, and even sustained, by the Hittites. He was able to defeat the coalition and enable Egypt to regain control over Palestine. After repulsing a Libyan attack, we find Seti once again in northern Syria where Egyptian troops came into contact with the Hittites for the first time. He captured Kadesh but though the Hittites were forced to retire temporarily they retained their influence in northern Syria.
The Rise of Christianity Religious Diversity in the Early Empire ➢ The Roman Empire was vast, culturally diverse and ever-evolving. ➢ Many forms of religion existed in the Empire • Cult of Isis • Many Roman soldiers favoured Mithraism (Persian god Mithras) ➢ Rome tolerated many religious traditions (depended on Emperor). It: • Showed loyalty by honouring Roman gods • Acknowledging divine spirit of the Emperor ➢ By 63 BC, the Romans conquered Judea. Jews (monotheistic tradition) were excused from worshipping Roman gods ➢ The Zealots were unhappy with Romans, all for revolution and an independent state. ➢ 66 AD, rebellion occurs, Romans crush the movement and seize Jerusalem, later rebellions