western civ online blog #20!

chi-cago notes slide 43-52:

• After the murder
• Julius caesars grandnephew Octavian takes over
• makes his on timulative 
• Mark Antony
• Lepidus
• Octavian encourages Lepidus to retire
• Mark Antony and Octavian become rivals
• mark Antony teams up with Cleopatra
• Octavian defeats them at the Battle of Actium
• Octavian is now in full control
• takes over the military"imperator"
• Rome is now an empire not a republic
• ruled for 40 years
• established the pax Romana "Roman peace"
• lasted for over 200 years
• took over more of Africa
• established many civil services
• died of natural causes
• after this, the age of empowerers began
• first was Tiberius
• very good general
• not so good as a leader
• after his son died he exiled himself from Rome and passed down the crown
• died at 77
• second was Caligula
• after Tiberius death, there was a power struggle 
• Caligula one 
• very bad tyrant
• assassinated after only 4 years as emperor
• third was Claudius
• ruled from 41A.D. to 51A.D
• had cerebral palsy
• pretty good ruler
• bull lots of roads
• Finally, we had Nero
• loved the arts
• overspent and robbed the temples