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Rome Splits
AD 395 - Rome split into two empires, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius. -
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First Triumvirate
60 BC Three people shared the empire of Rome. The first person was Julius Ceaser. The second person was Gnaeus Pompey. The third person was Lincinius Crassus. Crassus soon died and Pompey and Ceaser went to war. Ceaser beat Pompey and became dictator for life in 44 BC. Soon thereafter, Julius Ceaser was murdered by Senators. -
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Second Triumvirate
43 BC Three people took over Rome again. The first person was Juluis Ceaser's adopted son, Octavian. The second person was an officer called Marc Antony. The final person was the high priest Lepidus who was pushed aside by the other two. Octavian and Antony, who both ruled a half of Rome, went to war. Octavian beat Antony and his ally, Queen Cleopatra. Cleopatra and Antony both commited suicide soon after. -
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Jesus' Death
33 AD Jesus of Nazareth was a prophet of God. He preached that to reach Heaven, people would have to repent of their sins and follow God. At the age of 33, Jesus was sentenced to death by the Romans. Three days later, He rose again and walked the earth for 40 more days before ascending into Heaven. Some Jews beleived that He was the Messiah and started spreading his teachings. These teachings developed into Christianity. -
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The Augustan Age
For more then 40 years Augustus remained at the head of the state. In Rome the legacy of the Augustan Age was even more impressive. Augustus took special care of Rome itslef, creating a police force and fire brigades and stockpiling food and water supplies. -
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Diocletian
The first of these emperors was Diocletian, who took power in 284. To slow the empire's decline, Diocletian changed the empire into an absolute monarchy. He placed himself far above his subjects and ruled with no accountability to anyone. As part of his efforts to improve the efficiency of imperial administration, Diocletian divided the empire in two. Ruling the eastern half himself, he appointed a co-emperor to rule the western provinces. Both emperors named assistants called Caesars. -
200
Attemps to reform
In the 200s, Rome could have easily fallen. The crises that Rome faced caused drastic reforms to be made if the Empire was going to survive. If it were not for two leaders, Rome would not have survived past 200 AD. Diocletian and Constatine worked to help rebuilt Rome, but their attemps later failed. -
313
End of Christian Persecution
313 AD The Roman Emporer became a patron to Christianity. This happened because he claimed to have a vision before a battle of a cross in the sky with "In this sign, conquer" witten on it. In 313, he created the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity legal in the empire of Rome. His support helped spread Christianity quicker through the empire. -
AD 476
The last Western Roman Emperor is overthrown -
Constantine
After order was not restored until 312 when Constantine, the son of one of the original Caesars, was proclaimed the new emperor by his troops and put an end to the fighting. In honor of him, they built a new capital called, Constantinople.