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100
Augustus Caesar and the Rise of the Empire
Octavian formed a triumpvirant. ( Octavian, Marc Antony, and Lepadus). The Romans gave Octavian the title Augustus. Augustus Caesar was the first Roman Emporer. What helped them out is that he expanded the empire. After known Augustus Caesar he makes a second triumpvirant with Marc Antony and Lepadus. -
Period: 100 to 500
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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161
Marcus Aurelius
He ruled from 161 C.E to 180 C.E. Marcus was considered the last of the " five good emporers ". He unified the empire economicly. Where it started getting bad is when he hired his son Commodus to follow him as emporer. -
170
Starting to Corrupt apart
The Roman empire starts to fall apart. Series of bad empores corrupt the empire. Marcus Aurelius was the last good emporer. Then it starts going downhill when Commodus comes along. -
305
Diocletian After Corruption
He had helped Rome after the corruption. Diocletian had doubled the size of the army to try to defend the boarders. After a while, he had improved the structure. Stopped ruling in 305 C.E. -
305
Roman Empire Splits into Two Pieces
The Roman Empire splits under two sections. The eastern half and the western half. Diocletion took the eastern side because it was alot wealthier and gave the other half to Maximian. -
306
Constantine Tries to Help Out Empire
Constantine ruled Rome from 306 C.E to 337 C.E. He was the first Roman Emporer to support Christianity. When he at the battle at the Milvian Bridge, he looked up at the sky and saw a symbol. In 313 C.E he suppoorted the Edict of Milan. Finally he moved the capital of Roman Empire to Constantinople. He stepped of of his throne in 337 C.E. -
400
Invaders in Rome
The romans could not hold off the invaders that had entered -
410
Visigoths
The Visigoths had entered the Roman Empire as the first group to invade after Constantine had left. -
455
Vandals have landed in Rome
The Vandels had came in 455 C.E and left romes army power less. -
476
Ostrogoths led to the Final Collapse
The final collapse of the empire was from the Ostrogoths. They took over in 476 C.E and led to the final collapse. -
500
Roman Empire Falls and Dies Out
The Roman Empire falls apart in 500 C.E. 3 groups of people invaded the empire and made them die out. -
Commodus and the Fall of the Empire
click here to view a videoHe ruled from 180 to 192 C.E. He started to decline the empire because all he cared about was the entertainment. Commodus did a bad thing because he let others rule with him that werent even real emporers. They were getting sick of him so they assasinated him in 12/31 193 C.E. -
The empire went into a 50 year decline
Had weak corrupt rulers. They had hired mercenaries as their army. The size of the empire decreased. Finally they had serious Econimical problems. -
Pax Romana
The Pax Romana was created in 27 B.C.E and it ended in 180 C.E. It was a 200 year span. It was Considered the "roman peace". This had at least 70 million people following it.
