(161–180). Together these are known as theFive Good Emperors. Their non-hereditary succession oversaw a golden age, which witnessed a considerable amount of expansion and consolidation. But all the changes that occurred during this era,beneficialas they were, brought with them the attendant ...
first by the conflict between papal and civil authority and later by religious strife and political fragmentation, and after the 1200s the emperors had little power in most of its constituent states. Upon Francis II's renunciation of his title at Napoleon's instigation in 1806, the empire cease...
senatus consultabecame resolutions thatendorsedthe proposals of the emperor. As the approval of the Senate became increasingly automatic, the emperor’s proposals became the true instrument of power. Consequently, emperors ceased referring proposals to the Senate and, not long after the early imperial ...
contemporaryThe History of Rome consisted of 142 volumes, covering the whole history of Roman society.Text Study _III_1.2Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasName CharacterWorksTacitus governor of a minor province, consul of the empire, famous historianThe Histories dealt with the reigns of the emperors ...
The age of Augustus and of the early Caesars constituted an epoch in the economic no less than in the political history of the Mediterranean lands. But in agriculture the transformations of this period were less far-reaching than in trade and industry. In Italy the wholesale confiscations and ...
His reinstitution of conservative policy and wide scale public improvements helped to not only bring Rome out of the ashes of a century of civil war, but established Augustus as the unassailable and unchallenged ruler of the Roman world for nearly half a century. ...
How did Rome react to Christianity at first?(A)Most of its citizens accepted it.(B) Christians were made to be emperors.(C) It was ignored by most of the population.(D) Christians were treated very cruelly.2. What economic mistake did the Roman government make?(A)They didn't provide ...
Diocletian (ca. 245-311 CE) was a Roman Emperor whose government and economic reforms helped Rome recover from the Crisis of the Third Century. Reigning from 285 to 305 CE, Diocletian split the Roman Empire in half and established the Tetrarchy, where he shared rule with three co-emperors....
One of the lesser-known emperors, but still one of the greats, Aurelian took over as emperor in the late third century A.D. Besides his great military conquests, he is most remembered for building the Aurelian Wall. It still surrounds most of Rome today and is extremely impressive. The ...