Octavian Caesar

Here are the notes we took today in class:
Grandnephew : Octavian Caesar

Et tu, Brute? (even you Brutus)

Switches from being a republic to an EMPIRE

AKA Caesar Augustus "honorific"

"August"- to be honored

Took over at the age of 18

The first emperor- LARGE AND IN CHARGE

Begins the Pax Romana- a period of peace and prosperity (not for everyone)

Built roads, aqueducts

Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service

Augustus dies at age 76 in A.D 14 and passes power to……….TIBERIUS

Jesus was a roman citizen…also a Jew

At 30, he began his ministry and preached to the poor

Romans got scared and planned his execution

The governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate sentences Jesus to death

Saul used to be a tax collector who persecuted Christians

Saul/Paul wrote letters to the people he spoke to---part of the NT

If it wasn't for Paul, It is likely that Jesus would have never became such a central figure of the world's largest religion