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Section 4 - notes

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Roman Peace   The Pax Romana, ---- ----- is the long era of peace (200 years) that began with Augustus  
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safe   upon becoming emperor in 27 B.C., Augustus set out to make the empire strong and -----  
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army   to provide security, Augustus built a permanent, professional ---- of about 150,000 men  
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Augustus   ----- also created a special unit called the Praetorian Guard  
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emperor   the Praetorian Guard consisted of about 9,000 men in charge of guarding the -----  
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politics   the Praetorian Guard later became very influential in Roman ----  
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legions   Augustus's ---- conquered new territories and added vast stretches of northern Europe to the empire  
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Roman   all of Spain and Gaul came under ---- rule, as did land in what is today Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria  
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hungry; imported   Augustus restored Rome's splendor and fed the --- poor of Rome with ---- grain from Africa  
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government   Augustus worked hard to improve Rome's ------  
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50   during Augustus's reign, more than --- million people lived in the Roman Empire  
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governor   Augustus appointed a proconsul or ---- for each province replacing politicians appointed by the Senate  
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tax   Augustus also reformed the Roman --- system  
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paid   before Augustus, individual tax collectors ---- the government for the right to do the job  
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keep   to make their investments worthwhile, tax collectors were allowed to ---- some of the money they gathered  
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dishonest   many of the tax collectors were ---- and took too much money  
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permanent   Augustus solved the problem of the dishonest tax collectors by making tax collectors ----- government workers  
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legal   Augustus also reformed the ---- legal system by creating a set of laws for people who were not citizens  
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followed   The Julio-Claudian emperors were the rulers who --- Augustus: Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero but unfortunately they were not all fit to lead  
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competent   Tiberius and Claudius were ---- rulers  
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strangely   mental illness caused Caligula to act ---- and to treat people cruelly  
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horse   he had many people murdered wasted a lot of money and even gave his favorite --- the position  
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killed   eventually the Praetorian Guard ---- him and put Claudis on the throne  
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Nero   ---- was also a vicious man  
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wives   among those he had killed were his mother and two ----  
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fiddled   he is best remembered for having ---- while Rome burned  
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fire   according to legend, he was playing music miles from Rome when a ---- destroyed much of the city in A.D. 64 but eventually he committed suicide  
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restored   Vespasian ---- order to Rome after the chaos following Nero's death  
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Jewish   he put down several rebellions in the empire, including the ----- rebellion in Palestine  
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Titus   troops commanded by Vespasian's son --- defeated the Jews and destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70  
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Colosseum   during his reign, Vespasian began construction of the ---- a huge amphitheater in Central Rome  
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Domition   Vespasian's son Titus then his other son ----- ruled Rome after he died  
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growth   both sons oversaw an era of ---- and prosperity in Rome  
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disasters   during Titus's reign two ---- struck the empire  
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Pompeii   the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted destroying the city of ---- and a great fire badly damaged Rome  
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series   at the beginning of the A.D. 100's a ---- of rulers who were not related to Augustus or Vespasian came to power  
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good emperors   Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius are known as ---- ----  
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flourished   the Roman Empire ---- under their rule  
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educate   Trajan gave money to help poor parents raise and --- their children  
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law   Hadrian made Roman --- easier to understand  
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orphans   Antoninus Pius passed laws to help -----  
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aqueducts   all of the "good emperors" supported public building projects - they built arches and monuments , bridges and roads and harbors and ----  
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aqueducts   ---- is a human-made channel for carrying water long distances  
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reign   the Roman Empire became one of the largest empires in history during the ---- of the good emperors  
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3.5 million   the Roman Empire included about ---- square miles  
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west; east   the people of the Roman Empire spoke different languages; mostly Latin in the ---- and Greek in the ----  
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identity   what unified the empire, though, were Roman law, Roman rule, and a shared ---- as Romans  
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boundaries   in Europe the empire's northern ---- were at the Rhine River and Danube River  
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Britain   Hadrian's Wall was built across northern ---- to keep out the Picts and Scots; two warlike people  
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citizen   the Romans were generous in granting citizenship - in A.D. 212 every free person was made a Roman ---  
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agriculture   ---- was the most important part of the Roman economy  
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olives; grain   most people were farmers who grew ---- , grapes, and ---  
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industry   ---- was also important  
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brass   potters, weavers, and jewelers produced goods and cities became centers for making glass, bronze, and ----  
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ports   traders came from all over the empire and beyond to ---- in Italy  
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Tiber   two of the largest port cities were Puteoli on the Bay of Naples and Ostia at the mouth of the ----  
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vital   a good transportation system was ---- to the empire's trade  
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50,000   during the Pax Romana, Rome's system of roads reached a total length ---- miles  
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currency   Rome's trade was also helped by a common --- currency or system of money  
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coins   Roman ---- were accepted throughout the Mediterranean region by A.D. 100  
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merchants   ---- could use the same money in Gaul or Greece as they did in Italy  
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weights   the Romans also created a standard system of --- and measures  
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prosperity   the Romans standard system of weights and measures made it easier for people to price goods, trade, and ship products  
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gap   a ---- existed between rich merchants, shopkeepers, and skilled workers and poor farmers and city dwellers  
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