Roman Emperors

The Good….The Bad….

Directions

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1. Select an emperor
2. Select a slide (or multiple slides) that describes the emperor you and your group selected. Be sure to put the name of your emperor and the years of their reign as the title. Find a spot to put your group members name on slide
3. Research your selected emperor. You may read articles or watch videos to learn about their reign.
4. Use the following questions to guide your research/slide.
1. Were they a good or bad emperor? Why?
2. What did they accomplish during their reign?

6. You must include at least 5 pieces of information describing your emperor and his reign.

7. Include at least 1 picture of your emperor

Reminders

NO COPYING and PASTING

1. It is plagiarism
2. You will NOT learn anything
1. Read, Think and Process, Write in your own words

Copy and Paste from a website

Websites to consider using

Ducksters

Great site because the text is written for middle schoolers. Check it out to see if there is any information on your Emperor.

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Mr. Donn

Very similar to Ducksters as it is written at the middle school level. Check it out to see if there is any information on your Emperor.

Historyforkids.net

Kiddle

DKFindOut

Good site in terms of reading level.

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History.com

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Bio.com

Videos

Julius Caesar 100 BC - 44 BC

• Rose on the political ladder (Smart man and good speaker/motivator)
• Eventually rose all the way to the top becoming consul (similar to American President)
• 58 BC - 50 BC conquered Gaul (modern day France) as a military general
• Gains wealth and status as military general and becomes hero to people in Rome
• His power grew and he had an army that was loyal to him
• Senate feared his growing popularity and called him back to Rome without his army
• Caesar disobeys and leads his army into Rome causing civil war

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https://www.wevideo.com/view/2500572679

Julius Caesar 100 BC - 44 BC

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• Wins civil war and earns title ¨dictator for life¨
• Made many changes in Rome
• Built new buildings
• Built new temples
• Created the modern day calendar with 365 days and a leap year
• Assassinated by Senate in 44 BC
• Responsible for end of Roman Republic and transition to an Empire

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Interesting Facts about Caesar

• Caesar was once kidnapped by pirates while still a young man. He joked with them that he would have them executed once he was free. They laughed, but Caesar had the last laugh when he later captured them and had them killed.
• While in Egypt he fell in love with the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. He helped her to become pharaoh and had a child named Caesarion with her.
• Caesar's heir was his nephew Octavian. Octavian became the first Roman emperor changing his name to Caesar Augustus.

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Augustus

By: Bentley Kling & Canyon Price

Interesting Facts

• August was named after Augustus
• .Julius Caesar was Augustus's great uncle.
• His father died in 59 B.C.E and went to live with his grandmother who was to sister of Julius Caesar.
• Real name is Gaius Octavius Thurinus
• When Augustus was Emperor there were lots of civil wars
• The next 200 years after Augustus died were peaceful and calm

Accomplishments

• Came up with the first Roman Army and Navy that protected the Borders of the Roman Empire
• First Emperor
• Built Augustus Altar of Peace

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Augustus

By: Canyon Price & Bentley Kling

• His years of region was 27 BC and ruled 14 BC
• He was good in the army and caught the attention of Julius Caesar
• He founded cities
• He also encouraged agriculture

Augustus was good and his years of region

• When Augustus became old enough he joined the Army and caught the attention of his uncle. He helped his uncle defeat Pompey in battle.
• Died in Italy.
• Augustus was adopted by Julius Caesar
• Built Roads

More interesting things

Nero

• Reigned 54-68 AD
• He was not a good person
• He killed his first wife by cutting her head off and serving it to his second wife
• He killed his second wife by kicking her in the stomach

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• He liked riding around in chariots
• He would force people to listen to his music
• He blamed the fire on the christians
• He sentenced a woman to death by giraffe

Charlee and Natalia

Interesting facts

Nero

Vespasian!!!! Grayson/Jackson

YEARS OF REIGN- 1 July 69 – 23 June 79

• Vespasian was known as a good emperor. He was liked because he helped rebuild Rome and higher taxes and helped reclaim public land.
• He also used some of his money on a massive building program that included temples.
• He was liked because he built the coliseum not for himself but for the people.

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ACOMPLISHMENTS

• Build the coliseum.
• He was the first commander to get control of rome.
• He built the Temple Of Peace.

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Vespasian

Interesting

• He founded the flavian Dynasty. And it was a Roman Dynasty the ruled rome.
• He helped rebuild rome after Civil War.
• He had two sons and a daughter. Sons names are Titus and Domitian
• He survived multiple conspiracies that were against him.
• He died from Diarrhea

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Claudius By Shane and Marietta

Years of reign 41-54 AD

Good

• he helped restore peace to the Roman rule of law
• Built two really important aqueducts

Bad

• He drank and gambled
• He made nero next in line to the throne

He was good

Claudius (continued) Shane And Marietta

Accomplishments

• He restored peace to the Roman rule of law
• He setup imperial civil service
• He made aqueducts called Aqua Claudia and Aqua Anio Novus

Interesting facts

• He was considered to be ill so they hid him away
• He studied law and was considered a scholar
• His step son was nero
• His wife's name was agrippina
• He died oct 13, he was poisoned by his wife bc she wanted her son to be emperor

Caligula - Ava and Krysta

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Constantine

• He ruled from 306 C.E. until his death in 337 C.E.
• He was good because he aimed for harmony and stability within the Empire’s diverse religious landscape.
• His real name is Flavius Valerius Constantinus

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• He moved the capital from Rome to a new city named Constantinople.

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Constantine

• Constantine converted rome to Christianity because one day he had a dream of crosses and then when he woke up he made all of his soldiers write crosses on their shields then they one the battle so he made them all turn to christianity
• Constantine fought a civil war against maxentius when Galerius died.
• He fought in the civil war

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Hadrian

Good and important

Important

Hadrian was born in Italica.

He ruled from 117 - 138 AD.

He died at age 62.

Hadrian was seen has a good empire while he ruled. Hadrian supported art and architecture so much so that rebuilt Pantheon

Pantheon

Ian Schad

Jayden Wallace

Hadrian pt.2 Interesting Stuff

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• Hadrian had Male Lovers like Trajan and Antinous.
• Hadrian had a cultist belief in later life
• Abandoned Roman territory in Mesopotamia

• Hadrians Wall secured Rome in Britain
• Was blamed for killing 6 senate members
• Hadrian had a chronic illness in his late life
• Hadrian suppressed Jewish beliefs

Jayden Wallace

Ian Schad

Trajan

Accomplishments He Made:

1. He made huge bridges over the Danube river
2. Won many military campaigns
3. Expanded rome
4. Made aqueducts
5. Became consul in 91 CE
6. In 98 CE Nerva died resulting in Trajan becoming the emperor
7. He also built baths, roads, and other public buildings
8. He built Trajan's Forum in Rome and Trajan’s Column

Interesting facts About Trajan:

• Trajan was considered the best emperor by the Roman Senate
• First emperor born in Spain
• Expanded the Roman empire
• Known for his military campaigns
• He conquered Dacia
• Rome will never be bigger if it wasn't for him

Trajan’s Forum

Trajan’s Column

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Lily P

Nero

Nero

Nero

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Good or bad?

He was not a good emperor in fact many consider him to be one of the worst of the roman empire. He was known for burning a mass amount of the roman city. Leading to hundreds of deaths and a immense amount of families left homeless. He did not only do indirect murder be also killed many people himself or hired people to be killed even killing his wives and mother.

Landon Clark - Sam Huntly

Accomplishments

He built many theaters in rome,

he also built a palace after the burning of rome and it was called the “Golden House.”

He lowered taxes

Interesting facts

His birth name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus

He cut his wife's head off

He beat his second wife to death

After Nero died there was the “Year of The Four Emperors.” where four emperors served for a little bit of time

The golden house

Nero

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Good or bad?

He was not a good emperor in fact many consider him to be one of the worst of the roman empire. He was known for burning a mass amount of the roman city. Leading to hundreds of deaths and a immense amount of families left homeless. He did not only do indirect murder be also killed many people himself or hired people to be killed even killing his wives and mother.

Landon Clark - Sam Huntly

Accomplishments

He built many theaters in rome,

he also built a palace after the burning of rome and it was called the “Golden House.”

He lowered taxes

Interesting facts

His birth name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus

He cut his wife's head off

He beat his second wife to death

After Nero died there was the “Year of The Four Emperors.” where four emperors served for a little bit of time

The golden house