Today

• Pax Romana: began when Augustus took over, a period of peace and prosperity
• built roads and aqueducts(brought water to the city)
• setup postal service, grain supply and services to take care of roads
• Augustus died at age 76 in A.D. 14 and passes the power onto Tiberius
• Jesus was a Roman citizen and a Jew
• Jesus began his ministry at age 30 and preached to the poor
• Pontius Pilate sentenced Jesus to death
• Jesus claimed that his kingdom wasn't of their(Jews, Romans etc.) world, this made people nervous and lead to his sentencing of death
• Romans were the only people with the right to crucify people
• Paul told Jesus' life story and preached his message
• traveled to multiple places, Cyprus, Anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and possibly Spain and Britain
• The most influential persons in history 1. Muhammad 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Jesus 4. Buddha 5. Confucius 6. St. Paul of Tarsus
• Tiberius referred to the senate as "men fit to be slaves"
• Tiberius died in AD 37 at the age of 77 passing the power onto Caligula
• Caligula granted bonuses to the soldiers in the military
• the senate said that everything was "blissful" at first
• Caligula started to become bad and claimed himself a god and had statues of himself put into a Jewish temple in Jerusalem
• Caligula slept with other men's wives and bragged to them about it
• Caligula tried to make his horse a consul and a priest
• Caligula was assassinated by his own aides AD 41 at age 28 and passed his power onto Claudius
• Claudius was born with disabilities and was often made fun of
• he conquered Britain, built roads, canals and aqueducts and renovated the Circus Maximus
• Messalina, Claudius' wife was considered to be a nymphomaniac because she slept with ANYONE
• Messalina tried to gain power for her lover Silius but Claudius saw this coming and had her killed