Outline
I. The double-meaning of "empire"
II. An unclear transition from republic to empire
III. The sources of Augustus's power
IV. The Pax Romana
V. Everyday life in the city of Rome
 

Terms from today's class
Octavian
Augustus
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Tiberius Gracchus
Sulla
Pompey
princeps
imperator
Seutonius
Caesar
Czar
Kaiser
"client armies"
Cleopatra
Ptolemaic
"bread-basket of Europe"
forum
Pantheon
"bread and circuses"
Pax Romana
Nero
Caligula
insulae
Tiber