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aftermath to the murder- his nephew, Octavian took over power at age 18, along with is own  triumvirate a doomed alliance- Octavian forces lepidus to retire, Mark Anthony partners with cleopatra, octavian defeats them both in war octavian on his own- after winning the battle of actiium he now has complete control over Rome he is gifted military titles, including imperator, this now makes Rome a empire and not a republic octavia aint no tarquin- ruled for 40 years, began a era of peace and stableness known as the pax romana era accomplishments- expanded rome further into Africa, majorly improved the empires technology died of natural causes the reign of emporers after octavians death begins Tiberius- very good war general, exiled himself after the death of his son Caligula- ruled for only 4 years, known for his cruelty Claudis- ruled for 13 years, possibly had cerebal palsy, was poisened by his last wife because she wanted her son Nero to gain control Nero- ruled for 14 years

poor plebs- bread and circuses free food and entertainment to keep them distracted a change in rule- Tiberius Gracchus noticed what he could do with the plebeians nobody did better than caesar- very successful, conquered territory of gaul  could play the game of politics-  knew how to play people and get the crowd to favor him truth in the song- he was able to conquer so many people because all his soldiers gave him their all cross the point of no return- once you cross the line into gaul ceaser seizing power- served as consul,i n 44BC he named himself dictator assination- the senators saw great threat in his rise to power stabbed him 23 times senators did not get punished octavian was heir 

Cyber 26 The Empire from May 18 lower classes were causing problems with the Republic huge gap between rich and poor classes lots of slaves worked for the rich former soldiers couldn't find work Tiberius and Gaius were brothers who tried to help the poor they gave land to the poor farmers and spoke out against the Senators Senators felt threatened by them and they were both eventually killed the military broke down and Civil War broke out Julius Caesar became military leader he joined wealthy Roman Crassus and a general named Pompey they were known as triumvirate Caesar was successful popular leader and he was named dictator for life he did alot of good things for the citizens people started to fear his power March 15 44BC he was stabbed by Brutus and Cassius another civil war broke out after he was killed and Roman Republic was destroyed second triumvirate was Marc Antony, Octavian, Lepidius. it lasted 10 years after fighting Octavian became ruler-changed hi

A.       Compare and contrast the  government of ancient Rome with the government of the modern-day United States .

The Punic Wars were 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage, 2 powerful city-states. The first war was for control of Sicily and was a naval battle fought in the Mediterranean Sea. Rome won the war. The second war was 15 years long but Rome finally won. The third war Rome burned Carthage and the people were sold into slavery. Rome became richer after all of the wars. The slaves worked for the rich farmers and Rome gained territory in Africa. The Roman army was unstoppable at that time

There were terrible things that the Kings and their families did to stay in power. Family members killed other family members to steal power. It was very corrupt and the royal families were tyrants to the Roman people. The people were eventually able to get rid of Kings for many centuries. There were so many crazy things happening in the government that the people got tired of and overthrew. The Patricians dominated the government. They had all the money and power. the Plebians had no rights. They refused to serve in the military until things became more even and they had written laws. They were written down as The Twelve Tables. The laws were posted in public and they had elected officials called tribunes. The U.S got alot of it's rules for government from the ancient Romans. Both have a democracy with elected officials, both have a Senate. The U.S modeled it's 3 branches of government after Rome. We have executive, legislative, and judicial branches like ancient Rome set up