notes on rome

Assassination and Another Caesar-
- Romans at home and abroad applauded Caesar's deeds, but there remained a stubborn core of senators who were disturbed by his successes.
- Caesar's murder did not restore the Republic; instead, his death produced yet another crop of warlords and yet more bouts of civil war.
- Mark Antony and Octavian were rival loyalists of Caesar, and each managed to attract some of Caesar's legions, which they used to fight a brutal war against each other in Italy.
- Mark Antony's love affair with Queen Cleopatra, one of the last descendants of the Greek rulers of Egypt, made him unpopular in Rome.

CHAPTER 7
THE ROMAN PEACE 30 B.C.- A.D. 235

LO1- The Rule of the Emperors-
- Soon after Octavian's triumph at Actium, the senate conferred on him a new title, Augustus ("Revered One"), the name under which he has gone down in history.

The Augustan Settlement-
- At the time, Augustus did his best to make it seem as if no such historic change was under way.
- He again proclaimed the goal of restoring the Republic.

princeps- "first citizen", a traditional Roman name for prominent leaders who were considered indispensable to the Republic that came to be used by Augustus.   

The Divine Being-
in spite of avoiding Caesar's open exercise of supreme power, Augustus followed the dictators even more arrogant - seeming example of accepting religious worship of himself.

Reform, Reconstruction, and the End of Expansion-
- ensuring peace and stability involved not only changing the way the Roman city-state worked but also reorganizing the whole of Rome's empire.

Permanent Monarchy-
- Augustus was convinced that if Rome's new peace and stability were to last, the changes he had made in its government system must continue after his death.