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FROM REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE, THE EMPIRE AND RELIGION, THE END OF THE REPUBLIC …

- - - - Caesar conquered nearly all of Gaul (to day France), his military successes made him a key figure in Roman politics, also an excelent speeker and won many supporters.
        
        Caesar made a power alliance with Pompeyand Crassus together the three ruled Rome.
      - Chalenges to Caesar The partnership lasted about 10 years but after his conquest in Gaul his friends were jealous of him and Pompey's allies in the Senate ordered Ceasar to giv up command of his armies. They wanted Pompey control Rome alone.
        
        Ceasar refused, led back toward Rome and enter de city, the war was certain since Rome law said no general could enter Italy with his army. Pompey and his allies fled Italy, but Ceasar chased Pompey and defeated in Greece, and were killed.
        
        After Ceasar return to Rome, he made himself dictator for life. Romans was concerned that he wanted to become king of Rome. A group of Senators attaked Ceasar in the Senate and stabbed him to death.
- - - - They were very practical and to avoid offending any gods, the Roman prayed to a wide variety of gods and goddesses.
        The only time Romans banned a religion was when the rulers of Rome consider it a political problem.
        Judaism was a religion that came to consider a political problem.
  - - - There were several grups of Jews, and the largest of these grups believe that Moses gave them a set of laws to follow. Many of them followed the las clousely because his prophets said that a new leader would be a descender of King David. The prophets called this leader the Messiah which means "Gods anointed one" choosed to lead them, so many Jews anxiously awaited his arriva.
        
        Crusifiction and Resurection
        
        As a teacher Jesus attracted many followers but at the same time his teachings challenged the authority of political and religion leaders.
        
        Roman leaders arrested Jesus and was executed, killed by crucification. After his dead, Jesus was burried by his followers and according to the christian believes, Jesus rise from the dead three days aftere as resurrection.
        
        Christian began to meet in secret but continued to spread his faith. In the early 300's the emperor Constantin became a Christian, he removed the bans on the religion. A later empeeror made Christianity Rome's official religion.
        
        The Teachings of Jesus
        
        Much of Jesus's message was rooted in older Jewish traditions like love God and love other people, but not only his friends but his enemies also.
        
        An other important them in Jesus's teaching was salvation, or the rescue of people from sin, and enter to de Kingdom of God when they died.
        
        Over the centuries, people have interpreted his teaching in different ways and as a result many different denominations of christian have developed.
- - - - Octavian became Rome's sole ruler, and he took the name of princeps or first citizen. Octavian announced that he was giving up his power to the Senate, and they gave him the name of Augustus which means "reverd one".
        
        Modern historians consider the naming of Augustus to mark the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.