Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
CH 7.2 - Coggle Diagram
CH 7.2
Augustus’s Achievements
Pax Romana (peace)
Strong government
Permanent army
Better taxes
Built roads and buildings
Sulla
General who took over Rome
Became dictator
Punished enemies
Showed army could control Rome
Caesar’s Reforms
Jobs for poor
Land for soldiers
New calendar
Expanded citizenship
Rich vs Poor
Rich got richer from land
Poor farmers lost jobs
Big gap caused conflict
Gracchus Brothers
Tried to give land to poor
Wanted reforms
Both killed → violence in politics
Army (2nd century BCE)
Soldiers loyal to generals, not Rome
Generals gained power
Army influenced government
First Triumvirate
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Crassus
Julius Caesar
Strong general
Won civil war
Dictator for life
Second Triumvirate
Octavian
Mark Antony
Lepidus
Caesar’s Death (44 BCE)
Killed by senators
Feared he would be king
Battle of Actium (31 BCE)
Octavian defeated Antony
Became sole ruler