4/30/14

SO we didn't do anything in class today because the video wouldn't play. Soo instead we went to the cafeteria and did nothing again lol but these are some of my notes again

The Roman Empire

 …and to the republic empire

     For which it stands…

• Begins the pax romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• Built roads, aqueducts (brought water to the cities)
• Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service
• Augustus dies at age 76 on A.D. 14, and passes power to…
• Tiberius: bit first, a word about Jesus.     And Paul
• Jesus was a roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• At 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor  (and there were lots of em) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders
• Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution
• The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion