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
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