Augustaus Cesar

Question 0

Augustus was the ____ ____ of the Roman Empire.

Answer 0

Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire

Question 1

“Augustus” means:

Answer 1

Revered one

Question 2

What did Caesar do to make the citizens of Rome panic? How was he clever?

Answer 2

Caesar kept the assemblies and government officials.
He never crowned himself king.
He often talked about having the need to bring back the old Roman virtues

Question 3

What were Caesar’s two strengths?

Answer 3

1. He made all of the soldiers pledge allegiance to him

2. He hired ppl based on their talent, not family or wealth.
Gave freedmen, slaves, etc. to be part of the government

Question 4

Augustus’s two goals:

Answer 4

1. Make Rome have natural boundaries.

2. Not to expand Rome, but to govern the existing empire better.

Question 5

What did Augustus do to govern Rome better?

Answer 5

1. He gave provincial governors log terms in office.
2. He gave ppl large salaries so that they would not feel the need to overtax rome’s ppl
   To make sure ppl didn’t pay too little or too much tax, Caesar ordered a census.

Question 6

How did Caesar make Rome more beautiful?

Answer 6

1. He made the laws more strict
2. He made a police force.
3. He made a fire brigade.
4. He made rome’s first library.

Question 7

How long did he rule for?

Answer 7

41 years

Question 8

How long did the empire last after him?

Answer 8

Approximately 200 years