4/29/14

Today in class we got our grades back. I am happy that we got an eighty eight. We did really well. The class gave us an ninety two which is a better grade than you gave us. You talked about Delaney's project. She did much work. Her project was letters that people in ancient times would have written to other people. For example, a plebian writing to a person who is higher then them. It was a great idea.

Notes:

• When he died, the empire was given to his 18 year old grand nephew
• Octavian was the his name
• Augustus was there first emperor
• Begins the Pax Roman- a period of peace and prosperity
• built roads, aqueducts(bought 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 in A.D. 14, passes power to Tiberius
• 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 them) 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 Judea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by the Jewish High priest), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion