Octavion - AKA Caesar Augustus
Who is the little baby Octavion is holding in his statue

Augustus - the first emperor - getting it done
- Begins the Pax Romana - a period of peace and prosperity, he built lots of roads, good for transportation, good for training, good for security.
- 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, and pases power to ... Tiberius.
- He was emperor when Jesus was born, but not when Jesus died.

From Jesus to Christianity

- Jesus was a Roman Citizen and practing 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.
- All we have on him is what was written in the Gospel.
- Statements like "My Kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews)nervous, and they began to plan his execution.
- The gov. of the Roman providence of Judea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion.
- He was non-violent, non-confrontational
- People interpreted him as someone trying to change the Empire.
- They  charged him with sedition. (Crazy talk against the Empire)
- Romans were the only ones to have the power to crucify them.

A wiki look at Jesus

- Type in Jesus on wiki

The word spreads about the risen Jesus

- Paul is instrumental in telling the world about Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and message
- He travels far and wide: Cyprus, Anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and maybe even Spain and Britain
- He writes letters to many of those he spoke to - these epistles are a part of the New Testament
- If not for the efforts of Paul, it is likely that Jesus remains an obscure preacher, instead of the central figure of the world's largest religion.

Back to Tiberius

- As Augustus' stepson and adopted son, Tiberius succeeded Octavion
- Although  great general, he was a dark, somber, reclusive, and reluctant emperor.
- He referred to the Senate as "men fit to be slaves"
- Germanicus started out as Tiberius' ally, since he quelled a legion mutiny, but when it looked like he would succeed Tiberius, he got paranoid and had Germanicus killed.
- Died in AD 37 at the age of 77, giving way to... Cligula

Caligula
- Good start!
- Bad finish!

Claudius