after he was killed people tried to grab his power
one person was his grand nephew
his name was Octavian
at this time the republic changed to an empire run by emperors
Octavian ends up becoming Caesar Augustus he was and honorific
a phrase to honor you
august means to be reverie or to be the honored one
known to be the first emperor began the time of peace and prosperity Pax Romana
built a lot of roads and aqueducts
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 he took power at 18 and passed power to Tiberius
Jesus was a roman citizen and practicing Jew
at 30 he began his ministry preaching to the poor in the empire and reaching our to outsiders
statements like my kingdom is not of this world made the Romans nervous and they began to plan his execution
the governor of the roman province of Judea pontius plate sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion
Paul is instrumental in telling the world about Jesus life death resurrection and message
he travels far and wide
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 pail it is likely that Jesus remains an obscure preacher, instead of the central figure of the worlds largest religion.
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