HIST-UA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Germanic Peoples, Germanic Languages, Diocletian
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Octavian was caesar"s grandnephew who joined the second triumvirate which originally tried to avenge caesar by killing all of his enemies. Octavian defeated marc antony in battle, so he became the sole ruler of rome, taking the title of. First citizen and augustus, or the exalted one. Cicero cicero was the greatest orator in the roman senate, who was killed during the second. Triumvirate"s vengeance because cicero had often spoken in defense of the republic and against absolute rule. However, he had never plotted to kill caesar. Pax romana pax romana was a period of peace and prosperity from 27 b. c. e. to 180 c. e. in which the territory within the borders of rome were free of war. Augustus augustus, the name meaning exalted one given to octavian, was possibly rome"s ablest emperor, who built the foundation for the pax romana.
