Caesar Augustus
- grand nephew Ocatvian (Caesar Augustus), took over
- "et tu, Brute"
- no longer a republic
- begins the Pax Romana - a period of peace
- built roads, aqueducts
- set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service
- Augustus dies at 76 in AD 14
- passes power to Tiberius
Caligula
- he was Tiberius' adopted grandson an great nephew
- fought with the senate
- claimed to be a god
- displayed statues of himself in Jewish temples
- was assassinated
Claudius
- ostracized by his family because of his disabilities
- rose to the occasion
- expanded the empire
Jesus
- Jesus was a Roman citizen practicing Jew
- began ministry at 30 preaching to the poor
- the governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion
Paul
- traveled writing letters to many of those he spoke to
- persecutes Christians