Notes

The Roman Empire

•  Octavian- AKA Caesar Augustus
•                                                                  Augustus- The first emperor- getting it done
• Begins The Pax romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• Built roads and aqueducts (brought 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, and passes power to..
•                                                                  Tiberius^
•                                                                  From Jesus to Christianity
• 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 we lots of 'em 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 Jewish priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion 
•                                                                 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 worlds largest religion
•                                                      The 100: A ranking of the most influential persons in history
• 1. Muhammad
• 2. Sir Isaac Newton
• 3. Jesus
• 4. Buddha
• 5 Paul
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