Rise and Fall of Roman Empire

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Pax Romana

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Roman Peace

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Empire

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A political system where an emperor holds total control.

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Senate

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A governing body that still functions under the emperor's rule.

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Function of a Bureaucracy

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efficient civil service, maintain grain supply, tax collection, and postal service

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Denarius

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the unified currency of the Roman Empire

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How were Roman roads constructed?

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Roman roads were constructed with stone blocks, crushed stone in cement, and drainage ditches.

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Good Rulers - 96-180

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius

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Economic Solutions

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Government raised taxes and Making more money which led to inflation

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Agriculture outcomes

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Excessive farming (soil overworked) without allowing the soil to recover, causing food shortages and disease, population decline

Warfare destroyed farmland, caused a shortage and disease, and population decline

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Military Spending

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used to maintain the empire - ex. Hadrians Wall