Nero

After Augustus Caesar died there were a whole lot of emperors. Some of them didn't care about Rome. Nero was one of them. He like to play an instrument called the lyre. He liked to dress up and have fun. Nero was having a fun time with some of his favorite friends 35 miles from Rome. While, in Rome, it was burning. Some of the people were homeless and some of them died in the fire. Their things were all burnt. Nero thought that was fine, he didn't even care, he just sat up, watching the fire, and playing his little lyre. When he saw that Rome was burnt, he was very happy, he wanted to build a mansion and a huge garden. He built it and the people thought he made the fire. Nero knew he made a mistake and the people were very mad, so he tried to find somebody to blame. He blamed the Christians. Some Romans believe Nero's lies and they killed Christians. Finally, the Senate got really mad because Nero did not care about Rome. They sentenced Nero to death. When Nero hear about this, he was really scared and tried to run away but some soldiers found him. Nero knew he would die in the soldiers' hands so he stabbed himself. That was the end of Nero.

The teachings of Jesus

Jesus wanted people to know God better.

When Jesus was preaching a man asked, "Who is my neighbor?" Then Jesus said that he would tell a story about a man who helped another man. The story was called The Good Samaritan. The story taught us to help other people even if we don't like them. It helps us know God better because God wants us to do that.

Jesus preached for three years then some people who didn't follow God crucified him. Jesus died. Three days later he came back to life and we call that day Easter.

Jesus

Durring the Pax Romana (Roman peace) the people in Judea did not like being ruled by the Romans. They prayed and prayed that God would send a messiah to lead them in battle against the Romans. In Nazareth, Mary was told she would have a son named Jesus. Jesus was the messiah who would save people from sin. Some people followed him and some did not.

Unit 3 Exam

Octavian's Rise to Power

First of all, before Caesar died he adopted his nephew, Octavian. The people were very sad about Caesar because they loved Julius Caesar a lot. I think they were pretty mad at the Senators and I think they felt kind of safe with Octavian because he was Julius's nephew. So, the people supported Octavian and the Senate did not get the power that they really wanted. One of the first thngs Octavian did is he threw a big party for Rome in honor of his uncle, everyone was invited and he gave presants to the poor people. Octavian sold wheat at a very low price for the hungry people so they could make bread and cereal. He used some of his money to make sure that everyone had clean water. People were happy that they made a good choice in Octavian.
Octavian wanted to be consul so he asked the Senate and the Senate said, "You are too young!" The Senate had to agree, though, because the people elected the Senators and the people wanted Octavian to be consul. If the Senators did not agree they would be out of their jobs. As Consul, Octavian conquored other lands as his uncle did. Octavian was smart, he did not make the same mistake as Julius Caesar. Instead, Octavian, asked permission from the Senate for things that he wanted to do. He was really just pretending to ask so the Senators thought they were involved.
A few years later...Octavian tricked the Senate into makeing him the First Citizen (Emperor) and the Senate gave him a new name, Augustus Caesar. Augustus means blessed and majestic. The Senators named the month August after Octavian. Rome is not a republic, now. Augustus still asked the Senate permission so that Senators were still happy.