Two centuries of peace and prosperity under imperial rule
The student will apply social science skills to understand ancient Rome from about 700 B.C. (B.C.E.) to 500 A.D. (C.E.) in terms of its impact on Western civilization by e) describing and evaluating the political structure of the Roman Empire under the role of Augustus Caesar; f) assessing the economic structure of Rome, Rome’s imperial conquests, and the Pax Romana;
The Pax Romana