The
Roman
Empire
Overview
The
Roman
Empire
____________________
in
27
BCE
when
Augustus
____________________
the
sole
ruler
of
Rome
.
Augustus
and
his
successors
____________________
to
maintain
the
imagery
and
language
of
the
Roman
Republic
to
____________________
and
preserve
their
personal
power
.
Beginning
with
Augustus
,
emperors
built
far
more
monumental
structures
,
which
____________________
the
city
of
Rome
.
Augustus
and
the
empire
The
Roman
Republic
____________________
the
Roman
Empire
in
27
BCE
when
Julius
Caesar
?
s
adopted
son
,
best
____________________
as
Augustus
,
became
the
ruler
of
Rome
.
Augustus
____________________
an
autocratic
form
of
government
,
where
he
was
the
sole
ruler
and
____________________
all
important
decisions
.
Although
we
refer
to
him
as
Rome
?
s
first
emperor
,
Augustus
never
____________________
the
title
of
king
or
emperor
,
nor
did
his
successors
;
they
preferred
to
call
themselves
princeps
,
first
citizen
,
or
primus
inter
pares
,
first
among
peers
.
This
choice
of
title
____________________
the
appearance
of
limited
power
that
had
been
so
important
under
the
Republic
.
Many
of
the
reforms
enacted
by
Augustus
and
his
successors
____________________
a
deep
and
lasting
impact
on
the
internal
political
and
economic
structures
of
Rome
.
Pax
Romana
?
literally
?
Roman
peace
?
?
is
a
term
often
____________________
to
the
period
between
27
BCE
and
180
CE
during
which
Roman
rule
was
relatively
____________________
and
war
less
frequent
.
There
were
conflicts
,
such
as
provincial
revolts
and
wars
along
the
frontier
?
see
the
map
below
showing
the
extent
of
Roman
control
?
but
Rome
____________________
nothing
like
the
civil
wars
that
dominated
much
of
the
first
century
BCE
.
The
emperors
and
the
Senate
____________________
over
most
elections
and
simply
____________________
who
they
wanted
for
office
,
so
there
were
fewer
elected
political
offices
to
fight
over
.
Augustus
?
who
,
it
should
be
pointed
out
,
____________________
to
power
through
victory
in
a
civil
war
?
ended
a
string
of
damaging
internal
conflicts
.
Internal
stability
had
positive
____________________
on
foreign
relations
.
Because
the
political
and
social
structures
of
the
empire
that
Augustus
established
remained
largely
unchanged
for
several
centuries
,
Rome
was
able
to
____________________
regular
trade
with
India
and
____________________
,
further
increasing
its
material
____________________
through
more
peaceful
means
.
