The Roman Empire.
- Octavian- Caesar Augustus. He was Julius Caesar's grandnephew.
- begins the Pax Romana- a period of peace and prosperity.
- built roads, 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.
- 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 were lots of them) 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 providence of Judea, Pontius Pilate (promoted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion.
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