JANUARY 25:  ROMAN CIVILIZATION IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CENTURIES

Octavian Augustus (31 BC-14 AD)

The Roman Forum

Family Values:  do as we say, not as we do!

Let the Senate think they're still in charge:

Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD), stereotypical "Good Emperor"

...and one of the "bad" ones (Caracalla 211-217):

Map of the Roman Empire in AD 200

Globalization, Roman-style:  Roman cities spread throughout the empire

Provincial Elites 

Romanization and Assimilation:  Syrian-Romans

Egyptian-Romans:

Jewish Romans

Who is left out?

Marcus Aurelius receiving defeated barbarians

"Death before slavery":  Barbarians commit suicide to escape capture

Roman Triumph:  Display of the spoils from the capture of Jerusalem in 70 AD.

Violence and the Entertainment Industry:  Gladiators

Bread and Circuses:  the Colosseum

An emperor dressed for the games:  Commodus as Hercules

Gladiators and Beast-Fighters

Damnatio ad Bestias ("condemnation to the beasts")