Based on the facts below, explain how Rome exemplified the theme of Power & Authority.

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Based on the facts below, explain how Rome exemplified the theme of Power & Authority.

  • Beginning of the Pax Romana - Augustus hold power
    • Power no longer resides with citizens, but a single rulers
  • Augustus set a system of government - civil service
    • Paid workers to manage the affairs of government
      • As Augustus died, the empire still stood strong due to the government Augustus had set up.

  • Senate - a governing and advisory assembly (institution has been in placed since Republic and continuing to play a role under the empire

  • Civil servants drawn from plebeians and former slaves administered the empire

  • In Rome, government and religion were linked.
    • Deities were symbols of the states
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