4/29/14

Octavian- AKA Caesar Augustus - they held him up almost as if he was a God (August)

• begins the Pax Romana- a period of piece 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
But first, a word about Jesus. and Paul.

FROM JESUS TO CHRISTIANITY

• 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 em) in the empire, and reaching out to the 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 province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion

THE WORD SPREAD