Title: The Roman Empire (article) | Khan Academy
Headings: The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire
Overview
Augustus and the empire
Imperial institutions
Currency
Infrastructure
Monumental building
Foreign policy
Conclusion
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Content: In the later Empire, Rome’s legions were stationed along the frontier and served a more defensive role, building fortifications and public works and regulating the movement of people and goods. Much of Roman foreign policy under the empire focused on controlling the people living along its borders and interfering politically, rather than militarily. How did Rome’s use of the military change during the later imperial period? Conclusion
Although Augustus fundamentally reorganized the way the Roman state functioned, few ordinary Romans experienced much change in their daily lives. Augustus’s reforms made little difference to social and economic structures. Although his massive building projects and increased foreign trade brought goods, knowledge, and entertainment to the Roman people, these changes can be viewed as the Roman people swapping their old patrician patrons for the emperor. That is, the emperor became the patron of all Romans. [Notes and attributions]
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Closes this module. From Roman Republic to Roman Empire
Rise of Julius Caesar
Caesar, Cleopatra and the Ides of March
Ides of March spark a civil war
Augustus and the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire
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