y set up a plan to kill him. After Caesars death, Mark Antony dealt with the Murderers. This didn’t help the wars from stopping. Octavian, Caesars nephew, wanted control of the empire just as bad as Antony did. Octavian won the dispute, and Antony killed himself soon after. The people loved Octavian from stopping the feuds and the wars. They gave him lots of rewards and renamed him Augustus, meaning ‘Revered One.’ Augustus set aside his powers and he stood alone for the title of consul. He was elected. The Romans were ready to grant him anything he wanted. Augustus brought back the ways of the old Republic. This made him even more loved. Except this time, he kept tabs on the army’s powers. Augustus did much during his rain as the 1st Emperor. While he was at home, he thought of ways to improve the government. He took away all of the bad and unworthy senators, and finned the ones that didn’t go to its meetings. All at the same time, Augustus reorganized the Empire. He knew that Italy would be pressured by Barbarian Tribes, so he sent 3 powerful Generals to push them back; Agrippa, Drusus, and Tiberius. Hey pushed back the Germanic Barbarian tribes and at the same time gained vast new territories. This created a ‘Ring’ of providences in which can aid Rome in defending against Barbarian Tribes. Augustus then allotted paid governors from the ranks of the senators and tried his hardest to make sure that they governed well and properly. To ensure that Augustus kept in touch with other provinces, he set up a postal system. The messengers could travel 50 miles in 1 day. Augustus wanted the Empire to be worth governing; he spent lots of his own money rebuilding temples and appointing the best architects of the day to help him. He worked very hard to bring back the old fashioned Roman life system; hard work, respect for the gods, and duty. In order to protect himself from any assassinators, he gathered a ...
