Fun Facts about the Roman Empire

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Did you know the Augustus Caesar, also known as Octavian, was the first emperor of the Roman Empire? He officially became the Roman Emperor in 27 BCE when he changed his name from Octavian to Augustus Caesar. Augustus would rule the Roman Empire for the rest of his live and gained the title pinceps, meaning “the first citizen” in Latin.

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1. Augustus Caesar was the first emperor of the Roman Empire.
2. Roman children wore a protective necklace called a “bulla” until they reached 14 or 15 years old.
3. Suetonius, a Roman historian, wrote The Twelve Caesars, a book that tracked Roman history from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
4. Ovid was a poet during the Roman Empire who was famous for writing the Metamorphoses. 

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5. The Julio-Claudian dynasty started with Emperor Augustus in 27 BCE and ended with Emperor Nero in 68 CE.
6. When Constantine became emperor of the Roman Empire, he moved the capital from Rome to a city called Byzantium, which he would rename Constantinople.
7. The Romans used a method of fortune telling called the Sacred Chickens. The Romans would feed the chickens before a battle; if the chickens ate the food it meant the Romans should go to battle, but if the chickens didn’t eat it meant the Romans shouldn’t go to battle.
8. The Romans took a lot of inspiration from the Ancient Greeks. They took Greek ideals, philosophy, building styles, and even mythology into their own culture.

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