HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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to make it easier to find and punish those who opposed him.
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so he could count the rebellious Christians in the empire.
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so there would be records of all who should be taxed.
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so he could find talented men to serve in government jobs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world (Luke 2:1). The Roman census wasn’t very popular. One of the main reasons that Rome went to all of the work of doing a census was to make sure that people were paying the taxes Rome demanded.
Detailed explanation-2: -[1] And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [2] (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) [3] And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Detailed explanation-3: -Augustus expanded the empire, annexing Egypt, part of Spain, areas of central Europe, and even lands in the Middle East, such as Judea in C.E. 6. These additions, along with the end of civil wars, fostered the growth of an enormous trading network.
Detailed explanation-4: -Augustus had ended 100 years of civil war and achieved over 40 years of internal peace and prosperity. His vision and power had expanded the Roman Empire to become far more than a collection of countries.
Detailed explanation-5: -Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
Detailed explanation-6: -What did Augustus accomplish? Augustus brought peace (“Pax Romana”) to the Greco-Roman world. In 27 BCE he nominally restored the republic of Rome and instituted a series of constitutional and financial reforms that culminated in the birth of the principate.