HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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It is inaccurate, because Augustus could not gather the popular support he needed to rule.
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It is accurate, because Augustus’s embrace of Christianity unified the Roman republic.
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It is inaccurate, because the reign of Augustus marked the decline of the Roman empire.
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It is accurate, because the reign of Augustus marked the birth of the Roman empire.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Augustus claimed he “found Rome built of bricks; left it clothed in marble, ‘’ referring to the introduction of Luna Marble to the Roman art world. His three main works included the Temple of Mars Ultor, the Temple of Apollo, and the Temple of Jupiter.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rome reached its greatest territorial expanse during the reign of Trajan (AD 98–117); a period of increasing trouble and decline began with the reign of Commodus (177–192).
Detailed explanation-3: -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. As princeps of Rome, Augustus enjoyed enormous popularity.