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Roman History

Roman History. By Malissa Quigley. Geography. Where is Italy? It is a boot-shaped peninsula that extends south from Europe into the Mediterranean sea Legend of Rome/Story of Romulus and Remus. The Etruscans . Location: Asia Minor Greeks of Italy, Latins, and Etruscans Government:

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Roman History

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  1. Roman History By Malissa Quigley

  2. Geography • Where is Italy? • It is a boot-shaped peninsula that extends south from Europe into the Mediterranean sea • Legend of Rome/Story of Romulus and Remus

  3. The Etruscans • Location: • Asia Minor • Greeks of Italy, Latins, and Etruscans • Government: • Monarchy: Lucius Tarquinius

  4. Roman Gov’t • Republic • Gov’t in which the people chose their leaders • Consuls (2) • Administrators had the power to Veto • Senate • 300 Patricians, made laws elected consuls • Tribunes • Protected the rights of the Plebeians

  5. Punic War • Corvus • Mirror • HamilcarBarca • Hannibal Barca • “I swear as soon as age will permit, I will follow the Romans both at sea and on land, I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome”. • Battle of Cannae • Battle of Zama • “Let us relieve the Romans of their anxiety for they are to impatient to wait for an old man to die”.

  6. Battle of Cannae

  7. Effects of the Conquest • Reformers: • Tiberius Gracchus- • Tribune and limited the amount of land someone could own • Gaius Gracchus- • Tribune and sell the wheat at a cheaper price • Sulla- • Made himself dictator- absolute ruler • Triumvirate- • Three people with equal power • Who were the members of the first triumvirate? • 1. Julius Caesar 2. Crassus 3. Pompeius

  8. “ I have crossed the Rubicon” • There is no turning back…..Caesar attacks Rome • “Veni, Vidi, Vici” • I came, I saw, I conquered…..Caesar • Caesar’s Refoms: • Increased size of Senate, extended Roman citizenship, and increased pay for soldiers • Beware of the Ides of March- March 15, 44 B.C. • Caesar was stabbed by Brutus and Cassius • “Et tu Brute”: And you, Brutus

  9. Second Triumvirate • Who were the members of the Second Triumvirte? • 1. Mark Antony 2. Marcus Lepidus 3. Octavian Caesar • Octavian’s Rise To Power: • Lepidus is killed in the desert • Mark Antony joins with Cleopatra • Battle of Actium: Sea battle • Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra

  10. AUGUSTUS • “ I have found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble”. • List the reforms of Augustus Caesar: • 1. complete authority over the military • 2. select people on their talent than birth • 3. reorganized the boundaries • 4. governors long term offices • 5. ordered a census

  11. PAX ROMANA • PaxRomana- 200 years of Roman peace • Tiberius- reformed taxes • Caligula- built aqueducts • Claudius- conquered England • Nero- rebuilt Rome after fire • Vespasian- brought people from the provinces into the Senate • Trajan- provide low cost loans • Hadrian- built the wall to keep the Barbarians out of the Empire • Marcus Aurelius- outstanding military commander

  12. List five reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire: • 1. no written rule about who was to inherit the throne upon the emperor’s death • 2. gave high wages to the soldiers, which meant higher taxes • 3. German tribes invading the empire • 4. trade declined • 5. inflation

  13. Roman Review Sheets • Who were the members of the Tarquin family? • What was the story of Romulus and Remus? • Dictatorship- • What are the two social classes in Rome? • Republic- • Senate- • Veto- • Praetors- • Censors- • Legions- • Where is Carthage? • Latins-

  14. Roman Review Sheets • How did the Roman’s use the corvus? • Explain the Second Punic War: • What were Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus’s reforms? • Who were the members of the first triumvirate? • Julius Caesar- • “Veni, Vidi, Vici” • Ides of March- • Who were the members of the second triumvirate? • What happened at Actium? • Explain: “ I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble”. • Nero- • Hadrian- • PaxRomana-

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