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Roman History 500-390

Roman History 500-390. Cincinnatus the Dictator. Not a bad thing; actually a hero Had previously been a consul Rome vs Aequi in 458 Consul trapped on Mt. Algidus Chosen as dictator One guy in charge for 6 months Senators find him on his farm. What’s Next for Cincinnatus?.

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Roman History 500-390

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  1. Roman History 500-390

  2. Cincinnatus the Dictator • Not a bad thing; actually a hero • Had previously been a consul • Rome vsAequi in 458 • Consul trapped on Mt. Algidus • Chosen as dictator • One guy in charge for 6 months • Senators find him on his farm

  3. What’s Next for Cincinnatus? • Took 16 days to win the war & come back • of 6 month term; what do you think he does next? • Gives up power and goes back to farming • American president who gave up his position? • “American Cincinnatus” – George Washington • Selfless service • Order of the Cincinnati • Cincinnati, OH

  4. Conflict of the Orders • Plebeians (plebs) vs. patricians • Poor vs. rich • Patricians hold all the legal power too • Senators (gotta be rich) create laws • Judges speaking oral law • Plebeians don’t even know if things are made up

  5. First Secession of the Plebs - 494 • Background: Plebeians feel like the patricians have too much power to create laws; could hurt the plebeians • Mons Sacer – sacred mountain • Menenius Agrippa’s story • Tribunes • Veto power • Sacrosanct

  6. Second Secession of the Plebs - 449 • Background: inconsistent rulings by patrician judges; plebeians want to see the laws written down • Decemviri – Ten Men – slow to write them • One tries to kidnap a freeborn girl • Plebeians go back to the mountain • The Twelve Tables • Bronze tablets in the forum • Laws written on them • What would be their significance?

  7. Rome vs. Veii, 406-396 BC • Veii as powerful as Rome; fortified on a hill • Camillus is made dictator • In through the sewer! • Overpopulation at Rome; Camillus grows unpopular • Opposes resettlement • Convicted of embezzlement • Banished and fined • Rome controls Etruria to the north

  8. Rome vs. Brennus • Rome’s therefore responsible for Etruria • Brennus & the Senones, a tribe from Gaul • Rome tries to help Etruria • Battle of Allia River – 390 BC • Rome besieged; Capitoline Hill

  9. Geese, Woe, and Camillus • Messenger sent to Camillus; route revealed • Juno’s sacred geese save the day • Rome sacked and records burned • Settlement; weighted scales • Brennus: “Vaevictis” – woe to the conquered • Camillus arrives and chases the Gauls away • “second Romulus” or “second founder of Rome”

  10. From here… • Historians free to fudge prior details • Rome recovers very quickly and finds itself in a lot of wars • Conquers the Mediterranean within about 300 years

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