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The Rise of Rome, ca. 750-31 BCE

The Rise of Rome, ca. 750-31 BCE. Rise of the Republic Fall 2013. Guiding Questions. How was the Roman Republic divided into social classes? How did the Republic manage class issues/tensions? What caused the collapse of the Roman Republic?. The Beginnings of Rome. Geography of Italy

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The Rise of Rome, ca. 750-31 BCE

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  1. The Rise of Rome, ca. 750-31 BCE Rise of the RepublicFall 2013

  2. Guiding Questions • How was the Roman Republic divided into social classes? • How did the Republic manage class issues/tensions? • What caused the collapse of the Roman Republic?

  3. The Beginnings of Rome • Geography of Italy • Etruscans

  4. Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day The Beginnings of Rome The Beginnings of Rome • Romulus & Remus • “Rape of the Sabine Women”

  5. Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day The Beginnings of Rome • What really happened • Foundation date = 753 BCE • Overthrow of Etruscans = 509 BCE • Military conquest of Italy • Loss to the Gauls, 390 BCE (“vaevictis”) • Dominant power in Italy by 343 BCE

  6. The Republic • What is a republic…? • Citizenship • Institutions of state • The Senate • Paterfamilias • Assemblies • The Consuls

  7. Social Tensions in Rome • Patricians • Plebians • Struggle of the Orders (494-287 BCE)

  8. Social Tensions in Rome • Rich v. poor • Land • Slavery

  9. The Late Republic(147-30 BCE) • Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus • Land reform (beginning 133 BCE) • Roman military • Civil wars

  10. The Late Republic(147-30 BCE) • Julius Caesar • Became consul in 59 BCE • Created First Triumvirate with Pompey & Crassus • Crassus died in 49 BCE; Pompey & Caesar  civil war • “Crossing the Rubicon” • Affair with Cleopatra • Emperor in 45 BCE • Assassinated in 44 BCE (by Brutus & Cassius) • “Et tu, Brute?”

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