Transcript The History of Rome

The History of Rome
Pretty much anything you need to
know about Rome’s history through
the time of “Gladiator”
Otherwise known as…
“How This…
…Got to Look Like
This”:
Foundation
A long time ago in a country
pretty far away…
There was a guy named
Romulus
This guy 
He had a twin brother
named Remus
He had a twin brother
named Remus
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That guy
Alba Longa  Rome
Monarchy
I. Romulus
II. Numa Pompilius
III. Tullus Hostilius
IV. Ancus Marcius
Etruscans
-Tarquinius
Priscus
-Servius
Tullius
-Tarquinius
Superbus
Expulsion of the Tarquins
The Roman Republic
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509 BC
2 consuls: Brutus and Collatinus
Early Republic
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Establishment of political system
Growth through Italy
Overtaking Etruscans and Greeks
Conflicts with Carthage
264-241 BC
 218-201 BC
 149-146 BC
 After these wars,
Carthage looked
pretty much like
this…
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“Carthago delenda est” – Cato the Elder
Mediterranean Domination
Marius
and
Sulla
The Fight
The senate gave a command
to Sulla, but the people’s assembly
Gave the command to Marius
- Consul 7 times
- One of Rome’s best generals
- Reformed military eligibility
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Marius’ lieutenant
Consul 88 BC
Dictator 81-79
Huge Reforms
Julius Caesar
*100 BC – 44 BC
*Consul in 59 BC
*War in Gaul (59-51)
First Triumvirate
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60 BC – 53 BC
Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar
Civil War
-Caesar’s daughter and Pompey’s wife,
Julia, dies
-Crassus is defeated at Carrhae fighting
the Parthians
-Pompey becomes leader of the
Senate, who use him to get at
Caesar
Dictator and Death
Rise of Octavian
Born in 63 BC
Caesar’s grand-nephew
43 BC: 2nd Triumvirate
Civil War
Augustus Princeps
Ruled from
27 BC – 14 AD
- Expansion
- Building
- Establish an heir
Pax Augustana/Romana
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27 BC – 180 AD
Moderation in expansion and inhibition
of generals by the emperors
Tiberius (14-37 AD)
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Not a bad start
Retirement @
Capri
Sejanus
Macro
Caligula (37-41 AD)
Again… not a bad
Start, but…
…a horrible end
Claudius (41-54 AD)
Stammering, stuttering,
slobbering, and
outstandingly smart
Nero (54-68 AD)
The last Julio-Claudian
- Seneca and Burrus
- Poppaea Sabina
- Fire of 64 AD
- Christians
- “qualis artifex pereo!”
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Year of the Four Emperors
GALBA
69 AD
Year of the Four Emperors
GALBA
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OTHO
69 AD
Year of the Four Emperors
GALBA
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X
VITELLIUS
OTHO
69 AD
Year of the Four Emperors
GALBA
X
X
VITELLIUS
OTHO
X
VESPASIAN
69 AD
Flavians
70-79 AD
Vespasian
Flavians
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79-81 AD
Titus
Vespasian
Flavians
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Titus
Vespasian
Domitian
Five Good Emperors
Five Good Emperors
Nerva
Five Good Emperors
Trajan
Nerva
Five Good Emperors
Trajan
Nerva
Hadrian
Five Good Emperors
Trajan
Nerva
Antoninus
Pius
Hadrian
Five Good Emperors
Trajan
Nerva
Antoninus
Pius
Hadrian
Marcus
Aurelius
Trajan – all about
expanding the empire
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The empire went from this…
….to this by the end of Trajan’s rule
Hadrian, however, was all
about stopping the
expansion
Hadrian, however, was all
about stopping the
expansion
Antoninus Pius
138-161 AD
Peaceful Rule
– never left Italy
Marcus Aurelius and Verus
161-169 AD
160-180 AD
Marcus Aurelius and Verus
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Constant warfare
“Meditations”
He did not believe
in an afterlife and
emphasized virtue,
patience, and good
deeds
Commodus
180-192 AD
The End