Transcript APWH Chapter 4 Ancient Rome

Republican Government
• 2 Consuls (Rulers of Rome)
(elected annually by the Senate)
• Senate
(Representative body for patricians)
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Tribal Assembly
(Representative body for plebeians)
The Roman Senate
The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE
• Providing political and social
rights for the plebeians.
• The Republics code
Of laws.
Slavery in the Roman Republic
• When the Romans conquered the
Mediterranean, they took millions of SLAVES to
Italy, where they worked on the large plantations
or in the houses and workplaces of wealthy
citizens.
• The Italian economy depended on abundant slave
labor, with slaves constituting 40 PERCENT OF
THE POPULATION. Slaves served as singers,
scribes, jewelers, bartenders, and even doctors.
Latifundia
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Large slave plantations producing:
Olive oil
Wine
Cattle
Sheep
Grain
Rome’s Early Road System
Roman Roads:
The Appian Way
Roman Aqueducts
The Roman Coliseum
Circus Maximus
Carthaginian Empire
Hannibal’s Route
Julius Caesar
• Conquers Gaul and
returns to Rome in 49
BCE.
• Crosses the Rubicon
River “The die is cast”
• Becomes ruler for life.
Beware the Ides of March. 44BCE
“Et tu Brute?”
Augustus, First Emperor of Rome
Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE
The Greatest Extent of the Roman
Empire – 14 CE
The Legacy of Rome
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Republic Government
Roman Law
Latin Language
Roman Catholic Church
City Planning
Romanesque Architectural Style
Roman Engineering
• Aqueducts
• Sewage systems
• Dams
• Cement
• Arch