Transcript Aim: To what extent did the Roman Empire have an impact on

Aim: to what extent
was war beneficial to
the Roman Republic?
Where?Where?
When?
When?
Romulus and Remus founded Rome in 753BCE
• Etruscan
Monarchy is
overthrown and
a Republic
established in
509 BCE.
The Punic Wars: 264
BCE – 146 BCE
• Rome spreads south down the Italian
Peninsula and encroaches on
Carthaginian cities located in Sicily.
• War ensues between Rome and
Carthage.
• Eventually Carthage is pushed out of
the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Corsica,
and Sardinia.
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Saguntum
• The Carthaginian Spanish city of
Saguntum asks to ally itself with Rome.
• The Carthaginian general in command
of Spain attacks and destroys
Saguntum.
• After Rome asks the Carthaginians to
surrender that general to them…
• He decides to invade Rome. That
general is named
•Hannibal.
Hannibal
Barca
• Hannibal laid waste to the Italian
Peninsula defeating the Roman
army on several occasions.
• Macedonia allied itself with
Carthage.
• In desperation, to get Hannibal out
of the Italian Peninsula, the
Romans appointed a young man
proconsul (governor and military
commander) of Spain. He was
named
• Publius Cornelius
Scipio…
Better known as
Scipio
Africanus
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Republic runs into trouble
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Marius
Sulla
Slave rebellion in 73 – 71 BCE
Spartacus
Triumvirate of Pompey, Crassus, and Julius
Caesar.
• Julius Caesar
• Second Triumvirate: Antony, Lepidus, and
Octavian (Augustus Caesar)
• Augustus Caesar rules and establishes the
Empire in 27BCE
Egypt
Why does Egypt
have a cultural
connection to
Greece during this
time period?
Ptolemy
Julius
Caesar
Hmm….
Hmmm….!!!!
Mark
Anthony
Octavian
(Augustus
Caesar)
Aint working
with me you
Egyptian hussy!
Marcus Agrippa
Now if I just
marry my best
friend’s
daughter…
Hmmm!
Can you keep track of who
was connected to whom?
27BCE – 476CE
Pax Romana
Roman Empire Timeline
• 27 BCE: Octavian becomes first Emperor; rules
as Augustus Caesar
• 293 CE: Empire divided into Eastern and
Western
• 324CE: Empire reunited by Constantine
• 330CE: Constantine moves capital to
Constantinople. Before his death converts to
Christianity making it the official religion of the
Empire
• 476CE: After numerous “barbarian” attacks
Western provinces collapse. Eastern provinces
remain, better known as the Byzantine Empire,
until 1453CE.
Fin
Legacy
•Aim: to what extent
has ancient Rome
and Roman culture
had an impact on the
world you live in?
Hagia Sophia
Legacy
•Aim: to what extent
has ancient Rome
and Roman culture
had an impact on the
world you live in?
Fin