Transcript Chapter 6 Rome

ROME
GHW.4.1 Explain the causes and conditions of
worldwide voyages of exploration, discovery and
conquest.
Rome and the Roman Empire
ROME’S BEGINNING
753 BCE
 Romulus & Remus
 Twin sons of Mars and
Latin Princess
Strategic Location &
Fertile Soil
 Center of Italy and
Mediterranean
 Latins- farmers & shepards
 Greeks- along southern coast
750-600 BCE
 Etruscans
EARLY REPUBLIC
 Government where power rests with voters
 Free born males in Rome
 Patricians- Aristocrats, landowners, power
 Plebeians- farmers, majority of Romans
 Could vote but not hold political office
 Elected Tribunes
 Twelve Tables: written laws 451 BCE
ROMAN ARMY
 All land owning citizens required to
serve
 10 years required to be in public
office
 Roman Legion- 5,000 infantry (80
men equaled century) supported by
cavalry
 By 265 BCE Rome defeated
Etruscans & Greeks
 Trade grew/ cause of war with
Carthage
PUNIC WARS
264-146 BCE- 3 wars
1st -23 years for Sicily- Rome
2nd-Hannibal across Alps vs Scipio
3rd- Sold all of Carthage into slavery
ROMAN EMPIRE
Gap between Rich and Poor
 Tribunes: Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus
 Violent deaths- civil war
Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
 Triumvirate in 59 BCE
 Civil War vs. Pompey
 Named dictator for life 44 BCE
 Assassination- Civil War Octavian vs Mark Antony
Pax Romana
ROMAN LIFE
 Favored boys/ girls married around 12
 Higher status for wealthy
 Women couldn’t hold jobs
 Slaves- 1/3 of population
 Used Greek gods
WHICH GROUP CONSISTS OF THE
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Time of the Triumvirate
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