Transcript Chapter 6 Ancient Rome and the Rise of Christianity

Chapter 6
Ancient Rome and the
Rise of Christianity
Rome began as a small city-state in Italy but ended
up ruling the entire Mediterranean world. The story of
the Romans and how they built a world empire starts
with the land where they lived. The boot of Italy juts
out into the Mediterranean Sea and is centrally located
in the region. The peninsula was less geographically
challenging than that of Greece. This made it easier
to unify Italy as one and to eventually control the
entire region of the med sea.
The early inhabitants settled along
the Tiber river valley where they
herded and farmed. Those villages
would go on to become Rome the
city on seven hills.
I. The Birth of a Nation
A. Roman Republic
1. The Republic—thing of the
people
2. designed to keep one
person from getting too much
power.
B. The government takes
shape
1. The Senate
a. 300 members
b. Patricians—
members of the
landholding upper class
c. Served for life
2. Consuls
a. Two elected each
year
b. Supervised
government and
commanded the armies.
3. Dictator
a. Elected only in the
event of war
b. Given completed
control over the
government and military
c. Granted for only six
months
Plebeians
a. farmers,
merchants, artisans,
and traders
b. Had no say in
government
4 Tribunes
a. Voice of the people
b. Veto power
3.
C Roman Society
1. The family
2. Changing roles
3. Education
a. All taught to
read and write
b. The wealthy
hired Greeks to
supervise education
of their children
4 Religion
a. Polytheistic
b. Resembled those of
the Etruscans and
Greeks
c. Jupiter ruled over
the sky and other Gods
5 Citizen Soldiers
a. Legion-- 5000
men
b. Fought without
pay and supplied
their own weapons
c. Did well you were
rewarded. If you fled
well….. 1 in 10 paid
the price!!!!!
II From Republic to
Empire
1. The Mediterranean
Region
a. Unifying Italy
b. Control the lands
around the Med
2. The Carthaginians
a. Led By Hannibal
b. Take Sardinia and
Sicily
c. After 15 years loose
the war.
3 Social and Economic
Effects
a. Latifundi
b. Slavery
c. Unemployment
4 Reform
a. Tiberius and Gaius
Gracchus
b. Civil War and
rebellion
“Veni Vidi Vici”
“i came, i saw, i conquered”
Julius Caesar
5 Julius Caesar
a. Put down the
rebellion
b. Employed the jobless
c. Re-organized the
government
d. Gave more people
rights to citizenship
e. Senate feared his
power and fame
f. At the senate they
murdered him
g. Octavian, Caesars
grandnephew is awarded
title Augustus or exalted
one.
WITH THIS THE OLD
REPUBLIC CAME TO AN
END AND THE AGE OF
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
BEGAN.
PAX ROMANA—
ROMAN PEACE
By the time of the first Augustus, a new religion
was on the rise as well, Christianity. At first it
was just another of the many already practiced
religions in the roman empire but it quickly
gained support and spread throughout the
roman empire and by 395 A.D. it would become
the official religion of the roman empire.
III The Rise of Christianity
A. Religious Diversity
1. Conditioned coexistance
2. Jews excused
B. Opposition to Roman
Rule
1. Revolts
2. Jerusalem leveled
C. New Religion
1. Christianity
2. The message
3. Death on the cross
D. Spread of
Christianity
1. The apostles
2. Persecution
3. Triumph
a. Edict of
Milan
b. Official
religion
E. Crisis and Reforms
1. Pax Romana
ends
2. Political and
economic turmoil
begins
IV Struggle for Power
A. Economic and Social
Problems
1. High taxes
2. Overproduction of
fields
B. Roman Empire
Divided
1. East
2. West
C. Emperor Constantine
1. Toleration
2. New Capital
V Foreign Invasion
A. The Huns
1. Nomads from Asia
2. Attila the Hun
B. The Visigoths
1. Germanic people
2. Odoacer wins
Rome
C. Causes of the fall of
Rome
1. Military causes
2. Economic reasons
3. Patriotic decline