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Ancient Rome and Early
Christianity, 500 B.C. – A.D. 500
Time Line
509 B.C. Rome becomes a
republic.
218 B.C. In the Second
Punic War,
Hannibal invades
Italy.
A.D.
284 Diocletian, who will
divide the Roman
Empire, becomes
emperor.
500 B.C.
A.D.
264 B.C. The First Punic
War with
Carthage begins.
44 B.C. Conspirators
kill Julius
Caesar.
A.D.
500
476 Western Roman
Empire falls with
the ouster of the last
emperor, Romulus
Augustulus.
I. The Legacy of
Greco-Roman
Civilization
(combination of
Greece and Rome)
(Classical Culture)
A. Romans proud of
their ability to rule
B. Romans
acknowledged Greek
leadership in
1. Art
2. Architecture
3. Literature
4. Philosophy
C. Combination of
Hellenistic and
Roman periods
D. Roman fine arts
1. Realistic portraits
in stone intended for
public education
2. Bas-Relief
a. Type of sculpture
that represented
Roman stories
E. Mosaics
Achilles
Poseidon, Oceanus, and Tethys
1. Pieces of stone, or
glass on a surface
F. Murals or frescoes
painted into surface of
walls
1. Best example in
Pompeii city covered
by the volcano
Vesuvius
G. Learning and
Literature
1. Copied the
philosophy of
stoicism accept things
as they are
a. Best example in
notes of Marcus
Aurelius called the
Meditations
2. Best known writer
Virgil
a. Wrote the Aeneid
1. The epic of Aeneas
3. Poet Ovid
a. Wrote Amores
1. About Cupid’s
passion
4. Livy
a. Roman Historian
that wrote about the
Carthaginian Wars
5. Tacitus
a. Wrote Annals and
Histories
1. Recorded
accurately about good
and bad emperors of
imperial Rome
II. Roman
Achievements
A. Latin the language
of Rome
1. Language of the
Roman Catholic
Church
2. Romance languages
a. French
b. Spanish
c. Portuguese
d. Italian
e. Romanian
B. Architecture,
Engineering and
Technology
1. Dome
2. Concrete
3. Aqueducts
4. Roads
C. Roman System of
Law was Rome’s
most widespread
contribution
1. Rights of Roman
citizens
2. Fair and equality to
all people
3. Common sense and
practical
4. Principles of
Roman Law
a. Equal treatment
b. Innocent until
proven guilty
c. Burden of proof on
accuser
d. Punished only for
actions not thoughts