IV. Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic A. The Gracchi 1
... 1. Tiberius Gracchus and the Problem of Land Distribution (133 BC) a) All the new land that the Romans conquered was administered by provincial governors who were aristocrats chosen by the patrician Senate. b) These officials allowed their fellow patricians to buy up all the new land. Poor landowner ...
... 1. Tiberius Gracchus and the Problem of Land Distribution (133 BC) a) All the new land that the Romans conquered was administered by provincial governors who were aristocrats chosen by the patrician Senate. b) These officials allowed their fellow patricians to buy up all the new land. Poor landowner ...
707 Appendix 4A, Attachment 1 Roman Imperial Rulers and
... Marius, “reelected consul year after year,...busied himself with reorganizing and training the army to combat “two powerful German tribes, the Cimbri and Teutons.” The Cimbri and Teutons, moving west from the Danube region into Transalpine Gaul, had “assailed the new province Rome had established on ...
... Marius, “reelected consul year after year,...busied himself with reorganizing and training the army to combat “two powerful German tribes, the Cimbri and Teutons.” The Cimbri and Teutons, moving west from the Danube region into Transalpine Gaul, had “assailed the new province Rome had established on ...
First Triumvirate fact sheet: Introducing the First Triumvirate: (drum
... 54 BCE, Pompey’s wife & Caesar’s daughter, Julia died. Crassus died in Parthia in 53 BCE. These two deaths brought about the end of the First Triumvirate that was still on shaky ground. Pompey and Caesar remained jealous of each other. ...
... 54 BCE, Pompey’s wife & Caesar’s daughter, Julia died. Crassus died in Parthia in 53 BCE. These two deaths brought about the end of the First Triumvirate that was still on shaky ground. Pompey and Caesar remained jealous of each other. ...
Polybius on the Role of the Senate in the Crisis of 264 B.C.
... Senate, it would be a unique instance of such gross Livian distortion of the relations between Senate and People. A second fundamental problem with the usual interpretation of Polybius is that the resulting picture of the political process in Rome in 264 seems difficult to believe. If the Senate dea ...
... Senate, it would be a unique instance of such gross Livian distortion of the relations between Senate and People. A second fundamental problem with the usual interpretation of Polybius is that the resulting picture of the political process in Rome in 264 seems difficult to believe. If the Senate dea ...
Julius Caesar
... Caesar had also taken a new wife himself, by the name of Calpurnia. Within a year, Caesar was true to his word: Pompey's proposals were approved, so were Crassus's and Caesar himself was granted a five-year term as proconsul of Gaul (present day France) after his tour of duty as a consul had finishe ...
... Caesar had also taken a new wife himself, by the name of Calpurnia. Within a year, Caesar was true to his word: Pompey's proposals were approved, so were Crassus's and Caesar himself was granted a five-year term as proconsul of Gaul (present day France) after his tour of duty as a consul had finishe ...
Roman Research Paper-Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus
... himself among his family. Tiberius’ first land reform gave land held by the senate to the rural and urban poor. In those times a man had to own land in order to join the military. The Roman military was in great need of men, if Tiberius’ land reform was passed then more men could join the army. Tibe ...
... himself among his family. Tiberius’ first land reform gave land held by the senate to the rural and urban poor. In those times a man had to own land in order to join the military. The Roman military was in great need of men, if Tiberius’ land reform was passed then more men could join the army. Tibe ...
Roman Words in Many Cultures ― patria, populus and res publica
... Since for these qualities (kingly virtue and wisdom) Numa Pompilius had a great reputation, having passed over their own citizens with the advice of the patres (at the suggestion of the patres) the people chose a foreign king (a Sabine of Cures). ...
... Since for these qualities (kingly virtue and wisdom) Numa Pompilius had a great reputation, having passed over their own citizens with the advice of the patres (at the suggestion of the patres) the people chose a foreign king (a Sabine of Cures). ...
Cincinnatus, 458 BC - Latter
... Before evening Cincinnatus and his army marched out of the city for the Alban Hills, where the Romans were shut up. They reached the place in the early morning and formed in a line all around the hills. The Aquians then found themselves hemmed in on every side between two Roman armies—the army of Mi ...
... Before evening Cincinnatus and his army marched out of the city for the Alban Hills, where the Romans were shut up. They reached the place in the early morning and formed in a line all around the hills. The Aquians then found themselves hemmed in on every side between two Roman armies—the army of Mi ...
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... west against the Numidian capital Cirta, confronted the army of Jugurtha and Bocchus, and claimed the agnomen Numidicus but still could not end the war; when Marius then requested permission to return to Rome to stand for the consulship, he withheld his support; Marius finally won the consulship and ...
... west against the Numidian capital Cirta, confronted the army of Jugurtha and Bocchus, and claimed the agnomen Numidicus but still could not end the war; when Marius then requested permission to return to Rome to stand for the consulship, he withheld his support; Marius finally won the consulship and ...
Warm Up: Monday, September 10 th
... • For the next 50 years (80-31 B.C) • The issue was who should hold power: – Senate, which wanted to govern as it had in the past, – Popular political leaders, who wanted to weaken the senate and enact reforms ...
... • For the next 50 years (80-31 B.C) • The issue was who should hold power: – Senate, which wanted to govern as it had in the past, – Popular political leaders, who wanted to weaken the senate and enact reforms ...
Roman Senate Simulation
... Keep track of how many times each family win their side of the argument. The family with the most victories will be crowned the leading family in Rome. Allow times for students to talk about why they made the vote they made. This will also allow other students to hear some of the goals from other fa ...
... Keep track of how many times each family win their side of the argument. The family with the most victories will be crowned the leading family in Rome. Allow times for students to talk about why they made the vote they made. This will also allow other students to hear some of the goals from other fa ...
Ch. 33
... The patricians agreed to let the plebeians elect officials called Tribunes of the Plebs. The plebeians had gained some important rights. However, they still had less power than the patricians. First, they demanded that the laws be written down. Next, in 367 B.C.E., a new law said that one of the two ...
... The patricians agreed to let the plebeians elect officials called Tribunes of the Plebs. The plebeians had gained some important rights. However, they still had less power than the patricians. First, they demanded that the laws be written down. Next, in 367 B.C.E., a new law said that one of the two ...
The Roman Republic
... The story of Romulus and Remus is fascinating. But its (2) authenticity is very much in doubt. Historians have long established the fact that Rome had existed since 900 B.C. By about 600 B.C., a group of people called the Etruscans (pronounced "ihTRUSkunz") took power in Rome. They ...
... The story of Romulus and Remus is fascinating. But its (2) authenticity is very much in doubt. Historians have long established the fact that Rome had existed since 900 B.C. By about 600 B.C., a group of people called the Etruscans (pronounced "ihTRUSkunz") took power in Rome. They ...
Section 2: From Republic to Empire
... crossing the Rubicon river into Roman territory. This started another civil war in Rome Victory for Caesar Caesar was popular with the common people Caesar was able to defeat his enemies. It is said that when he defeated the forces of his enemies in Africa he states “Veni, vidi, vici” I came, I saw, ...
... crossing the Rubicon river into Roman territory. This started another civil war in Rome Victory for Caesar Caesar was popular with the common people Caesar was able to defeat his enemies. It is said that when he defeated the forces of his enemies in Africa he states “Veni, vidi, vici” I came, I saw, ...
Clodius Pulcher - University of Hawaii at Hilo
... sacrifice, and that he owed his escape alive to the fortunate to escape with his life because such an act ...
... sacrifice, and that he owed his escape alive to the fortunate to escape with his life because such an act ...
Roman Times
... been killed today. He was found dead after the breakup of a riot started by hundreds of patricians, joined by many Senate members. More than 3,000 of Gaius’ supporters were murdered by senators who opposed his reform ideas. After further investigations, Opimus and other senators may be held accounta ...
... been killed today. He was found dead after the breakup of a riot started by hundreds of patricians, joined by many Senate members. More than 3,000 of Gaius’ supporters were murdered by senators who opposed his reform ideas. After further investigations, Opimus and other senators may be held accounta ...
CLH275 Rome and the Mediterranean
... After service of two years, the Tribunus Laticlvius would return to Rome and be given a government job. The lower ranking Tribunes were called Tribuni Angusticlavii. They would be of Equestrian rank and would not expect to progress through public life as quickly as the Tribunus Laticlavius. Afte ...
... After service of two years, the Tribunus Laticlvius would return to Rome and be given a government job. The lower ranking Tribunes were called Tribuni Angusticlavii. They would be of Equestrian rank and would not expect to progress through public life as quickly as the Tribunus Laticlavius. Afte ...
Democracy Now and Then
... Senate, the magistrates, and the assemblies. The Senate, which was the most powerful part of the Roman government, ran the army and controlled the money. The Senate also had the power to make emergency proposals, including naming a new ruler for Rome. Unlike members of the U.S. Senate, who are elect ...
... Senate, the magistrates, and the assemblies. The Senate, which was the most powerful part of the Roman government, ran the army and controlled the money. The Senate also had the power to make emergency proposals, including naming a new ruler for Rome. Unlike members of the U.S. Senate, who are elect ...
Roman Research Paper-Gaius and Tiberius - 2010
... Gaius Gracchus, the younger of the brothers, kept quiet in the background during his brother’s political heir and surprised many when he came into politics, “His brother drifted from excellence to ambition, and only then to wickedness, but Gaius was naturally turbulent and a willing rogue” (Plutarch ...
... Gaius Gracchus, the younger of the brothers, kept quiet in the background during his brother’s political heir and surprised many when he came into politics, “His brother drifted from excellence to ambition, and only then to wickedness, but Gaius was naturally turbulent and a willing rogue” (Plutarch ...
HIS 28 – Part 7
... office, but it seems to go back to at least the earliest days of ‘the Republic’. During the 300s and 200s in particular [down to 202 BC] “dictators” were common, the last being appointed in 202 BC. When the situation called for it, the Senate passed a motion recommending that the consuls appoint a d ...
... office, but it seems to go back to at least the earliest days of ‘the Republic’. During the 300s and 200s in particular [down to 202 BC] “dictators” were common, the last being appointed in 202 BC. When the situation called for it, the Senate passed a motion recommending that the consuls appoint a d ...
Why was Julius Caesar`s crossing of the Rubicon with a
... The West and the East began to diverge politically and culturally. ...
... The West and the East began to diverge politically and culturally. ...
The Roman Republic
... Around this time, there was another man named Sulla. By now there were two political factions: the Optimates and the Populares. The Optimates support the senate and aristocracy, while the Populares supported the idea of getting support from tribunes and assemblies. The Optimates Sulla was against th ...
... Around this time, there was another man named Sulla. By now there were two political factions: the Optimates and the Populares. The Optimates support the senate and aristocracy, while the Populares supported the idea of getting support from tribunes and assemblies. The Optimates Sulla was against th ...
Amaury Figueroa
... Killing Caesar was the mechanism use by the senate to reject his political, military control and power. Porter uses Plutarch’s narrations to analyze this and states that: The Roman political elite operated in an incredibly small world…6 Those who were part of the body politic were Patricians, the or ...
... Killing Caesar was the mechanism use by the senate to reject his political, military control and power. Porter uses Plutarch’s narrations to analyze this and states that: The Roman political elite operated in an incredibly small world…6 Those who were part of the body politic were Patricians, the or ...
Wayne E. Sirmon HI 101 – Western Civilization
... Displaced farmers added to rolls of urban permanently unemployed Farmers no longer source of army recruits ...
... Displaced farmers added to rolls of urban permanently unemployed Farmers no longer source of army recruits ...
“Where have all the leaders gone
... But it was also a society that was, by our standards, populated and managed by the young. To stand for the consulship, with very few exceptions, one had to be not less than 42 years of age – by definition an old man. But that only means that most magistrates, and most military officers, were men in ...
... But it was also a society that was, by our standards, populated and managed by the young. To stand for the consulship, with very few exceptions, one had to be not less than 42 years of age – by definition an old man. But that only means that most magistrates, and most military officers, were men in ...
Roman Senate
The Roman Senate was a political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history, being established in the first days of the city (traditionally founded in 753 BC). It survived the overthrow of the kings in 509 BC, the fall of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC, the division of the Roman Empire in 395 AD, the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, and the barbarian rule of Rome in the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries.During the days of the kingdom, it was little more than an advisory council to the king. The last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown following a coup d'état led by Lucius Junius Brutus, who founded the Republic.During the early Republic, the Senate was politically weak, while the executive magistrates were quite powerful. Since the transition from monarchy to constitutional rule was probably gradual, it took several generations before the Senate was able to assert itself over the executive magistrates. By the middle Republic, the Senate had reached the apex of its republican power. The late Republic saw a decline in the Senate's power, which began following the reforms of the tribunes Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus.After the transition of the Republic into the Principate, the Senate lost much of its political power as well as its prestige. Following the constitutional reforms of the Emperor Diocletian, the Senate became politically irrelevant, and never regained the power that it had once held. When the seat of government was transferred out of Rome, the Senate was reduced to a municipal body. This decline in status was reinforced when the emperor Constantine the Great created an additional senate in Constantinople.After the Western Roman Empire fell in 476, the Senate in the west functioned for a time under barbarian rule before being restored after the reconquest of much of the Western Roman Empire's territories during the reign of Justinian I. The Senate in Rome ultimately disappeared at some point between 603 and 630. However, the Eastern Senate survived in Constantinople, until the ancient institution finally vanished there circa 14th century.