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#4 Ch 1 S 2
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Warm Up 9/5/14
1. Who was the Macedonian King who
conquered Persia?
2. What is a Hellenistic civilization?
Warm Up 9/5/14
1.Which feature of modern Western democratic
government reflects Aristotle’s views?
A. the direct election of members of the
legislature.
B. the power of the courts to review the law.
C. the granting of emergency powers to the chief
executive.
D. the requirement that government actions
must adhere to the law.
Warm Up 9/8/14
1. What is a republic, where did this type of
government begin?
Roman Republic and Empire
Standard
• 10.1.1
Analyze the similarities and differences in JudeoChristian and Greco-Roman view of law,
reason and faith, and the duties of the
individual
Analyze=break apart and closely examine
Greco-Roman = Greeks and Romans
Objective
• Students will note how the Roman *Republic*
evolved into an empire.
“Thing of the People”
*Republic: System of government in
which officials are chosen (elected)
by the people to represent them or
make decisions for them.
-(Representative Democracy) Like the
United States
1. Which form of government do you think is
better direct democracy or representative
democracy (republic), explain why?
Senate
• Senate: the most
powerful governing
body in the Roman
Republic
-300 members all
Patricians (landholding
upper class)
-served for life
-made laws
Senate
Consuls
• Consuls: officials in charge of supervising the
government and commanding armies
-selected by the senate
-served only one term
-consulted senate on major issues
Check for Understanding
1. What is a republic, name two countries that
are currently republics?
2. What was the most powerful governing body
of Rome?
Possibility of a Dictator
• *Dictator: Ruler who has
complete control of the
government.
• The senate was allowed to
choose a Dictator in time
of war
• The dictator would only
have power for six months
• Cincinnatus was dictator
for only 16 days
Cincinnatus
Dictators
Common people want Equality
• Plebeians: common
people.
• Plebeians gained the
right to elect their
own officials called
tribunes.
• Tribunes could *veto
(block) laws harmful
to plebeians.
Plebeians
*Ideas the U.S. adopted from the* Romans
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Republic
Senate
Veto
Checks on
power
Quiz
3. List ideas that the United States has borrowed
both from Rome and Greece?
Rise of the Empire
• As Rome spread its empire
around the Mediterranean
civil wars began.
• Fighting occurred over who
should have power the
senate or other political
leaders.
• In the end Julius Caesar
would take power with his
loyal military.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
• Forced the senate to
make him dictator
• He kept some features
of the Republic, but
ruled with absolute
power.
• In March of 44 B.C.
Caesar was assassinated
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
• Following Caesar’s
death his grand-nephew
Octavian (Augustus
Caesar) took power.
• Augustus = Exalted One
• Senate declared him
First Citizen of Rome
Emperor Augustus Caesar
• Augustus followed Julius
– He declared himself first citizen and not king or emperor.
• Why?
• The Senate and the people would have removed him from power if he
would have called himself a dictator.
• Nonetheless, he still acted like a dictator (31 BC to 14 AD)
• The Empire was born
– This period of time was known as Pax Romana
•Pax Romana = Time of peace,
order, and unity. (Augustus Rules)
Roman Law
• Developed written law
• Law of nations: collection of laws that applied
to all of the empire
• Accused presumed innocent until proven
guilty
• Right to offer a defense against the charge
• Guilt had to be established with evidence
• Many influenced American law.
Fall of the Roman
Empire
Britain
Gaul
Fell to Germanic Invaders
Macedonia
Spain
Asia
Minor
Syria
Byzantine Empire
Numidia
Mediterranean
Sea
Arabia
*The empire became to large toEgypt
control and
Roman Empire
protect, the westN.fell
to Germanic Invaders and
Africa
Bodies
of Water
the East
became the Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire
–The East continued to thrive as the
Byzantine Empire under Justinian
*Justinian’s Code*
–Massive collection of Laws
Dasnoit’s
Empire
AD 2013
Alexander’s Empire
323 BC
Roman Empire
Ancient Greece
265 BC-476 AD
500 BC
Quiz
4. Why did the Roman empire fall apart, and
what became of it?
#4 Ch 1 S 2
• Details
– Read and Notes Ch 1 S 2
– S2 Standards Checks ?s 1-4
– S2 Assessment pg. 27 ?s 3-5