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ROMANS
Maria Giulia Sciuto
Student at the University of Florence
School of Education and Humanities
[email protected]
ROME FOUNDATION
When?  in the tenth century
MONARCHICAL AGE
Who are the 7 kings of Rome?
ROMOLO
NUMA POMPILIO
TULLO OSTILIO
ANCO MARZIO
TARQUINIO PRISCO
SERVIO TULLIO
TARQUINIO IL SUPERBO
REPUBLICAN AGE
The Republican governement was made up of
CONSULS AND
SANATORIUMS
With different duties and powers
WHY THE
ROMANS
WERE SO
INVINCIBLE?
The Romans were a population of
warriors.
They receive military education made
of :
• Hard training
• Habit of sacrifice
... BECAUSE OF
EXPENDITURE FOR THE
CONTINUE WARS IN
HOMELAND AND
ABROAD, IN THE FIRST
CENTURY b.C. THE
REPUBLIC BEGAN TO FALL
WE ASSIST AT THE
TRANSIT FROM THE
REPUBLICAN TO THE
IMPERIAL AGE, WITH THE
AFFIRMATION OF
STRONG PERSONAL
POWERS OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT POLITICAL
FIGURES
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR
From 58 to 51/50 BC he completed the subjugation
campaign of France, Belgium , Luxembourg and part of
Switzerland , the Netherlands and Germany: THE GAUL !
This submission campaign is told
by Caesar himself , in his book: "
De Bello Gallico "
Although Caesar has
presented the invasion as an
action of preventive defense ,
many scholars believe that his
was an imperialist war in every
respect
The gallic tribes continued to
oppose the Roman control ,
led by Vercingetorix
In 51 BC ended the
campaign of conquest of
the Gauls by the Romans ,
with the battle of Alesia
REVIEW OF THE CONTENT
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X century: beginning of the birth of Rome
-
IV century: Age of the Monarchy
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III century: Age of Republic
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I century: The Republic is in crisis and comes out a very
important person: Julius Caesar
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58/51 BC: Conquest of Gaul
THE GAULS
•
They practiced intensive agriculture;
•
The writing was the prerogative of the priestly caste of the
druids;
•
Power system: Monarchy in Belgium and system patronage in
Gaul;
•
DRUIDS: very powerful religious caste;
•
ARISTOCRATIC: warrior class, the class of the magistrates,
the ruling class;
CAESAR’S BEHAVIOUR
• Grants citizenship to the most
influential people;
• Leave civil institutions intact;
• Rispects uses, tradition the religion
of the conquered people.
CONSEQUENCE OF THE
CONQUEST
•
The conquest of Gaul was an epochal event.
•
By now, the destinies of Gaul and Rome walked in
common streets;
•
GALLIA: begins a process of Romanization by
building new city , roads and aqueducts, with the
fusion of the two cultures into one.