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Ben Van Overmeire Making of the Modern World 12 January 13, 2014 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Ancient_Roman_road_of_Tall_Aqibrin.jpg How did the Romans manage to conquer and maintain such a huge empire? What was the social and political structure of the Roman Republic and Empire? http://www.ancient.eu.com/uploads/images/display-266.jpg What is an origin myth? Aeneas ◦ Troy Romulus and Remus ◦ Content ◦ Significance Rape of the Sabine Women ◦ Content ◦ Significance http://www.oxfordreference.com/doc/10.1093/acref/9780195170726.001.0001/ acref_9780195170726_graphic_369-inline.jpg Monarchy ◦ Etruscans ◦ Location Seven Hills of Rome ◦ Tarquin the Proud The Rape of Lucrece Republic (founded 509 BCE) ◦ Patricians Senate Consul ◦ Plebeians Tribunes ◦ Dictators http://www.studenthandouts.com/01-Web-Pages/01-Picture-Pages/09.04-13-Seven-Hills-AncientRome.htm Pressure ◦ Gauls ◦ Carthage ◦ Hellenistic empires Punic Wars (264-146 BCE) ◦ Sicily ◦ Hannibal ◦ Fate of Carthage Fate of the conquered The “Legionary” Recruitment Armament Organization ◦ Legion ◦ Testudo Retirement http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Wells_0706_054.jpg Testudo Formation http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ commons/a/ac/Testudo_formation.jpg Patricians Plebeians Slaves ◦ Extent of slavery ◦ Source ◦ Living conditions ◦ Manumission ◦ Spartacus (73 BCE) Paterfamilias ◦ Meaning ◦ Role of women Mos Maiorum Cultural change Land division ◦ Latifundia Rising social tension ◦ Gracchi brothers Threats to the Republic ◦ Cornelius Sulla ◦ Gaius Julius Caesar Campaign to Gaul Rubicon Death Octavian (r. 27 BCE-14 CE) ◦ Relation to Caesar ◦ Mark Anthony Titles ◦ “Princeps inter pares” ◦ “Augustus” ◦ “Pontifex Maximus” “Bread and circuses” Transportation ◦ “Mare Nostrum” ◦ Roads “Pax Romana” Romanization ◦ Latin ◦ Roman Law ◦ Export economy Gaul Today: what was the Roman Republic and Empire Wednesday: religious, literary, and artistic aspects of the reign of Augustus ◦ The Aeneid
