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Aim: How did the geography of
Rome affect its development?
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Vocabulary:
peninsula
maritime
imperial
commodities
dominion
rampart
citadel
What geographic features
made Italy a favorable site
for civilization?
• Peninsula: in the center of the
Mediterranean Sea (Mare
Nostrum)
• Lowland valleys: good soil
• Climate: rainy, cool winters, mild
summers
• Mountains: Alps in the north
(protection) and climate shielded
by Appenine Mountain spine
• Natural resources: forests, copper,
tin, iron, salt, marble and other
building stone
Aim: Why did the Roman Republic
Become an Empire?
The Geography of Rome
Italy in 750 BC
Influence of the Etruscans
 Writing
 Religion
 The Arch
The Mythical Founding of
Rome:
Romulus & Remus
The Roman Republic:
509 – 27 B.C.
Republican Government
2 Consuls
(Rulers of Rome)
Senate
(Representative body for patricians)
Tribal Assembly
(Representative body for plebeians)
The Twelve Tables, 450 BC
 Providing political and social
rights for the plebeians.
The Roman Forum
Rome’s Early Road System
Roman Roads:
The Appian Way
Roman Aqueducts
The Roman Colosseum
The Colosseum Interior
Circus Maximus
Carthaginian Empire
Hannibal’s Route
Reform Leaders
 Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
 The poor and military veterrans should be
given grain and small plots of free land.
The Social Wars: 100-40 B.C.
Marius: Leader of Populares
Sulla: Leader of Optimates
Proscriptions
Military Reformer
Civil War & Dictators
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC
The Die is Cast!
The First Triumvirate
 Caius Julius Caesar
(Politician, Later General)
 Marcus Licinius Crassus
(The Banker)
 Gnaeus Pompeius (General)
Beware the Ides of March!
44 BC
The Second Triumvirate
 Octavian Augustus
 Marc Antony
 Marcus Lepidus
The Roman Empire
27 A.D.- 476 A.D. (West)
1453 A.D. (East)
Octavian Augustus:
Rome’s First Emperor
The First Roman
Dynasty
Pax Romana: 27 BC – 180 AD
The Greatest Extent of the
Roman Empire – 14 AD
The Rise of Christianity
St. Paul:
Apostle to the Gentiles
The Spread of Christianity
Imperial Roman Road System
The Empire in Crisis: 3c
Diocletian Splits the
Empire in Two: 294 AD
Constantine: 312 – 337 AD
Constantinople: “The 2nd
Rome”, or Nea Roma (330 AD)
Barbarian Invasions: 4c-5c
Attila the Hun:
“The Scourge of God”
Byzantium:
The Eastern Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire
During the Reign of Justinian
The Byzantine Emperor
Justinian
The Legacy of Rome
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Republic Government
Roman Law
Latin Language
Roman Catholic Church
City Planning
Romanesque Architectural Style
Roman Engineering
• Aqueducts
• Sewage systems
• Dams
• Cement
• Arch
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