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The Roman Republic
Terms—Roman Republic
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Romulus & Remus
12 Tables (450 BC)
Consuls ; Patricians & Plebians
Senate / Popular Assembly
Legions ; Maniples
Carthage
Punic Wars
--Hannibal vs. Scipio
--Zama (202 BC)
--3rd “War” (149 – 146 BC) / Cato
Gracchus Brothers
Celts
Marius & Julius Caesar—Populares
Sulla & Pompey – Optimates
Spartacus
Crassus
First Triumverate (Caesar, Pompey & Crassus)
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Ides of March (44 BC)
Map of Europe
Ancient Italy
The Etruscans
The Etruscans
Etruscan Cities
Etruscan Pottery
Romulus Kills Remus
Rome
Founding of the Roman State
• 509 B.C.—Drive out Etruscan King
• Republic—”Thing of the People”
• 450 B.C.—12 Tables (law codes)
Roman Legions & Maniple vs.
Greek Phalanx
Carthage
Rome and Carthage
First Punic War ( 264 – 241 BC)
Hannibal Takes Oath—Enemy of
Rome
Hannibal’s Route
Hannibal Crossing the Alps—218
B.C.
Hannibal Crossing the Alps
Second Punic War (218 – 201 B.C.)
Scipio
Battle of Zama (202 B.C.)
Cato—”Carthage Must Be
Destroyed!”
Third Punic War (149 – 146 B.C.)
The Punic Wars
• Result in Rome’s domination of the
Mediterranean and the beginning of her
empire
The Gracchus Brothers
Roman Expansion – 1st Century B.C.
The Celts
The Celts
Marius
Sulla
Sulla Fights His Way In Rome &
Seizes Power
Pompey (The Great)
Spartacus
The Slaves Revolt (73 – 71 B.C.)
Crassus
Crassus Ends Revolt
Julius Caesar
The First Triumvirate (60 B.C.)
• Julius Caesar
• Crassus
• Pompey
Caesar Conquers Gaul (59 – 50 BC)
Pompey
• “If it were not for Caesar I should be
the greatest man in Rome.”
Caesar
• “If it were not for Pompey I should
rule the world. There is no virtue in
the Republic; it is near to its end. The
time has come for one man to take
command over all, and why should I
not be that man!”
Caesar Marches on Rome—Crosses
the Rubicon
Caesar and Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Beware the Ides of March (44 BC)