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The Roman Republic 509 BCE – 30 BCE Chapter Objectives After this chapter, you should be able to do the following: 1. Describe how the Roman government was organized. 2. Explain how the Roman Republic was able to expand. 3. Summarize how the effects of conquest changed the Roman economy and government. 4. Discuss efforts to save the Roman Republic. Government Consuls Senate Judges Assemblies Tribunes What were The Twelve Tables? Other Important Vocabulary Words • Plebeians • Patricians • Veto • Honors and Humanities Read Chapter 4 of Honors text Roman Expansion The need to protect what they had (Etruscans). Read story of Horatius (pgs 29-21 Honors text) Conquered or made allies Very Strong Army – Legions (5000 Legionaries) Dress the Roman Centurian Mild Rulers of those they conquered The Punic Wars Carthage The First Punic War 264 BCE First of Three Wars between Rome and Carthage Carthage – Navy Rome – Army (they later built a navy to compete) Corvus Rome won – Carthaginians left Sicily Honors and Humanities The Second Punic War 218 BCE Hannibal Barca War Elephants Battles BC Part 1 Show beginning the end, of Part 1 Battles BC Part 1 Show beginning the end, of Part 1 Not enough heavy equipment Raided and burned Battles BC Part 4 Show from minute 7 on Part 4 Battles BC Part 5 Show beginning of Part 5 Rome wins – 201 BCE Attacked Carthage Read Chapter 1 of Blue Book Hannibal 7 Minute Reenactment The Third Punic War 149 BCE Carthage regaining power Romans attacked Carthaginians were finished Rome attacked Corinth, Greece, for good measure. 264 BCE 50 BCE 120 AD The Effects of Conquest Due to Hannibal Small Farms to Large Estates (latifundias) Who worked the latifundias? Farmers moved to Rome – awful living conditions Decline of the Roman Republic (135 BCE) 1. Taxes - Publicans 2. Farmers lost land/independence 3. Luxuries bought in other cities=Merchants grew poor 4. Government officials busy getting rich 5. Rich-----------------------------------------------------Poor Roman Leadership Next 100 years spent trying to improve Rome. (Read Text) REFORMERS Tribune Tiberius Gracchus (133 BCE)– limit land ownership – gave public lands to the poor – ran for a second term – killed with his followers by Senate Tribune Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (123 BCE) – move poor from the city to the countryside – discount wheat to the poor – killed in 121 BCE by the Senate. Read Chapter 2 of the Blue Book Tiberius Gracchus Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Roman Leadership GENERALS General Gaius Marius becomes Consul (107 BCE) – first lower class Roman to be elected this high – opened the Army to everyone – provided jobs – loyalty was to the general that hired them, not Rome. Lucius Cornelius Sulla – opposed Marius – Marched on Rome (civil war) – named self Dictator – increased size of the Senate – made general move from one command to another yearly. Video Summary Watch only the first half, up to Julius Caesar Sulla Slavery and Spartacus Roman Slaves - Academic Slavery and Spartacus - Academic Roman Slavery, Gladiators, and the Spartacus Revolt - Honors and Humanities Gladiator Spartacus in the Arena Crassus Spartacus Vs the Romans Final Scene I am Spartacus I am Spartacus (Pepsi) Spartacus – Behind the Myth 1 Spartacus – Behind the Myth 2 Julius Caesar 6o BCE Sulla Retired Rise of Caesar (watch from 5:35 on) Caesar Vs Vincengentorix Triumverate 1. Marcus Licinius Crassus 2. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 3. Julius Caesar Crassus dies – the other two fight for power Pompey murdered Julius Caesar 58 BCE – Governor of Roman Gaul 57-50 BCE Conquered a lot of land (and people) 50 BCE Told to dismantle his Army 50 BCE Came to Rome with his Troops 46 BCE – Self Appointed Dictator of Rome MADE MANY REFORMS WHICH HELPED DO A GREAT DEAL FOR ROME – THE PEOPLE LOVED HIM – BUT GUESS WHO FEARED HIM. Killed by the Senate on March 15, 44 BCE – The Ides of March The End of the Republic New Triumverate – DID NOT LIKE EACH OTHER Mark Antony – Caesar’s closest follower Octavian – Caesar’s grand nephew/adopted son Marcus Lepidus – One of Caesar’s top officer