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Early Rome
The Legend of Rome
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Twin brothers
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Remus
Romulus
Abandoned along the Tiber River
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Raised by a She-Wolf
The Beginnings of Rome
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Founded along the Tiber River.
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Fertile soil
Settlers arrived between 1000-500 BC
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3 groups
Latins
 Greeks
 Etruscans
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Three Periods in Roman History
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Age of Kings- 753-506 B.C.
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Age of the Republic- 506-30 B.C.
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Age of the Roman Empire- 30 B.C.- A.D.
476
The Early Republic
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600 BC
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An Etruscan becomes King
Tarquin the Proud
Formed a Republic
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A form of government in which power rests with
citizens who have the power to vote to select their
leaders
Class Struggles
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Patricians
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The aristocratic landowners who held most of
the power.
Plebeians
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The common farmers, artisans, and
merchants who made up the majority of the
population.
Roman Government
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Twelve Tables
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Established all Roman citizens had the
protection of the law
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Written down in stone (literally)
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Consuls
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2 Consuls
One controlled the Government
One controlled the army
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Term only 1 year long
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Tribunes
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The Senate
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Elected official who represented the plebeians
Aristocratic Branch
Assemblies
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Democratic Branch
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Centuriate
Tribal
Dictator
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Elected during times of crisis
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Legion
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5,000 heavily armed foot soldiers
Government of Conquered Lands
1.
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Full Citizenship
Partial Citizenship
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3.
No voting
Allies
Rome’s Commercial Network
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Easy access to the Mediterranean Sea
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Traded with other areas to get what they
lacked.
Their trading also interfered with other
civilizations at the time
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Carthage
War with Carthage
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Known as the Punic Wars
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Rome and Carthage go to war in 264 BC
War lasted till 146 BC
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The Punic Wars were divided into 3
separate wars:
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1st Punic War
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Over Sicily
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Very fertile soil
Rome wins
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Gained its first province overseas.
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2nd Punic War
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Hannibal
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Carthaginian General
Gathered 50,000 infantrymen, 9,000 cavalry,
and 60 elephants and crossed the alps
Intent on capturing Rome
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Cannae 216 BC
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Hannibal’s greatest victory
Never captured Rome
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Roman general Scipio attacks Carthage
Hannibal retreats back to Carthage to defend
it
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Hannibal loses at Zama in 202 BC
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3rd Punic War (149-146 BC)
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Carthage was not a threat any longer
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Romans still bitter
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Carthage began to flourish once again
Cato the Elder urged for the destruction of
Carthage
Sent troops over and they burned the city
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Result of conquering Carthage
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Rome now controlled the Mediterranean
Macedonia
 Greece
 Parts of Anatolia
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