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Ancient Rome and Early
Christianity, 500 B.C. – A.D. 500
Time Line
509 B.C. Rome becomes a
republic.
218 B.C. In the Second
Punic War,
Hannibal invades
Italy.
A.D.
284 Diocletian, who will
divide the Roman
Empire, becomes
emperor.
500 B.C.
A.D.
264 B.C. The First Punic
War with
Carthage begins.
44 B.C. Conspirators
kill Julius
Caesar.
A.D.
500
476 Western Roman
Empire falls with
the ouster of the last
emperor, Romulus
Augustulus.
I. The Beginnings of
Rome
A. Geography
1. Rome located on
the Tiber River
and the Palatine
Hill
2. Two major
mountain ranges
a. Alps to the North
15,771 ft
b. Apennine running
up the spine of Italy
10,000 FT
3. Boot located in
the Middle of the
Mediterranean Sea
4. Southern Europe
B. 753B.C.
Romulus and
Remus
1. Twin sons of
Mars and a Latin
princess
2. Raised by a shewolf
C. Three groups
make up the
Romans
1. Etruscans to
North
2. Latins along the
Tiber River
3. Greeks in the
South
II. The Early
Republic ( Public
Affairs )
A. Latin's and
Etruscans start the
Republic in 509
B.C.
Taks Date Must
Know
1. A form of
government in which
power rest with
citizens who have the
right to vote to select
the leaders
2. Only free born
males had
citizenship
B. Patricians were
the rich land owners
1. Patrician officials
were called consuls
a. Two consuls ran
the government
1.Commanded the
army and directed
the government
C. Plebeians were
the common
farmers, artisans
and merchants
1. Plebeian officials
were called tribunes
D. Law of the
Twelve Tables
1. Hung in the
Forum for all to see
2. Made laws fair
for all
E. Senate
aristocratic branch
of the government
1. Had legislative
and administrative (
executive ) duties
2. 300 members at
first
3. Centuriat
Assembly appointed
the consuls made up
of patricians /
military
4. Later the Tribal
Assembly made up
of plebeians elected
tribunes
F. In times of crises
a dictator would
rule for a six month
term
G. The Roman
Army
1. Basic fighting
unit was called a
Legion 5000 men
III. Rome Spreads
its Power
A. Three phases to
Roman expansion
1. The boot of Italy
2. Wars with
Carthage
a. Punic Wars
started in 264 B.C.
b. First Punic War
was for the grain
fields on Sicily
1. Rome wins, loses
100,000 men in
Mediterranean
c. Second Punic War
1. Fought over
Carthage coastal
colonies in Spain
and
France
2. Rome wins
d. Third Punic War
1. Hannibal general
of Carthage
2. Fabian Roman
general
a. Fabian Policy
1. Wait and See
3. Scipio The Elder
Roman general who
defeats Hannibal
at the Battle of
Carthage
3. The Third Phase
was a Domino
Effect in the east
a. Each city-state
was offered Roman
protection
b. Each city-state
had to give a tribute
of tax, grain, and
men