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The Rise and Fall
of Rome
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Timeline and Mapping
Activity
“Romulus
and
Remus”
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by
Pieter
Pauwel
Rubens
(1577)
800
BCE
Romulus and Remus, mythic founders of Rome, are
born.
Tiber River
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The Latins
and
the Etruscans
1200 BCE
Latins, historical founders of Rome, settle
on the Palatine River.
800 BCE
Romulus and Remus, mythic founders of
Rome, are born.
800 BCE
Etruscans settle north of the Latin village on
the Palatine.
600 BCE
Etruscans dominate all of northern Italy and
influenced Latin culture.
509 BCE
Roman farmer-soldiers overthrow the
Etruscans and establish a Republic.
275 BCE
Rome has gained control of the whole
Italian peninsula.
The Romans fought
against Hannibal’s
elephants in the
Punic Wars
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264
BCE
Romans come into contact with the
Carthaginians of North Africa, Spain, and
Sicily. Tension between them leads to the Punic
Wars, which last about 120 years. Romans are
victorious.
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Romans vs. Corinthians
146 Romans demand allegia nce from Greek
BCE city of Corinth and attac k it. Romans
now are the ruling power of the
Mediterranean region.
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Pompey vs. Caesar
79
Roman Generals Pompe y and Julius
BCE Caesar have different ideas about how
Rome should be ruled (a ristocratic
senators vs. one strong l eader).
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46
After raising an army and conquering
BCE Pompey, Julius Caesar becomes dictator
of Rome.
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Death of Julius Caesar
44
Caesar is killed by the s enators who are
BCE
suspicious of his ambiti on.
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The Death of
Cleopatra,
Queen of
Egypt
31
Civil war breaks out between Octavian
BCE (Casear’s adopted son) and Marc
Antony. Octavian wins. Antony and
Egyptian Queen Cleopat ra commit
suicide and Octavian becomes absolute
ruler of Rome, adding E gypt as a
territory.
Octavian is renamed Caesar Augustus
and expands the Empire to natural
defensible bound aries. The following
period is called “Pax Romana,” a time
of peace and unity for the empire.
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The Five
Good
Emperors
96 –186 Period of the Five Good Emperors included:
CE
 an expansion of the empire to its greatest size
 social reforms
 public works
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keeping the public happy
with free entertainment
186-236
CE
Provinces revolt, civil war breaks out and
there are 26 different emperors in 50 years,
(25 removed by assassination)
284 CE
Emperor Diocletian declares himself a god,
establishing the idea that the emperor’s right
to rule comes from the gods, not the people.
He also split the empire in two to make it
easier to control.
Constantine
and the New Capital
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312
CE
Emperor Constantine moved the capital
from Ro me to a Greek city, later renamed
Constantinop le.
313
CE
Emperor Constantine establishes religious
freedom, and later conv erts to Christianity.
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Rome falls to the Barbarians
476
CE
Rome falls to the Barbarians.
picture credits
www.wga.hu/art/r/rubens/ 22mythol/26mythol.jpg
http://galileo.rice.edu/images/things/italy_map.bmp
http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/images/Painted_Elephant.jpg
www.shunya.net/Text/ Herodotus/Maps.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CS002910.jpg#file
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/20147~Death-ofJulius-Caesar-Posters.jpg
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/images/cleo1.gif
http://www.search.com/reference/Roman_Empire
www.answers.com/topic/ five-good-emperors-jpg
www.murphsplace.com/ gladiator/glads.htm
www.stnicholascenter.org/ Brix?pageID=33
http://barista.media2.org/?p=2321
Across the Centuries, Houghton Mifflin