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Rome Ch 33-34 (Plebeian rebellian (They made sure that only the patricians…
Rome Ch 33-34
Plebeian rebellian
Rome was now a republic
but the patricians held all the power
They made sure that only the patricians could be part of the government
Plebeians had to obey their decisions
Only patricians could become senators or consuls
The plebeians didn't have rights
Treated badly
The plebeians had to fight for what they wanted.
They began to demand more political rights
The struggle between plebeians and patricians is known as
the Conflict of the Orders
The struggle took a dramatic turn in the year 494 B.C.E.
Most of the population was plebeian
By then, Rome was a city
of twenty to forty thousand people.
The republic created by patricians
In 509 B.C.E., a group of patricians,
led by Lucius Junius Brutus, rebelled
They drove out the last Etruscan king.
Overtime
the patricians came to resent Etruscan rule
Overthrow the King
In place of a monarchy, they created a republic
In a republic,
elected officials govern for the people
Senate
is a group of 300 patricians elected by patricians
The patricians put most of the power
in the hands of the Senate
To get a group of 300 patricians
Rome under Etruscan rule
Between 616 and 509 B.C.E.
The Etruscans ruled Rome.
During this time
Roman society was divided into two classes
patricians and plebeians
Free non-patricians called
shopkeepers
peasants
laborers
craftspeople
Upper-class citizens
called patricians
came from a small group
of wealthy landowners
The patricians chose from among themselves
the “fathers of the state
the men who advised the Etruscan king
The new republic after the plebians got political equality
The plebeians’ revolt led to a major change in Roman government
The tribunes spoke for the plebeians in the Senate
The laws were published on tablets
The tribunes spoke for the plebeians in the Senate and with the consuls
Over time, the number of tribunes grew from two to ten
lasted long
held the power
more than hundred years
The patricians agreed to let the plebeians elect officials
called Tribunes
Later tribunes gained the power to veto
Rome became an empire
Caesar’s murder plunged Rome into civil wars that lasted over ten years
in fact he was in complete control
To gain power Octavian had to defeat jealous rivals
He told them he was restoring the authority of the Senate
When the fighting ended,
Caesar’s grandnephew and adopted son Octavian was the sole ruler of Rome
Octavian knew that the Romans prized their republic
All four periods and expansion 3-6
took place over 500 years
has four major periods
The third period
Rome came to rule the entire Mediterranean world
from 145 to 44 B.C.E.,
In the east Rome took control of Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt
In the west the Roman general Julius Caesar conquered much of Gaul
The second period
from 264 to 146 B.C.E. Rome and Carthage fought three major wars
Rome’s growth threatened another great power
Through these wars Rome gained control of North Africa
Spain
island of Sicily
The fourth period
The first emperor, Augustus
The fourth period of expansion began with the start of the empire
Later emperors added more territory
The first period
began in 509 B.C.E.
. the Romans drove the last Etruscan king out of power
And Rome became a republic.
