Rome chapters 33-34
Rome under Etruscan Rule
plebeian rebelian
Rome becomes an empire
4 periods of Expansion*
The new republic after the plebians got political equality
The republic created by pactricians
The 1rst period
The 2nd period
The 3rd period
The 4th period
509 B.C.E.
rome is a republic
made friend enimies
264B.C.E rome controlled italian peninsula
fighting enemies
defeated old rulers(Etruscans)
rome threatend carthage
264 to 146 B.C.E., Rome and Carthage fought 3 wars
Rome controls North Africa
Rome controls the island of Sicily.
Rome controls Spain
They conquered Macedonia
they conquered Greece.
145 to 44 B.C.E.,
Rome rules the Mediterranean world
Rome rules Asia Minor(East)
Syria, and Egypt(east)
Romans call Mediterranean our sea
Civil wars divided the city.
generals became dicators
Caesar was assassinated(44 B.C.E.)
The people that killed Caesar thought they were saving power for the Senate
Many ,more wars happend after his death
Caesar’s grandnephew=Octavian
Octavian seized power
rules Gaul(france)
Senate named him Augustus
Rome is now an empier
14 C.E.
Augustus, added new territory by pushing the borders
natural boundaries like rivers make it easy to defend
emperors added more territory
Roman Empire stretched from Britain to the Black Sea
Octivan
616 and 509 B.C.E.Etruscans ruled Rome.
Rome was seperated in 2 classes
2 classes=
Free non-patricians plebeians
Upper-class patricians
patricians
wealthy landowners
Latin word pater, means, “father.”
:fathers of the state,
held important religious offices.
men who advised the Etruscan king
controlled most valuable land
plebeians
peasants,
laborers
craftspeople
shopkeepers
word plebeian comes from plebs
means “the common people.”
95 percent of Rome’s population
not able to
be priests
government officials
had little voice in the government
forced to work
plebeians fought for what they wanted
began to demand more political rights
conflict between social classes
plebeians got mad because they had to obey when and where to go to war
dramatic in 494 B.C.E.
Rome had 20-40thousand people
Angry over lack of power
They marched out the city to camp on a hill
refused to come back until demands are met
Rome was in a crisis
patricians were afraid that an enemy could take over Rome
They had no choice not to agree to the plebeians because they couldnt work without the poor
The revolt led to a big change
patricians agreed to plebeians elect officials
officials called Tribunes
tribunes spoke for the plebeians
, tribunes gained the power to veto,
tribunes grew from two to ten.
next 200 years
defeat jealous rivals.
defeated Marc Antony
Octavian was supreme ruler
Romans prized republic
Senate gave him the title Augustus
ruled fifty million people
Pax Romana, or Roman Peace
Rome grew to present-day Middle East
resent Etruscan rule.
509 B.C.E.,
group of patricians rebelled
led by Lucius Junius Brutus
drove out last Etruscan king
created a republic.
patricians, “the people”
Senate had power
2 patricians(consuls)shared the power of army
Senate was group of 300 patricians
senate advised consuls