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Rome Mind Map by Elizabeth Torres (Plebeians (Comes from Plebs, 95% Rome´s…
Rome Mind Map by Elizabeth Torres
Patricians
Comes from a group
Latin word Pater
Roman Society
Controlled most land
Pater means father
Held religious offices
Held important military
Plebeians
Comes from Plebs
95% Rome´s population
Roman Society
Couldn´t be priests
Couldn´t be Government Officals
Peasants
Laborers
Craftspeople
Shopkeepers
Senates
Elected by patricians
Served for life
Group of 300 patricians
Appointed Government Officals
Served as judges
Elected leaders consuls
Advised consuls
The Periods of Expansion
Second Period Expansion
264 to 146 B.C.E
City of Carthage
Threatened great power
Controlled North Africa
Controlled mostly Spain
Controlled Island Sicily
Armies conquered Greece
Armies conquered Macedonia
Carthage fought major wars
Rome fought major wars
First Period Expansion
Rome became republic
Etruscan power taken
Began in 509 B.C.E
Romans gained land
Romans protected land
Rome controlled Italian Peninsula
Defeated old rulers
Romans fought after another
Third Period expansion
Roman ruled Mediterranean
Controlled Asia Minor
145 to 44 B.C.E
Controlled Egypt
Controlled Syria
Wars divided cities
Julius conquered Gaul
Generals became dictators
Armies against Senate
Caesar ruled as a dictator
Caesar was murdered
Fourth Period Expansion
Britain to Black Sea
Lasted 14 B.C
New Territory
Border Empires
Involved cost
Natural Boundaries
Involved sacrafice
Emperors added territory
Lasted 14 B.C.E
Rivers easy defend
Emperor Augustus