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Roman Republic and Republic to Empire by: Meryl Villarta (The new republic…
Roman Republic and Republic to Empire by: Meryl Villarta
Rome Under Etruscan Rule
616 and 509 B.C.E
Etruscans ruled Rome
divided into two classes
Patricians and Plebeians
Patricians
Latin word pater
father of the poor
control valuable land
advise Etruscan king
hald important military
religious offices
Plebians
peasant
laborers
caftspeople
shopkeepers
comes from plebs
the common people
95% of Rome's pouplation
could't be priest
little voice in government
could't be government officials
The Patricians Create Republic
509 B.C.E
Lucius Junius Brutus
drove out last Etruscans king
created a republic
elected officials govern
most power in senate
Senate
group of 300 patricians
elected by patricians
served for life
appointed official government
served as judge
two elected leaders
consuls commands army
senate advise consuls
senate's decisions are laws.
Plebeians Rebellian
Rome is now republic
patricians held all powers
only become senators
only become consuls
plebeians obey decisions
not written down laws
patricians change law (lie)
plebeians demand more rights
494 B.C.E
twenty to forty thousand people
most population was plebeians
plebeians marched out city
refuse to come back
patricians meet their demands
The new republic after the plebeians got political equality
patricians give plebs power
tribunes spoke for plebeians
tribunes could say no to the law
plebeians could make laws
plebeians gained rights
still less power than patricians
plebeians had protest
win political equality
law written down
451 B.C.E
laws were published
1 of 2 consuls had to be plebs
367 B.C.E
consuls held seats in senate
plebeians could be senate
plebeians won equality
The First Period of Expansion
509 B.C.E
romans drove Etruscan king out
Rome become republic
Romans protect border
gain more power
lead to war
Roman conquered latin neighbor
enemies become allies
264 B.C.E
Rome controlled Italian peninsula
The Second Period of Expansion
Rome's power threatened Carthage
264 to 146 B.C.E
Rome controlled North Africa
Rome and Carthage fought
conquered Spain
Macedonia ans Greece
conquered Island of Sicily
The Third Period of Expansion
145 to 44 B.C.E
Rome rule Mediterranean world
44 B.C.E
Caesar was murdered
Octavian seized power
senate named him Augustus
Rome is an empire now
The Fourth Period of Expansion
emperors add teritories
Roman empire stretched
Augustus pushed borders to boundiries
Northwest Britain to Black Sea
empire lasted 14 C.E
Rome Becomes an Empire
he rapaired temples
he gave police force
his giving back senates power
library and firefighters
ruler of mediterranean region
sumpreme leader
defeated Antony and Cleopatra
Octavian defeat jealous rivals