Rome

Ch 33: The Rise of the Roman Republic

Ch 32: The geography and early development of Rome

Ch 37: The legacy of Rome in the modern world.

Ch 35: Daily life in the roman empire

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Ch 34: From republic to empire

32.1: Romulus + Remus

32.2: Latins 1000bc settle 700bc Etruscan north, Greek south

32.3: Etruscan Engineering; arch, cuniculus/underground irrigation trench

32.5: Roman use Greek style architecture

32.4: Etruscan Sporting; gladiator, slave fighting

32.6: Romans adopt Etruscan letters who adopt Greek letters, wrote on plaques on in a uppercase.

32.7: Romans took many styles from greek art and pottery. Called Greco-Roman art

32.8: The Romans adopted Greek religion but by different names

33.1: Romans overthrew Etruscans in 509bc, created republic ruled by patricians; plebeians had no say

33.2: Etruscan rule 616-509, were patricians were the kings advisers, plebeians served in army but had no say in gov

33.3: Patricians rebel, create Senate of 300 people elected by new patricians. Two elected leaders called consuls ruled the army.

33.4: The plebeians then rebelled against the patricians and their power in the Conflict of Orders, because they were not given any power. It brought Rome to a crisis.

33.5: After the revolt, the patricians agrees to let the plebeians have elect officials called tribunes of the Plebs. The tribunes spoke for the Senate and consuls, later gaining the power to veto actions of the Senate and government officials. They could also elect a lawmaking body called the council of the plebs, but could only make laws for plebeians. For 200 years after the revolt they protested and eventually gained equal power with the patricians. In 451bc they got written law, in 367bc they passed a law that one of the two roman consuls had to be a plebeian, and, in 287bc, they gained the right to make laws for all roman citizens.

34.5 From 154bc-44bc civil war and slave revolts broke out. Caesar conquered gaul and pompey conquered cyprus and syria.

34.4: Punic wars 264bc-146bc first--at sea against Carthage second--Hannibal invades italy then Hannibal is defaeted at carthage and rome gets spain third--romans burn carthage

34.6: 44bc-14ce Augustus becomes emperor and restores rome.

34.3: The Romans banded up with other Latin cities to fight their common enemies and by 275bc their conquest of the Italian peninsula was complete.

34.2

34.1: Eventually the republic disappeared and by 14ad, it was ruled by a sole emperor.

The second period of expansion (264-146) was when Rome conquered North Africa, Sicily, much of Spain, as well as Macedonia and Greece.

The third period of expansion (145-44) was when the Romans conquered the entire Mediterranean including Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia.and Julius Caesar conquered Gaul. But, civil wars were happening in the city and roman generals were becoming like dictators.

The first period of expansion (509-264) was when the Romans drove out the last Etruscan king and created a republic. They eventually ruled all of Italy.

In the fourth period of expansion the first emperor Caesar Augustus added even more land and pushed the borders to natural barriers.

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37.1:

35.4: Gods control daily life. Sacrifices and offerings. Emperors also gods.

35.5: Roman men provided for their family, women managed the house and bought slaves and property. Only healthy children got to live

35.3: Whatever the emperor wanted was the law, but they still had a senate, and is court they had a jury. They believed that laws should apply to all.

35.6: the Romans ate bread, beans,vegetables cheese and meats.

35.2: Many slaves, rich are very rich, poor are most of population, people came from all four corners of the empire.

35.7: rich lived in grand houses, poor lived in crowded apartment buildings.

35.1: the forum was a gathering place

35.8: Rich boys and girls started school at 6 or 7, and went on learning latin, greek, math science, and so on until they were 12 or 13, and sometimes 16. Poor kids id not go to school. They worked.

35.9:Romans enjoyed watching Chariot races and gladiator games at places such and the circus maximus and Colosseum. They also went to public baths.

35.10: 90% empire lived in the country. Wealthy Romans lived in villas. Farms were in the country.