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Don’t Go To Your Seat We have a new seating chart

Don’t Go To Your Seat We have a new seating chart. Assignment Who is your best friend? Why is this person important to you? BOOKBAGS AT FRONT OF THE ROOM. Early Rome. The Legend of Rome. Twin brothers Remus Romulus Abandoned along the Tiber River Raised by a She-Wolf .

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Don’t Go To Your Seat We have a new seating chart

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  1. Don’t Go To Your Seat • We have a new seating chart

  2. Assignment Who is your best friend? Why is this person important to you? BOOKBAGS AT FRONT OF THE ROOM

  3. Early Rome

  4. The Legend of Rome • Twin brothers • Remus • Romulus • Abandoned along the Tiber River • Raised by a She-Wolf

  5. The Beginnings of Rome • Founded along the Tiber River. • Fertile soil • Settlers arrived between 1000-500 BC • 3 groups • Latins • Greeks • Etruscans

  6. Three Periods in Roman History • Age of Kings- 753-506 B.C. • Age of the Republic- 506-30 B.C. • Age of the Roman Empire- 30 B.C.- A.D. 476

  7. The Early Republic • 600 BC • An Etruscan becomes King • Tarquin the Proud • Formed a Republic • A form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the power to vote to select their leaders

  8. Class Struggles • Patricians • The aristocratic landowners who held most of the power. • Plebeians • The common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population.

  9. Roman Government • Twelve Tables • Established all Roman citizens had the protection of the law • Written down in stone (literally)

  10. Consuls • 2 Consuls • One controlled the Government • One controlled the army • Term only 1 year long

  11. Tribunes • Elected official who represented the plebeians • The Senate • Aristocratic Branch • Assemblies • Democratic Branch • Centuriate • Tribal • Dictator • Elected during times of crisis

  12. Legion • 5,000 heavily armed foot soldiers

  13. Government of Conquered Lands • Full Citizenship • Partial Citizenship • No voting • Allies

  14. Rome’s Commercial Network • Easy access to the Mediterranean Sea • Traded with other areas to get what they lacked. • Their trading also interfered with other civilizations at the time • Carthage

  15. War with Carthage • Known as the Punic Wars • Rome and Carthage go to war in 264 BC • War lasted till 146 BC

  16. The Punic Wars were divided into 3 separate wars: • 1st Punic War • Over Sicily • Very fertile soil • Rome wins • Gained its first province overseas.

  17. 2nd Punic War • Hannibal • Carthaginian General • Gathered 50,000 infantrymen, 9,000 cavalry, and 60 elephants and crossed the alps • Intent on capturing Rome

  18. Cannae 216 BC • Hannibal’s greatest victory • Never captured Rome • Roman general Scipio attacks Carthage • Hannibal retreats back to Carthage to defend it • Hannibal loses at Zama in 202 BC

  19. 3rd Punic War (149-146 BC) • Carthage was not a threat any longer • Carthage began to flourish once again • Romans still bitter • Cato the Elder urged for the destruction of Carthage • Sent troops over and they burned the city

  20. Result of conquering Carthage • Rome now controlled the Mediterranean • Macedonia • Greece • Parts of Anatolia

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