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Explore the intricate history of the Roman Republic, beginning with the influence of the Etruscans and the establishment of the Senate. Delve into the conflicts between Patricians and Plebeians, the significance of the Law of the Twelve Tables, and the tumultuous Punic Wars led by Hannibal. Learn about key figures such as the Gracchi brothers, Sulla, and Julius Caesar, and understand the evolution of the government through the First and Second Triumvirates. Witness the transition to the Roman Empire, marked by Octavian (Augustus Caesar) and the Pax Romana, culminating in the spread of Christianity and the eventual fall of Rome.
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Etruscans Carthage Senate Patricians Plebeians Consuls Censors Law of the 12 Tables 450 BCE Tribunes Punic War (264-146 B.C.E.) Hannibal Roman Republic
Proconsuls Gracchi Brothers Sulla Julius Caesar (d. 44 BCE) First Triumvirate: Crassus- Pompey- Julius Caesar Second Triumvirate: Octavian (Augustus Caesar)- Lepidus- Mark Antony
Cleopatra Octavian (Augustus Caesar) “Princeps” Principate 27 BCE-14 CE Pax Romana Livy Tiberius Villa Virgil 70-19 BCE The Aeneid Marcus Aurelius 161-180 CE The Meditations
Commodus r. 180-193 “Barracks Emperors” Praetorian Guard Diocletian (r. 294-305) Tetrarchy Constantine 313-337 Constantinople Christianity/Fall of Rome
Jesus Saul of Tarsus (Paul) 6-67 CE Second Diaspora Franks Saxons Angles Vandals Visigoths Ostrogoths Barbarian Invasions:
Justinian (ruled 400-788) Byzantine Empire (around 550): Corpus Juris Byzantine Empire 400-788
Polis “The silk Road to China” Gracchi Brothers Misogyny Athena Aphrodite Patria Potestas Lex Juliana 18 BCE Galley Slaves Classical Life