Roman Expansion and Wars

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Roman Expansion and Wars

• By Nick B, Conor K, and Mike G

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Roman Expansion

• Set up as a republic
• Afraid of Etruscans
• They bordered the Tiber River
• Most powerful in 290 BCE

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Roman Expansion (continued)

• Ruled everything by 225 BCE
• Ruled most of Mediterranean world by 146 BCE
• Really strong army
• Legion was better than phalanx
• Very big army

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First Punic War

• Carthage ruled North and West Africa
• Romans felt threatened by Carthigians
• Romans fought Carthage in 264 BCE (23 years)
• Rome had a strong army
• Carthage had a strong navy
• Romans modeled new boats.

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First Punic War (continued)

• Added movable bridge to front (corvus)
• Let Romans board enemy ships
• Carthaginians left Sicily in 241 BCE

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Second Punic War and Hannibal

• 218 BCE
• Carthaginians led by General Hannibal Barca
• Hannibal wanted revenge on Rome
• Marched from Spain through the Gaul to Rome
• Brought elephants
• Got to Rome, but couldnt destroy wall

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Second Punic War and Hannibal (cont.)

• Roamed country side for 15 years
• Hannibal lost first battle in Zama
• Carthage paid Rome to give up territories
• Rome got all Spanish resources

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Third Punic War

• Carthage began to regain power
• Romans attacked in 149BCE
• Corinth (Rome city-state) didnt fight
• Romans burnt Corinth
• Already controlled Macedonia an Syria
• Rome became leading power of Mediterranean world

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Decline Of Roman Empire

• Rulers demanded taxes
• Republicans got tax contracts
• Paid Rome ahead of time
• 10 percent income tax
• Republicans paid extra money
• People rebelled and Rome fell

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War and its Effect on the People

• Life would have been different
• Rome wouldnt have grown as large as it did
• Rome wouldnt have been as powerful
• Rome wouldnt have been wealthy

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Hannibals Revenge

• Roman life would have been different
• No Second Punic War
• Carthage would have remained powerful
• Romans would have had less land

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The End