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Title: City Of Rome


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City Of Rome
  • I. Decline of the Roman Republic

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I. Decline of the Roman Republic
  • 1. Patricians
  • a. Upper class
  • b. Own the best land
  • 2. Equestrians
  • a. Middle class
  • b. Own decent land

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I. Decline of the Roman Republic continued
  • 3. Plebeians
  • a. Poor land
  • -cant grow crops
  • -cant pay bills
  • -land taken away
  • -given to Patricians
  • -rich get richer
  • -poor get poorer
  • -move to the city (Rome)
  • -starving unemployed mob
  • -start a civil war
  • -nothing to lose

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II. Roman Civil War
www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/reborn.html
  • 1. Plebeians vs. Patricians _at_ Equestrians
  • a. Solution to chaotic civil war
  • -remove Democratic Republic
  • -start military Dictatorship
  • -eliminate class system
  • -take away Patrician
  • political power
  • -Dictator
  • -Julius Caesar
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