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