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• Next Map Roman Empire
• Next Unit Test Sept. 20, Unit II
• Chapter 4-7 India, China, Greece, Rome,
  Mesoamerica
• Homework Draw your own map of the Roman Empire
  at its height. Draw in the present day national
  boundaries to show which countries were part of
  the Roman Empire. For help with this activity,
  use Web Code mkd-0653 on your student interactive
  disk.

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ROME

• Chapter VI
• Section 2
• Pages 132-143

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The Punic Wars

• Rome v. Carthage
• Punicus Phoenicians
• 264 BC 146 BC
• Series of 3 Wars
• Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia
• Hannibal and his elephants 218 BC
• Total Roman Victory

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Imperialism

• Establishing control over
• foreign lands and people.
• North Africa (Carthage)
• Greece
• Macedonia
• Asia Minor
• Provinces administrative districts
• 133 BC Spain to Egypt

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Economy

• Prosperous Trade Incredible Wealth
• Mansions filled with luxuries
• Latifundia large Roman estates
• Slavery

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Civil Wars

• Internal conflicts
• Wide class distinctions
• Growing unemployment
• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus (133 BC)
• Slave Rebellions
• Provincial Rebellions

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Julius Caesar

• Conquered Gaul (France)
• Marched on Rome
• Crossed the Rubicon River
• Defeated Administrative Consul Pompey
• Swept around the Mediterranean
• Veni, Vidi, Vici
• Voted Dictator

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Julius Caesar

• 48-44 BC
• Rapid Reforms
• Public Works Projects
• Redistributed Land
• Reorganized the Provinces
• Expanded Citizenship
• Introduced a New Calendar Julian

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Julius Caesar

• 44 BC Assassination
• New Series of Civil Wars
• Mark Anthony Julius chief general
• Allied with Cleopatra
• Octavian Julius grand-nephew

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Augustus Caesar

• Augustus Exalted One
• Princeps First Citizen
• 31 BC AD 14
• Stable Government
• Senate Remained
• Civil Service
• Merit System
• Provincial Autonomy

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Augustus Caesar

• Fair Tax System
• Census counting the population
• Postal Service
• Standarized Coins
• Public Works Projects
• Roads, Bridges, Ports, Aquaducts
• Temples, Public Buildings

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Julio-Claudian Dynasty

• Tiberius Claudius Nero (AD 14-37)
• Gaius Caligula (AD 37-41)
• Tiberius Claudius Nero (AD 41-54)
• Nero (AD 54-68)

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Subsequent Succession

• Vespasian
• Titus
• Burned Jerusalem Dismantled the Temple
• Hadrian (96-180)
• Codified Roman Law
• Wall in Britain
• Marcus Aurelius
• Meditations

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Pax Romana

• 200 year World Peace
• Order, Unity, Prosperity
• Cleared the roads of robbers
• Cleared the sea of pirates
• Mesopotamia Britain
• Equal in size to the United States

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Roman Entertainment

• Circus Maximus Romes largest racetrack
• Coliseum Romes largest arena
• Gladiators
• Reenactments
• Naval Battles
• Wild, Exotic Animals

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• Circus Maximus

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Greco-Roman Civilization

• Rome borrowed heavy from the Greeks
• Art, Architecture
• Literature, Philosophy, Government
• Science, Language, Religion
• Greece has conquered her rude conqueror.
• Horace, Roman Poet

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Roman Literature

• Virgil Aeneid
• Aeneas escaped from Troy and fled to Rome
• Satirize to make fun of something
• Horace
• Juvenal
• Martial used fictitious names to protect
  himself

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Roman History

• Livy (b. AD 59) The History of Rome
• Wrote to rouse patriotic feelings
• Horatius, Cincinnatus
• Cornelius Tacitus (AD 55-117)
• critical of Roman authority
• wrote about Jesus

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"To dispel the rumour, Nero substituted as
culprits, and treated with the most extreme
punishments, some people, popularly known as
Christians, whose disgraceful activities were
notorious. The originator of that name, Christus,
had been executed when Tiberius was Emperor, by
order of the procurator Pontius Pilatus. But the
deadly cult, though checked for a time, was now
breaking out again not only in Judea, the
birthplace of this evil, but even throughout
Rome, where all the nasty and disgusting ideas
from all over the world pour in and find a ready
following." Tacitus - Annals 15 44.
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Roman Philosophy

• Stoicism
• Marcus Aurelius
• Importance of Duty, Honor
• Acceptance of Fate
• Concern for the well-being of all people

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Roman Art

• Realism
• Revealing Character expressions
• Preserved in Pompeii
• Mt. Vesuvius AD 79
• Mosaic picture made with chips of colored
  stores or glass

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Roman Architecture

• Grandeur
• Immense palaces, temples, stadiums
• Improved the column the arch
• Concrete
• Rounded Dome
• Pantheon

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Roman Technology

• Engineering application of science to
  building
• Roads, Bridges, Harbors
• Buildings, Walls, Towers
• Temples, Government Buildings
• Aqueducts, Canals
• Plumbing, Sewage Systems
• Public Baths
• Stadiums

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Roman Science

• Ptolemy of Alexandria
• Proposed the earth was the center of the universe
• Galen medical encyclopedia
• Pliny the Elder
• Geography, Zoology, Botany
• Wrote about soapy dyes used to dye hair

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Roman Law

• Rule of Law Justice
• Unity Stability
• Basis for legal systems of Europe America
• Greatest Roman Legacy
• Civil Law (Ius Civile)
• Law of Nations (Gentium)
• Natural Law (Naturale)
• Sciptum
• Non Scriptum

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Roman Law

• Innocent until proven guilty
• Right to face accuser
• Right to offer defense
• Clearer than Daylight
• Importance of Evidence
• Judges appointed to interpret the law and
  expected to make fair decisions

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Roman Religion

• Traditional Roman Paganism
• Greek/Roman Mythology
• Mystery Religions
• Cult of Isis
• Zoroastrianism
• Roman Christianity

In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of erotic
love. He is equated with the Greek God Eros and
another one of his Latin names Amor.
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The Jewish Revolt

• Roman Toleration
• Jewish Exemption
• Jewish Internal Conflict
• Zealots terroristic party set against Roman
  rule of Judea
• Messiah anointed king sent by God

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Destruction of Jerusalem

• AD 66 open rebellion in Judea
• AD 70 Titus destroyed Jerusalem
• Destroyed the Jewish Temple
• Thousands of Jews killed in fighting
• Thousands of Jews enslaved transported
  throughout the empire

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JESUS

• Born about 4 BC in Bethlehem
• Descendant of David, King of Israel
• Miracles associated with His birth
• Virgin birth
• Star in the Sky
• Raised in Nazareth of Galilee
• Committed Orthodox Jew

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• Bethlehems Church of the Nativity

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JESUS MINISTRY

• Apostles 12 handpicked followers
• Peter
• Attracted large crowds
• Performed miracles
• Miracles of Healing
• Miracles of Nature
• Taught in Parables
• Interacted with Romans

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Jesus Message

• Rooted in Judaism
• Monotheism, 10 Commandments
• Revolutionary in New Ideas
• Justice, Peace, Love, Obedience to Authority
• Morality, Service, Forgiveness

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The Death of Jesus

• Charges originated from Jewish Authorities
• Transferred to the Roman Authorities
• Crucifixion
• Transformation of the Apostles
• Spread of Christianity
• Roman Roads
• Citizenship of Paul

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