ROME

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• ROME
• Origins myth and reality
• A. Virgils Aeneid founded by Aeneas,
  refugee from Troy
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  B. Romulus and Remus nursed by
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  wolf

Let me in! Im unarmed!
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C. Reality Greek trading colony
Rome
Athens
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II. Etruscans, 7th-6th c. B.C.E. grapes,
alphabet, metalwork,
roads
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III. Roman republic A. Landowners rebel
against Etruscans, 6th c. B.C.E. B.
Tribunes elected to Senate C. Constitution
D. Senate elect two Consuls, who serve for
one year. E. Citizens aristocrats,
plebeians F. Citizenship rule of law
wider base of support G. Legions plebeian
(peasant) infantry
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IV. Empire Rome gobbles up other city-states,
3rd 2nd c. B.C.E.
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V. CARTHAGE Phoenician trading colony in
Tunisia Punic Wars, 3rd 2nd c. B.C.E.
Rome destroys Carthage.
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VI. Imperial rule A. Growing gap between
aristocrats and plebeians B. Gen. Pompey
receives special powers from Senate, 77 B.C.E.
C. Julius Caesar overthrows Pompey, 49 B.C.E.
assassinated by Senators 44 B.C.E.
D. Grand-nephew Octavian teams with Marc Antony
to defeat Senate army.
Julius
Octavian
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VII. Antony and Cleopatra (descendant of
Alexanders general) rebel against
Octavian, commit suicide 31 B.C.E.
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VIII. Imperial rule A. Octavian?Augustus
Caesar B. Decentralized provincial rule
provincial garrisons run by
military govs. IX. Roman legacy Warmed-over
Greece? A. Religion and alphabet were
variations on Greek prototypes. B. Natural
law, engineering, Latin
public toilets,
Ephesus, Turkey
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amphitheatre and Roman road, Ephesus,
Turkey
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amphitheatre, Pamukkale (Heirapolis), SW
Turkey
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amphitheatre, Amman, Jordan
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Roman bridge, Amasra,
Turkey
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X. Decline and fall, early centuries C.E. A.
Plebeians dispossessed by slaves B. Little
manufacturing C. No unifying ideology
Christianity a threat D. Epidemics (malaria)
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E. Invaded by Germanic tribes, 5th c. C.E.