Ancient Rome - Regents Review

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Ancient Rome and The Roman Empire
The Rise
and Fall
of ROME
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The Geography of Rome
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The History of Ancient Italy
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Italy in 750 BCE
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Influence of the Etruscans

• Writing
• Religion
• The Arch

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The Mythical Founding of RomeRomulus Remus
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The Roman Republic 509 BCE - 27 BCE
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Republican Government
2 Consuls (Rulers of Rome)
Senate (Representative body for
patricians) Tribal Assembly
(Representative body for plebeians)
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The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE

• Providing political and socialrights for the
  plebeians.

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The Roman Forum
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Romes Early Road System
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Roman Roads The Appian Way
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Construction of the Roman Road
Multiple layers of stone, clay, sand and,
sometimes, concrete. Road was crowned for
drainage
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Roman Aqueducts
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The Roman Colosseum
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The Colosseum Interior
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Circus Maximus
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Carthaginian Empire
The Punic Wars
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Hannibals Route
The 2nd Punic War
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Reform Leaders

• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
• the poor should be given grain and small plots of
  free land.

Military Reformer

• Gaius Marius
• recruited an army from the poorand homeless.
• professional standing army.

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Civil War Dictators
Julius Caesar
Pompey
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Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC
The Die is Cast!
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The First Triumvirate

• Julius Caesar
• Marcus Licinius Crassus
• Gaius Magnus Pompey

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Beware the Ides of March!44 BCE
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The Second Triumvirate

• Octavian Augustus
• Marc Antony
• Marcus Lepidus

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The Roman Empire 27 BCE - 476 CE
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Octavian AugustusRomes First Emperor
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The First Roman Dynasty
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Pax Romana 27 BCE 180 CE
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The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire 14 CE
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The Rise of Christianity
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St. Paul Apostle to the Gentiles
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The Spread of Christianity
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Imperial Roman Road System
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The Empire in Crisis 3c
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Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two 294 CE
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Constantine 312 - 337
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Constantinople The 2nd Rome (Founded in 330)
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Barbarian Invasions 4c-5c
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Attila the HunThe Scourge of God
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Barbarians attack Rome
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Rome falls in 476CE Last Emperor Gives Up Throne
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ByzantiumThe Eastern Roman Empire
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The Byzantine EmpireDuring the Reign of Justinian
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The Byzantine Emperor Justinian
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The Legacy of Rome

• Republican Government
• Roman Law
• Latin Language
• Roman Catholic Church
• City Planning
• Romanesque Architectural Style
• Roman Engineering
• Aqueducts
• Sewage systems
• Dams
• Cement/Concrete
• Arch