By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY
The Geography of Rome
Italy in 750 BCE
Influence of the Writing Etruscans
Religion The Arch
The Mythical Founding of Rome: Romulus & Remus
Republican Government
2 Consuls
(Rulers of Rome)
Senate
(Representative body for patricians)
Tribal Assembly
(Representative body for plebeians)
The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE
Providing political and social rights for the plebeians.
The Roman Forum
Rome’s Early Road System
Roman Roads: The Appian Way
Roman Aqueducts
The Roman Colosseum
The Colosseum Interior
Circus Maximus
Carthaginian Empire
Hannibal’s Route
Reform Leaders
Tiberius and Gaius
Gracchus
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Military Reformer
Gaius Marius poor and homeless.
the poor should be given grain and small plots of free land.
• recruited an army from the • professional standing army.
Civil War & Dictators
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC The Die is Cast!
The First Triumvirate
Julius Caesar Marcus Licinius Crassus Gaius Magnus Pompey
Beware the Ides of March! 44 BCE
The Second Triumvirate
Octavian Augustus Marc Antony Marcus Lepidus
Octavian Augustus: Rome’s First Emperor
The First Roman Dynasty
Pax Romana: 27 BCE –
180 CE
The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE
The Rise of Christianity
St. Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles
The Spread of Christianity
Imperial Roman Road System
The Empire in Crisis: 3c
Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two: 294
CE
Constantine: 312 337
Constantinople: “The 2nd Rome” (Founded in 330)
Barbarian Invasions: 4c-5c
Attila the Hun: “The Scourge of God”
Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire During the Reign of Justinian
The Byzantine Emperor Justinian
Roman Law Latin Language Roman Catholic Church City Planning Romanesque Architectural Style Roman Engineering • Aqueducts • Sewage systems • Dams • Cement • Arch
The Legacy of Rome Republic Government