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REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE
The Punic Wars (Three Wars)
Rome v Carthage
1st – Rome
2nd – Carthage – Hannibal and Elephants
15 years
3rd - Rome
CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE
HANNIBAL’S ROUTE
IMPERIALISM
Establishing control over foreign lands and people
Why do countries practice imperialism?
What are the consequences? Both positive and negative
ROME AT ITS PEAK
REPUBLIC TO DICTATORSHIP
Ceasar v Pompey
Ceasar: “Veni, Vidi, Vici” “I came, I saw, I conquered”
CEASAR
“Beware the Ides of March” Ceasar Murdered – Civil War Octavian defeats Antony & Cleopatra
Octavian becomes Augustus Exalted one Emperors contrasted in skill
DEATH OF CAESAR 44 BC
PAX ROMANA 200 years of peace (27BC – 180AD)
Begins with Augustus (first emperor) Christianity started Art, Architecture, and Mathematics
Prosperous Trade
“Bread and Circuses” distracted poor/riotous Entertainment and free grain
Circus Maximus, Coliseum
ROMAN ROADS
RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
FALL OF ROME – POLITICAL TURMOIL
Political Violence Emperors Overthrown / Protests over
Inequality 26 Emperors in 50 years (235AD-285AD) 238 AD – 6 emperors in 1 year
FALL OF ROME – ECONOMIC WEAKNESS High taxes
For army and larger government Slave Labor discouraged finding
newer technology Trade deficit
Large gap between rich and poor
FALL OF ROME – SOCIAL DECAY
Value System Declines Bread and Circuses negatively
affected the masses
How would events like Gladiator matches and Bread and Circus change Roman behavior on a mass scale? How can you relate this to modern day America?
FALL OF ROME – MILITARY ATTACKS
Migrating Nomads Attack Huns, Visigoths & other Germanic
Tribes Britain, France & Spain fell
Attila the Hun & Odoacer sacked Rome Fell in 476
3RD CENTURY EMPIRE IN CRISIS
BARBARIAN INVASIONS 4C-5C
ESSAY OUTLINE – PAGE 173-177
Military Attacks How do military attacks affect the US?
Political Turmoil How does political division hurt the US?
Economic Weakness How is the US economy suffering?
Social Decay Are the values/morals of the US declining?