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ROME Splendour and turmoilRome was based on greek ‘democracy’, where
the people (citizens) were the chief power
• The Roman Empire lasted from 500BCE to 500CE• It went from being a monarchy, to a republic, to an
autocratic empire• The Roman Empire’s greatest strengths were its
army, its law, its architecture and engineering, and literature.
Roman politics could get messy - even at its peak, Roman politics was volatile
The Death of Julius Caesar 44B.C.E.
To keep the Roman mob happy, Vespasian built one of the most famous buildings in the world.. 79C.E.
The Colosseum
The Colosseum• Defeated enemies would be humiliated
and killed before the crowd• Enemies of the state (like Christians and
other ‘barbarians’) were fed to wild animals
• The centre stage could even be flooded for ship battles!
Gladiators
Gladiators
• Slaves• Were from all over the empire• Fought in the colosseum• Fought men, beasts, and recreated great
Roman battles• Could win their freedom• Became as popular as rock stars today
Gladiators
Gladiators
Roman Empire at its peak 117C.E.
Roman Britain
The Empire splits 324C.E.
The weakened Empire is invaded and carved up by ‘barbarians’.
Gemitus Britannorum: ‘The Groans of the Britons’Roman Briton pleads for help against the Saxons
430C.E.“To Agitius, general, the groans of the Britons... the barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us to the barbarians, between these two
means of death we are either killed or drowned.”
Barbarian ways
• But, outside Rome, people believed in older, more clear-cut power structures
• Power belonged to the strongest• As the Empire collapsed and the
barbarians took Roman lands, they brought with them their own forms of government- kings
The Feudal system
• Feudal power triangle
King
Bishops & Barons
Knights
Merchants and Craftsmen
Peasant Freemen & Serfs