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ANCIENT ROMEANCIENT ROME
AN INTRODUCTIONAN INTRODUCTION
DIVISIONS OF DIVISIONS OF ROMAN ROMAN
HISTORYHISTORY
THE REPUBLICTHE REPUBLIC509 BC-28 BC509 BC-28 BC
THE ROMAN THE ROMAN EMPIREEMPIRE
27 BC-476 AD27 BC-476 AD
MAJOR MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTIONS
OF ROME TO OF ROME TO WESTERN WESTERN
CIVILIZATIONCIVILIZATION
LATIN LANGUAGELATIN LANGUAGE JULIAN CALENDAR- 365 ¼ JULIAN CALENDAR- 365 ¼
days a yeardays a year NAMES OF THE MONTHS – NAMES OF THE MONTHS –
July and August named for July and August named for Roman emperorsRoman emperors
ROMAN NUMERALSROMAN NUMERALS ROMAN ALPHABETROMAN ALPHABET
LITERATURE- major writers and LITERATURE- major writers and poetspoets
PUBLIC WORKS AND CIVIL PUBLIC WORKS AND CIVIL ENGINEERINGENGINEERING
REPUBLICAN MODEL OF REPUBLICAN MODEL OF GOVERNMENT (ELECTED SENATE)GOVERNMENT (ELECTED SENATE)
CIVIL LAW CODE (JUSTINIAN CIVIL LAW CODE (JUSTINIAN CODE)CODE)
INSTITUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHCHURCH
GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY MILD CLIMATEMILD CLIMATE FERTILE PLAINS- good for farmingFERTILE PLAINS- good for farming HILLS HILLS SMALLER RIVERS USED FOR TRADE, SMALLER RIVERS USED FOR TRADE,
COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION
NATURAL BARRIERSNATURAL BARRIERS MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH (THE ALPS)MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH (THE ALPS) SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THREE SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THREE
SIDES (PENINSULA) SIDES (PENINSULA)
ALPSALPS
COASTCOAST
GEOGRAPHY DID GEOGRAPHY DID NOT PREVENTNOT PREVENT
POLTICAL UNITY POLTICAL UNITY IN ITALYIN ITALY
EARLY PEOPLE EARLY PEOPLE OF ITALYOF ITALY
LATINSLATINS
SETTLED ALONG THE SETTLED ALONG THE TIBER RIVERTIBER RIVER
FOUNDED ROME IN 753 BCFOUNDED ROME IN 753 BC RELATED TO THE ANCIENT RELATED TO THE ANCIENT
GREEKSGREEKS
EARLY SETTLEMENT EARLY SETTLEMENT ALONG THE TIBERALONG THE TIBER
ETRUSCANSETRUSCANS APPEARED IN ITALY APPEARED IN ITALY
AROUND 800 BCAROUND 800 BC GAINED CONTROL GAINED CONTROL
OF THE LATINSOF THE LATINS RULED BY KINGSRULED BY KINGS SOPHISTICATED SOPHISTICATED
AND ARTISTIC AND ARTISTIC CULTURECULTURE
ETRUSCAN ARTETRUSCAN ART
CARTHAGINIANSCARTHAGINIANS A A MAJOR TRADING POST MAJOR TRADING POST IN NORTH IN NORTH
AFRICAAFRICA ROME’S GREATEST RIVAL ROME’S GREATEST RIVAL IN THE IN THE
WESTERN MEDITERRANEANWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN ROME WOULD FIGHT ROME WOULD FIGHT THREE WARS THREE WARS
WITH CARTHAGE OVER CONTROL OF WITH CARTHAGE OVER CONTROL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION –THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION –TRADE AND MILITARY DOMINANCE TRADE AND MILITARY DOMINANCE PUNIC WARSPUNIC WARS CARTHAGE WAS DEFEATED CARTHAGE WAS DEFEATED BY BY
ROMEROME
LEGEND OF ROMULUS AND LEGEND OF ROMULUS AND REMUSREMUS
TWIN BROTHERS TWIN BROTHERS UNCLE ATTEMPTED TO KILL THEMUNCLE ATTEMPTED TO KILL THEM
FEARED THEY WOULD THREATEN HIS POWER FEARED THEY WOULD THREATEN HIS POWER AS RULERAS RULER
HE HE TOSSED THE BABIES INTO THE TOSSED THE BABIES INTO THE TIBER RIVERTIBER RIVER
LEGEND SAYS LEGEND SAYS THE BABIES WERE THE BABIES WERE RESCUED AND RAISED BY A FEMALE RESCUED AND RAISED BY A FEMALE WOLFWOLF
ROMULUS ROMULUS LATER KILLED REMUS LATER KILLED REMUS BECAMEBECAME THE THE SOLE RULER OF SOLE RULER OF ROMEROME
ROMAN SOCIETYROMAN SOCIETY
TWO MAJOR TWO MAJOR SOCIAL CLASSESSOCIAL CLASSES
PATRICIANSPATRICIANSUPPER CLASS- WEALTHYUPPER CLASS- WEALTHYCONTROLLED THE LAND CONTROLLED THE LAND
HAD HAD POLTICAL POWERPOLTICAL POWERCOULD COULD VOTE VOTE AND HOLD AND HOLD
POLITICAL OFFICEPOLITICAL OFFICE
PLEBEIANSPLEBEIANS COMMONERS (NOT NOTILITY) COMMONERS (NOT NOTILITY)
ARTISANSARTISANS WORKING CLASSWORKING CLASS FARMERS FARMERS MERCHANTSMERCHANTS
LOWER CLASS - POORLOWER CLASS - POOR DID NOT USUALLY OWN LANDDID NOT USUALLY OWN LAND HAD HAD LITTLE POLITICAL POWERLITTLE POLITICAL POWER
PATERFAMILIASPATERFAMILIASTHE FATHERTHE FATHER
HEAD OF THE FAMILYHEAD OF THE FAMILY MALE DOMINATED SOCIETYMALE DOMINATED SOCIETY FATHER HELD ABSOLUTE POWER FATHER HELD ABSOLUTE POWER
OVER HIS WIFE AND CHILDRENOVER HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN STRESSED STRONG FAMILY STRESSED STRONG FAMILY
VALUESVALUES SERIOUSNESS SERIOUSNESS DIGNITYDIGNITY LOYALTYLOYALTY
PATERFAMILIASPATERFAMILIAS
PATERFAMILIASPATERFAMILIAS
ROMAN RELIGIONROMAN RELIGION
ROMAN RELIGION WAS CLOSELY ROMAN RELIGION WAS CLOSELY RELATED TO THERELATED TO THE FAMILY FAMILY ORIGINALLY INVOLVED ANCESTOR ORIGINALLY INVOLVED ANCESTOR
WORSHIPWORSHIP ROMAN GODS OFTEN RELATED TO ROMAN GODS OFTEN RELATED TO
ASPECTS OF NATUREASPECTS OF NATURE BLENDEDBLENDED (syncretism) (syncretism) ROMAN ROMAN
GODS WITH GREEK AND GODS WITH GREEK AND ETRUSCAN GODS AND GODDESSESETRUSCAN GODS AND GODDESSES 12 MAJOR ROMAN GODS12 MAJOR ROMAN GODS
ROMANS ROMANS SACRIFICED TO THEIR SACRIFICED TO THEIR GODS GODS TO APPEASE THEM AND GAIN TO APPEASE THEM AND GAIN FAVOR IN THIS LIFEFAVOR IN THIS LIFE
LITTLE EMPHASIS AN THE LITTLE EMPHASIS AN THE AFTER-LIFEAFTER-LIFE
ROMAN RELIGION ROMAN RELIGION DID NOTDID NOT PROVIDE ANY REAL MEANING OR PROVIDE ANY REAL MEANING OR PURPOSE FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE- PURPOSE FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE-
NOR DID IT PROVIDE THE MORAL NOR DID IT PROVIDE THE MORAL BASIS FOR ROMAN SOCIETY BASIS FOR ROMAN SOCIETY
ROMAN GODSROMAN GODS
JUPITERJUPITER
EDUCATIONEDUCATION ROMAN EDUCATION ROMAN EDUCATION CENTERED ON MENCENTERED ON MEN SONS WERE USUALLY SONS WERE USUALLY TAUGHT AT HOME TAUGHT AT HOME ROMAN MOTHERS TAUGHT THEIR ROMAN MOTHERS TAUGHT THEIR
DAUGHTERS ABOUT RUNNING A DAUGHTERS ABOUT RUNNING A HOUSEHOLD- LITERACY WAS TAUGHTHOUSEHOLD- LITERACY WAS TAUGHT
WEALTHY FAMILES HIRED AN EDUCATED WEALTHY FAMILES HIRED AN EDUCATED GREEK SLAVE (GREEK SLAVE (PEDAGOGUEPEDAGOGUE))
STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT BOTH LATIN BOTH LATIN AND GREEKAND GREEK
STRESSED RHETORIC, LITERATURE, STRESSED RHETORIC, LITERATURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY
ROMAN SCHOOLROMAN SCHOOL
GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT
FROM 753-509 BC ROME WAS FROM 753-509 BC ROME WAS RULED BY RULED BY ETRUSCAN KINGSETRUSCAN KINGS
KINGS WERE SELECTED FROM KINGS WERE SELECTED FROM POWERFUL POWERFUL PATRICIANSPATRICIANS IN THE IN THE ASSEMBLYASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY CARREID OUT ASSEMBLY CARREID OUT GOVERNMENT DUTIESGOVERNMENT DUTIES
SENATESENATE (ELECTED LEADERS) (ELECTED LEADERS) WHO WHO ADVISED THE KINGADVISED THE KING
THE BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF THE ROMAN OF THE ROMAN
REPUBLIC REPUBLIC ((RES REPUBLICARES REPUBLICA))
THE REPUBLICTHE REPUBLIC509 BC509 BC
IN IN 509 BC509 BC THE ETRUSCAN THE ETRUSCAN KING, TARQUIN THE PROUDKING, TARQUIN THE PROUD WAS OVERTHROWNWAS OVERTHROWN
A REPRESENTATIVE (ELECTED) A REPRESENTATIVE (ELECTED) FORM OF GOVERNMENT WAS FORM OF GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHEDESTABLISHED REPUBLICREPUBLIC CITIZENS VOTED FOR LEADERS CITIZENS VOTED FOR LEADERS
(SENATE) (SENATE)
LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIPDURING THE REPUBLICDURING THE REPUBLIC
CONSULSCONSULS POWER WAS POWER WAS
DIVIDED DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO BETWEEN TWO CONSULS CONSULS CO-LEADERSCO-LEADERS ONE YEAR TERM ONE YEAR TERM OVERSAW OVERSAW
GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY AND MILITARY
DICTATORDICTATOR
DURING A TIME DURING A TIME OF CRISIS A OF CRISIS A DICATOR DICATOR (SINGLE LEADER) (SINGLE LEADER) WOULD BE WOULD BE APPOINTED TO APPOINTED TO LEADLEAD
LIMITED TO A SIX LIMITED TO A SIX MONTH TERM MONTH TERM
ROMAN SENATEROMAN SENATE
MOST POWERFUL GOVERNING BODY MOST POWERFUL GOVERNING BODY WAS THE SENATEWAS THE SENATE 300 MEMBERS 300 MEMBERS
MADE LAWS AND GUIDED THE MADE LAWS AND GUIDED THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT
SENATORS SENATORS WERE LAND OWNING WERE LAND OWNING WEALTHY PATRICIANS- UPPER WEALTHY PATRICIANS- UPPER CLASS CLASS
SERVED IN THE SENATE FOR LIFESERVED IN THE SENATE FOR LIFE
SENATESENATE
TRIBUNETRIBUNE
PLEBEIANSPLEBEIANS HAD BEEN HAD BEEN BARRED BARRED FROM FROM HOLDING ELECTED OFFICEHOLDING ELECTED OFFICE
493 BC AN 493 BC AN OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR PLEBEIANSPLEBEIANS WAS ESTABLISHED WAS ESTABLISHED
THE TRIBUNE- ELECTED THE TRIBUNE- ELECTED PLEBEIAN OFFICIALS PLEBEIAN OFFICIALS POWER OF VETO POWER OF VETO
ROMAN LAWROMAN LAW
IN 450 BC ROME ESTABLISHED A IN 450 BC ROME ESTABLISHED A WRITTEN LAW CODE FOR ITS WRITTEN LAW CODE FOR ITS CITIZENSCITIZENS
LAW OF THE TWELVE TABLESLAW OF THE TWELVE TABLES ROMAN LAW FOR ROMAN LAW FOR ALL ALL CITIZENS CITIZENS
PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS NOW HAD ACCESS TO ROMAN NOW HAD ACCESS TO ROMAN LAW AND ITS PROTECTIONS LAW AND ITS PROTECTIONS
ROMAN EXPANSIONROMAN EXPANSION MILITARY CONQUEST MILITARY CONQUEST GAINED GAINED
NEW TERRITORY NEW TERRITORY
TRADE WITH OTHER REGIONS TRADE WITH OTHER REGIONS SPREAD ROMAN CULTURE SPREAD ROMAN CULTURE AND INFLUENCEAND INFLUENCE
POLTICAL AGREEMENTS AND POLTICAL AGREEMENTS AND ALLIANCES EXPANDED ALLIANCES EXPANDED ROME’S INFLUENCE ROME’S INFLUENCE
ROME OFTEN OFFERED ACCESS TO ROME OFTEN OFFERED ACCESS TO BENEFITS TO ENCOURAGE BENEFITS TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCECOMPLIANCE OFFERED OFFERED ROMAN CITIZENSHIP ROMAN CITIZENSHIP
AND ACCESS TO ROMAN LAW AND ACCESS TO ROMAN LAW GAVE ACCESS TO GAVE ACCESS TO MILITARY MILITARY
SERVICE SERVICE MEN COULD SERVE IN THE LEGIONSMEN COULD SERVE IN THE LEGIONS
EARN MONEY AND POSSIBLY LAND EARN MONEY AND POSSIBLY LAND CHANCE TO BE A PART OF ROME’S GLORY CHANCE TO BE A PART OF ROME’S GLORY
OFTEN ALLOWED CONQUERED OFTEN ALLOWED CONQUERED REGIONS TO REGIONS TO KEEP THEIR KEEP THEIR RELIGION RELIGION AND CUSTOMSAND CUSTOMS
ROME COULD ALSO BE ROME COULD ALSO BE CRUEL CRUEL
TOOK WHAT IT WANTED FROM THE PROVINCESTOOK WHAT IT WANTED FROM THE PROVINCES TOOK LANDTOOK LAND TOOK WEALTHTOOK WEALTH TOOK GOODSTOOK GOODS TOOK AGRICULTURE/FOOD TOOK AGRICULTURE/FOOD
ENSLAVED PEOPLE ENSLAVED PEOPLE WHO RESISTEDWHO RESISTED FORCED MANY INTO SLAVERY AND HARD FORCED MANY INTO SLAVERY AND HARD
LABOR LABOR KILLED OPPOSITION-KILLED OPPOSITION-
USED TORTURE AND PUBLIC EXECUTION AS A USED TORTURE AND PUBLIC EXECUTION AS A WARNING TO ANY WHO CHALLENGED ROME’S WARNING TO ANY WHO CHALLENGED ROME’S AUTHORITY AUTHORITY
ROMAN SLAVESROMAN SLAVES
ROMAN SLAVESROMAN SLAVES
ROMAN GLADIATORS ROMAN GLADIATORS WERE OFTEN SLAVESWERE OFTEN SLAVES
GLADIATORSGLADIATORS
PUNIC WARSPUNIC WARS
THREE WARS FOUGHT WITH THREE WARS FOUGHT WITH CARTHAGE FOR CONTROL OF CARTHAGE FOR CONTROL OF THE MEDITERRANEANTHE MEDITERRANEAN
218 BC-146 BC218 BC-146 BCMILITARY SUPREMACYMILITARY SUPREMACYCONTROL OF TRADECONTROL OF TRADECONTROL OF TERRITORY CONTROL OF TERRITORY
HANNIBAL AND THE HANNIBAL AND THE SECOND PUNIC WARSECOND PUNIC WAR
THE CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL THE CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL ATTEMPTED TO INVADE ITALY ATTEMPTED TO INVADE ITALY
TOOK ELEPHANTS OVER THE ALPS TOOK ELEPHANTS OVER THE ALPS
ROME DESTROYED ROME DESTROYED CARTHAGE IN THE THIRD CARTHAGE IN THE THIRD
PUNIC WARPUNIC WAR
IMPACT OF ROMAN IMPACT OF ROMAN EXPANSIONEXPANSION
GROWING WEALTHGROWING WEALTH EXPANSION OF GREEK AND ROMAN EXPANSION OF GREEK AND ROMAN
CULTURECULTURE EXPLOITATIONEXPLOITATION OF THE OF THE
PROVINCESPROVINCES ROMAN SOCIETY BECAME MORE ROMAN SOCIETY BECAME MORE
DIVIDED- DIVIDED- SOCIAL TENSIONS SOCIAL TENSIONS AND AND UNRESTUNREST RICH RICH POORPOOR
ROME AND THE TIBER ROME AND THE TIBER RIVERRIVER
ROMAN AQUADUCTS BROUGHT FRESH ROMAN AQUADUCTS BROUGHT FRESH WATER TO THE CITIESWATER TO THE CITIES
ROMAN BATHSROMAN BATHS
THE ROMAN FORUMTHE ROMAN FORUM
ROMAN CHARIOT ROMAN CHARIOT RACESRACES
ROME STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN ITS ROME STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN ITS REPUBLIC AS POWERFUL MILITARY REPUBLIC AS POWERFUL MILITARY GENERALS MANUEVERED FOR GENERALS MANUEVERED FOR GREATER CONTROL GREATER CONTROL
FIRST TRIUMVERATE – 3 RULERS FIRST TRIUMVERATE – 3 RULERS JULIUS CAESARJULIUS CAESAR CRASSUS CRASSUS POMPEY POMPEY
STRUGGLE FOR POWER STRUGGLE FOR POWER BETWEEN THE BETWEEN THE THREE GENERALS THREE GENERALS
ROMAN SENATE BEGAN TO FEAR JULIUS ROMAN SENATE BEGAN TO FEAR JULIUS CAESAR’S POWER AND LEGIONS CAESAR’S POWER AND LEGIONS
CAESAR CAESAR DEFIED THE SENATE’S DEFIED THE SENATE’S ORDERS AND ORDERS AND BROUGHT HIS LEGIONS BROUGHT HIS LEGIONS INTO ROME- “CROSSING THE INTO ROME- “CROSSING THE RUBICON” RUBICON”
CAESAR WAS DECLARED SOLE RULER OF CAESAR WAS DECLARED SOLE RULER OF ROME –MADE ROME –MADE DICTATOR FOR LIFE DICTATOR FOR LIFE
FEARING CAESAR’S GROWING FEARING CAESAR’S GROWING POWER, POWER, 60 MEMBERS OF THE 60 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE PLOTTED TO SENATE PLOTTED TO ASSASSINATE HIM ASSASSINATE HIM – –
JULIUS CAESAR WAS STABBED TO JULIUS CAESAR WAS STABBED TO DEATH ON DEATH ON MARCH 15, 44 BC MARCH 15, 44 BC IN IN THE SENATE THE SENATE ““BEWARE THE BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH” IDES OF MARCH”
ROME BECOMES AN ROME BECOMES AN EMPIRE EMPIRE
A STRUGGLE FOR POWER WOULD A STRUGGLE FOR POWER WOULD RESULT – RESULT – CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR
THE SECOND TRIUMVERATETHE SECOND TRIUMVERATE OCTAVIANOCTAVIAN MARK ANTONY MARK ANTONY LIPIDUS LIPIDUS
OCTAVIAN WOULD BECOME THE OCTAVIAN WOULD BECOME THE EMPEROR OF ROME (CAESAR EMPEROR OF ROME (CAESAR AUGUSTUS) AUGUSTUS) AFTER DEFEATING HIS AFTER DEFEATING HIS OPPOSITION OPPOSITION
The base of statue The base of statue includes the image of includes the image of the Greek god Cupid the Greek god Cupid riding a dolphin. riding a dolphin. This expresses This expresses Augustus’ supposed Augustus’ supposed ancestry to the ancestry to the goddess Venus goddess Venus (Cupid's mother) by (Cupid's mother) by way of his adopted way of his adopted father Julius Caesar.father Julius Caesar.
THE END OF THE THE END OF THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC
ROME WAS ROME WAS WEAKENED BY INTERNAL WEAKENED BY INTERNAL CONFLICTS CONFLICTS
THE THE SENATE’S LEADERSHIP AND POWER SENATE’S LEADERSHIP AND POWER DECLINEDDECLINED
POWERFUL POLITICIANS WERE WILLING TO POWERFUL POLITICIANS WERE WILLING TO USE USE VIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALSVIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS
LEGIONS BECAME LEGIONS BECAME LOYAL TO INDIVIDUAL LOYAL TO INDIVIDUAL COMMANDERS RATHER THAN TO ROME COMMANDERS RATHER THAN TO ROME
POVERY GREWPOVERY GREW THERE WAS A THERE WAS A DECLINE IN TRADITIONAL DECLINE IN TRADITIONAL
VALUES AND ROMAN VIRTUES VALUES AND ROMAN VIRTUES