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?