THE ROMANSANCIENT THROUGH THE CLASSICAL AGECHAPTER 5

Mr. Barikmo

World History, Fall Semester 2010

Geography

Etruscan Architecture and Influence

Greek influence

Coinage

Monumental Building

Mythology

Philosophy

Pottery

Science

Theatre

Writing

Senates populusque Romanus“the Roman Senate and the People”

2 Consuls

Roman Senate

Their voice had the force of law!

Assembly

Law and Society

Civil Law…much like our Bill of Rights today

Twelve Tables…political and social rights for

the Plebians

2 Consuls

Roman Senate

Their voice had the force

of law!

Assembly

Tribune

The Punic Wars

Punic Wars cont.Route of Hannibal

Reformers grow the Consul!

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

• the poor should be given grain and small plots of free land.

Military Reformer Gaius Marius

• recruited an army from the poorand homeless.

• professional standing army.

The First Triumverate

Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

Caesar becomes the military genius and

Pompey sees a problem

“The die is cast!”

Crosses the Rubicon!

Use of the phrase today means that there is no

turning back!

“Beware the Ides of March!”

PAX ROMANA

AND THE

AGE OF EMPIRELecture #2