Key periods + names

Monarchy (not that important for this course)RepublicEmpire

- cursus honorum- novus homo- - dictatorship- secession of the plebs - tribune of the plebs- tribunate power (veto)- optimates- populares - proscriptions- first triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey and Crassus)- second triumvirate (Octavian, Antony and Lepidus)

The extent of the Roman Empire

Empire in 133 BCE

Empire in 102 BCE

Empire in 60 BCE

Empire in 44 BCE

Empire in 30 BCE

Empire in 6 AD

Empire in 140 AD/CE

Periods:

Foundation of Rome 753Monarchy

Etruscan influence/Tarquins rule Rome 616-510)Tarquinius Priscus (616-579 BCE)

Mid RepublicPunic Wars (Carthage = money + territory +

elephants)1st 264-241 2nd 218-202 Cannae 216Zama 2023rd 149-146 Destruction of Carthage 146

Pyrrhus280-275 BCE

Macedonian Wars- 1st Macedonian War (214-205

BCE) - 3rd Macedonian War

victory over Perseus (171-167 BCE)

- destruction of Corinth 146

Late Republic (133-31/27 BCE)

Social War (91-89)Spartacus’ uprising (73-1 BCE)Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE)Octavian/Augustus

Caesar in Gaul = money = influence

Empire Julio-Claudians (27 BCE-68 CE)Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

Flavians (69-96 CE): Vespasian, Titus, Domitian

Nervo-Antonine Dynasty (98-192)Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus

Severans (193-235)Septimius Severus, Elagabalus, Alexander Severus

Constantine (306-336)- inauguration of Constantinople 330

Augustus

(27 BCE-14 CE)