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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