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WarfareSettlement & Monumental Archaeology
Religion
Forefathers of the Roman Republic
THE ETRUSCANS
WARFARE
Etruscan MilitaryEtruscan Military
Bronze Warrior6C BCE Chariot
• -more organized and resource-rich.
• -adopted Greek military tactics and weapons.
• -then improved on them.
• Their outburst of energy lasted several centuries. Bit by bit they conquered others to the north, in the middle, and to the south.
THE ETRUSCANS WERE
Etruscans excelled at adorning their shields with a convincingly ferocious-looking god. It was used to signal to the opponent that the gods were on the side of the Etruscans. Perhaps the God-On-Shield also served as psychological reinforcement for themselves.
ROMAN MILITARY STRATEGY AND
TACTICS
“War can only end in eventual victory”
• Great soldiers
• Well-trained
• All volunteers
ROME: MILITARY ABILITY
ROME ADAPTS…
Completely reorganizes army.
Tactics during battle still not seen as important part of warfare.
Cavalry still not seen as an offensive unit… and will not be for a while.
REALLY ADAPTSNew Helmets!New Shields!
ROME STILL MISSING SOMETHING…
Up until the Second Punic War, Rome had no generals that stood out from the crowd…
Until…
THE SHIELD AND SWORD OF ROME
Quintus Fabius Maximus
(Cunctator)
Roman politician and general
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Five times elected as consul of the Roman
Republic, was an important Roman military
leader
MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH…
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
General in the Second Punic War
THE ‘CLASSIC’ ROMAN LEGION
• Came into being largely due
to reforms of Caius Marius
• Any citizen could be a
soldier now, so long as he
was fit and willing to fight
• Soldiers prepared for any
situation
• Pensions! Marius’ Mules
WAY THE ‘CLASSIC’ LEGION OPERATED• With many wars under
its belt the Roman
Empire held dominance
on the battlefield
• Rome had tactics that
only it had the
resources to pull off
NAVAL WARFARE
QuinqueremeTrireme
HOW COULD ROME LOSE?
• Even an army of 400,000 could not keep these borders safe forever.
• Remember cavalry?
• The last competent general was Belsarius under Justinain.
AN EMPIRE SPLIT, AN ARMY REFORMED
“My mother bore a general, not a
warrior”
• Rome’s economy declines.
• Rome faces military upheaval.
• Roman politics decay.
• Bigger gap between the rich and poor.
CAUSES OF THE DECLINE OF ROME
Rome splits into East and West
• Economic– Inflation– Disruption of Trade
• Military– Threats from Northern European tribes– Decline of patriotism & loyalty among soldiers– Low funds for defense
• Political– Division of the empire– Political office seen as a burden, not an honor
• Social– Lack of confidence in the empire– Decline in interest of political affairs
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE DECLINE OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE…
RELIGION
Etruscan ReligionEtruscan Religion
Z Polytheistic.
Z Believed that the destiny of manwas determined by the whims of the gods.
Z Believed in prophecy and readingthe signs of nature by augurs.
Z Believed in predestination.
Z Polytheistic.
Z Believed that the destiny of manwas determined by the whims of the gods.
Z Believed in prophecy and readingthe signs of nature by augurs.
Z Believed in predestination.
• Jupiter ( Zeus):king- ruled the sky– Central cella– 4 horse chariot on roof
• Juno (Hera):goddess of marriage
• Minerva (Athena):wisdom and warfare
ETRUSCAN GODS: MADE OF TERRA COTTA
• rustic Italian cults
• overlay of Greek religion
• Etruscan influences
• believed everything had a spirit
ROMAN RELIGIONROMAN RELIGION
SETTLEMENT &
MONUMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
• Walls with protective gates and towers surrounded the cities
• Arcuated Gateway: Anticipates the Roman use of the round arch
ETRUSCANARCHITECTURE
Reconstruction of anEtruscan Temple
Reconstruction of anEtruscan Temple
Etruscan CemeteryEtruscan Cemetery
Etruscan Funeral& Tomb
Etruscan Funeral& Tomb
Etruscan Tomb Wall &
Tomb Fresco
Etruscan Tomb Wall &
Tomb Fresco
Interior of an Etruscan Tomb
Interior of an Etruscan Tomb
Sarcophagus of an Etruscan Couple
Sarcophagus of an Etruscan Couple
The Gate of Volterra:First known Archway in
History!
The Gate of Volterra:First known Archway in
History!
• great skill
• engineers and architects
• roads, cities
• concrete
ROMAN ARCHITECTUREROMAN ARCHITECTURE
ROME: AQUEDUCTS – structures, using the arch, that bring water into the city
CIRCUS MAXIMUS – The chariot races were held at this track, holding hundreds of thousands of people. The track was
designed so that the emperor could watch from his palace.
PANTHEON - The place where Roman gods were worshipped…. The ceiling is in a dome shape, another significant development of the times.
THE COLOSSEUM
CATACOMBS
END.THANKS FOR LISTENING!