Republic To Empire
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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?