By Susan M Pojer Horace Greeley H S

By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY

The Geography of Rome

Italy in 750 BCE

Influence of the Etruscans § § § Writing Religion The Arch

The Mythical Founding of Rome: Romulus & Remus

Republican Government 2 Consuls (Rulers of Rome) Senate (Representative body forpatricians) Tribal Assembly (Representative body forplebeians)

The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE § Providing political and social rights for the plebeians.

The Roman Forum

Rome’s Early Road System

Roman Roads: The Appian Way

Roman Aqueducts

The Roman Colosseum

The Colosseum Interior

Circus Maximus

Carthaginian Empire

Hannibal’s Route

Reform Leaders § 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 poor and homeless. • professional standing army.

Civil War & Dictators Julius Caesar Pompey

Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC The Die is Cast!

The First Triumvirate § Julius Caesar § Marcus Licinius Crassus § Gaius Magnus Pompey

Beware the Ides of March! 44 BCE

The Second Triumvirate § Octavian Augustus § Marc Antony § Marcus Lepidus

Octavian Augustus: Rome’s First Emperor

The First Roman Dynasty

Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE

The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE

The Rise of Christianity

St. Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles

The Spread of Christianity

Imperial Roman Road System

The Empire in Crisis: 3 c

Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two: 294 CE

Constantine: 312 - 337

Constantinople: “The 2 nd Rome” (Founded in 330)

Barbarian Invasions: 4 c-5 c

Attila the Hun: “The Scourge of God”

Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire

The Byzantine Empire During the Reign of Justinian

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian

The Legacy of Rome § § § § Republic Government Roman Law Latin Language Roman Catholic Church City Planning Romanesque Architectural Style Roman Engineering • Aqueducts • Sewage systems • Dams • Cement • Arch