Chapter 4 All Roads Lead to Rome Plato

Chapter 4 All Roads Lead to Rome

Plato www. youtube. com/watch? v=VDiy. Qub 6 vpw

Activities Vocabulary 77 -79 In sitting groups take notes from pages 77 -79

Roman Republic www. youtube. com/watch? -v=o. Pf 2 g. Aup 9 U

Activity Vocabulary pages 80 -82 Flow Chart

Homework R: Explain what a Republic is. AP/H: Watch the video we watched today and choose a topic to create a cause and effect chart. It can be simple

Legislative and Judicial (extra knowledge) Roman government established tripartite, or three-branch, government - legislative makes law, executive enforces law, judicial interprets law Legislative branch included Senate, assemblies - Senate— 300 members, mostly patricians, advised leaders - assemblies— mostly plebeian, protected plebeian rights Eight judges of judicial branch oversaw courts, governed provinces

Executive (extra knowledge) Two consuls led executive branch - commanded army, ran government for a year - each consul could veto the other In a crisis, consuls could choose dictator to rule for limited time - Cincinnatus was made dictator; legend says he ruled for one day

Legacy of Roman Law (extra knowledge) U. S. government adopted Roman Republic's tripartite system - checks and balances keeps one branch from getting too powerful - government based on written constitution Citizenship is important in republican government citizens expected to perform civic duties - American citizens vote, pay taxes, serve on juries

Punic Wars Gallery Walk Rubric and groups provided

IV. Decline into a Dictatorship By the first century BC, Rome was the greatest power in the Mediterranean world. However, during the last two centuries before Christ, the very foundation of the republic was shaken by Roman expansion. (there are several different ideas about this and not every historian agrees. )

Problems The backbone for the economy and military were the citizen-farmers. When the citizen-farmers were off fighting the wars the hardships fell upon the small farmers. Many of these small farmers lost their land (economic troubles). When the citizen-farmers returned after the wars they faced many obstacles, themselves.

Problems cont. Citizen-farmers lacked money needed to get their land back in shape, they were unable to pay their taxes and lost their farms. It was hard to find jobs. Landless and unemployed, the citizens-farmers became dissatisfied and restless. They did not receive help from the government.

Problems cont…. again Even though the Tribal Assembly (for the common people) had gained power, the Punic wars caused the Assembly to rely more on the experienced Senate. While the poor were become more poor, increased prosperity among the wealthy grew. The Government of Rome became corrupt.

Corrupt Government They hired men called publicans to collect taxes. The men were required to pay Rome a set amount of taxes but the extra they collected they could keep. What would that have caused?

Failure to Reform Read page 89 -90 Create a one sentence summary

Civil War! All class reading page 90. Reading and a dry erase board questions!

nd 2 Civil War! Discussion Questions - Why did the 2 nd Civil War take place? - What were the outcomes of the 2 nd Civil War? - - What do you think would have happened if there wasn’t a 2 nd civil war?

rd 3 Civil War! Read the 3 rd Civil War section - Writing Prompt: If you were living during the time of the 3 rd Civil War of Rome; What side would you have fought on? Why? Do you think there was any way of stopping the war? Explain.

Study for your test on TUESDAY! (Historiography is due on Friday)