Romulus and Remus Abandoned on a river Found

Romulus and Remus : : : Abandoned on a river. Found by a Shewolf. Looked after by a shepherd. Fought over who should control the city. Remus killed by Romulus. City called Rome and Romulus struck by lightening and became a God. Hannibal : River Rhone was too fast flowing to get 100, 000 men and 36 elephants across and the Gaul’s who were enemies of Hannibal were at the other side. : Problem of the river solved by killing Gaul’s and building rafts covered in earth. : Alps were too cold and steep. : Problem solved by tricking the Allobrogian’s by pretending still in camp with fake fires and also by spending 3 days digging a path. : Arrived in Italy with 23, 000 men, which wasn’t enough to do defeat the Romans. Hannibal’s army were surrounded and the Romans attacked Carthage.

Boudicca : : : Her husband died and the Romans ignored her and assaulted her daughters. Boudicca gathered an army and burned down three towns including Londinium. Boudicca had 70, 000 men and the Romans 10, 000. The Roman soldiers were better trained and had better tactics. Boudicca’s army retreated but got trapped by the wagons and were killed. Boudicca then poisoned herself. Consul : 2 of these governed Rome for one year and then couldn’t rule again for ten years. Senator : Retired Magistrates who gave advice to the Consuls. Magistrate : Controlled the money in Rome. : Slave and Women had no power in Rome. Plebian- Poor citizens of Rome. Patrician- Wealthy citizens of Rome. Women and Slave could not vote.

: Primary evidence is first hand evidence from the time the event happened, an example is a soldier’s diary. : Secondary evidence was produced after the event, an example is a school History textbook. BC= Before Christ AD= Anno Domini ( The year of our Lord) 218 BC, 55 BC, 9 BC, 14 AD, 300 AD 2020 AD ( This is an order showing how years should be from the earliest to the most recent). Julius Caesar : : He He named the month of July after himself. wore Purple robes like a King. was killed by Senators such as Brutus. was stabbed 23 times. Collapse of the Roman Empire. : 476 AD Rome was defeated by the Goths. : The emperors had got greedy and angered the people and the empire had become too large and expensive to rule.