ROMAN EMPIRE A.

• Republic: a state in which supreme power is held by the people.
• Patricians: an aristocrat or noblemans
• Plebeians: a commoner in Ancient Rome
• Tribune: an official in Ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interest

TWELVE TABLES

• Earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of law
• Both the patricians and the plebeians followed these laws

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PUNIC WARS

• FIRST PUNIC WAR( 204-241B.C) WHO FOUGHT: ROME AND CARTHAGE
• Why: Rome decided to intervene in a dispute which exploded in conflict
• Outcome: Rome defeats Carthage and Sicily became rome's first overseas province

SECOND PUNIC WAR(218-201B.C)

• Who fought: Rome and Carthage
• Why: Hannibal swore a blood oath against Rome
• Outcome: Rome defeats Carthage again and is forced to give up

THIRD PUNIC WAR(149-146B.C)

B. REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE

• The fall of the Roman Empire was slow and took place for over a century
• Caeser: began is political career in 78B.C and quickly gained power
• He changed the calendar from the sun to the moon
• Roman dictators saw him as a threat and killed him
• Augustus was Caesars from that took his place in line for the throne

EXPLAIN:

• Pax Romana: means "roman peace" from 27B.C to 180C.E
• Five good emperors: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
• Life in imperial Rome: women- life was hard, had to work
• Slaves- we're property owned and living conditions were brutal
• Gladiators- they were famous, and was the entertainment of the show

LIFE IN IMPERIAL ROME CONTINUED:

• Children- we're taught well but often exposed
• Education- for young males, learn how to be good, intelligent

DECLINE OF ROMAN EMPIRE

• Government- corrupt
• Emperors- became lazy, greedy, and made unwise choices.
• Military- typical soldier became loyal to money
• Economic reasons- people, we're greatly attracted to slaves
• Social reasons- they lost all the hard-working and golden virtues. Temptation of money

DECLINE OF ROMAN EMPIRE CONTINUED:

• Paintings and sculptures: artist were very good because did different things
• Latin- language of the empire, and governors
• Architecture and technology- had one of the most advanced set of technology of its time.
• Technology was lost during the turbulent eras of late antiquity of the Middle Ages
• Roman systems of law- the legal system of Ancient Rome, forming the basic modern civil law