Roman+Empire

**600 B.C. - 500 A.D**.  ** By: Austen Tyryfter, Nathan Kapaun **

 __**Overview**__

The Geography of Rome is very good for Rome itself they dont have to worry about invaders. To the North of them they have the Alps which helps the germanic tribes stay out of Italy. They also have the Tiber River which lets Rome be inland but also lets trade ships come inland and trade in Rome. Some advantages of the location is it is a center for trade route, they have some defensive advantages, and built on 7 hills and also 18 miles inland, it has fertile land for good farming. The expansion of Rome had to give thanks to their military, and one way that the military could get to the problemed spot faster was the Appian way a series of roads (highways) that could get someone somewhere very quickly. The Punic wars was a series of wars that the Romans tried to be the main trader in the sea port and Carthage was in its way so Rome went to battle with Carthage, and after 3 wars Rome won overall. The Carthanians general was a guy named Hamilcar and he really hated the Romans and he vowed to beat the Romans in the punic wars. In the 2nd Punic War Carthage was very close to destroying rome they brought 37 war elephants over and almost took control and almost won. In 468 BC the Senate appointed a guy named Julius Ceaser "Dictator for Life" he is probably the most well known roman of all time. He had a Reform that stated that everyone gets roman citiznship, free grain to poor, reduced unemployment, and plebians could be elected to Senate.Then one day two guys named Gaius Cassius and Marcus Brutus stabbed caesar to death in the Senate. After Caeser there became a line of emperors that could only become the emperor if they were related to caesar somehow.

__**Terms**__


 * Consuls: A chief executive officer of the Roman Republic, 2 conslus were elected each year, there were two consuls so that no one consul could gain to much power.
 * Praetors: An official of the Roman Republic in charge of enforcing civil law, the praetors were sort of like today's sheriffs they upheld the law.
 * Plebeians: A social class of minor landowners, crafts people, merchants, and small farmers. This class consisted of the most people.
 * Patricians: Great land owners, they formed the ruling class in the Roman Republic, there were very few patricians. They also held most of the power in the Roman Republic
 * Senate: A selected group of about three hundred patricians who served for life. Originally formed to advise the government, instead they forced the law.

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 * 1) **Julius Caesar**: Dictator for life, JC reforms Roman Citizenship, gave free grain to poor, reduced unemployment, and allowed plebeians to be elected to the senate.
 * 2) **Constantine**: Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians. Constantine pretty much introduced christian relgion into the Roman Empire.
 * 3) **Pontius Pilate**: The Roman governor of Jerusalem who ordered the execution of Jesus. This order crushed many and led Pontius Pilate to be hated by many.
 * 4) **Gracchus brothers**: "Champions of the Poor"- stoned to death by the senate. These brothers helped the poor by taking care of them and giving them chairty while the senate severly disliked this and decided to stone them.
 * 5) **Spartacus**: A slave who led a slave revolt against Rome in 73 BC, 6000 slaves crucified. Sparatcus had good intentions when he led the slave revolt but his intentions got 6000 slaves crucified.

__**Historical Quote**__ "Time is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place." //Marcus Aurelius//

__**Timeline**__

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 * 1,000 BC - ** Latin’s settle at Latium along the Tiber river.
 * 753 BC - ** Rome was built
 * 600 BC ** **-** Etruscans seized Rome
 * 509 BC - ** Roman Republic formed; it allowed citizens with rights to vote and elect leaders.
 * 264 BC - ** Rome rules all of Italy
 * 264 BC - ** First Punic War
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">218 BC - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Second Punic War
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">202 BC - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Battle of Zarma
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">149 BC **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> **-** Third Punic War
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">90 BC - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Civil War
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">73 BC - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Spartacus leads slave revolt (6000 slaves crucified)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">60 BC - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> First Triumvirate or rule of 3
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">46 BC - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Julius Caesar is appointed by the Senate and reforms Rome
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">27 BC-180 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Pax Romana or Roman Peace
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">96 AD-180 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Age of Good Emperors
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">161 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Marcus Aurelius “Last of Good Emperors” defended Empire against invasion from Barabarians.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">192 AD-284 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Barracks Emperors, 28 Military Emperors rule
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">180 AD-192 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Fall of the Roman Empire and the end of Pax Romana
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">410 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Sacking of Rome
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">451 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Battle of Chalons, Romans defeated Attila
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">476 AD - **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Fall of Rome; Romulus Augustulus is last Roman Emperor

__**Links**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Timeline This site realy goes into depth, it has great pictures, renactions of battle, and great timelines. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basic This site is easier to navigate and find information its a great site to go to if your not familiar with the internet! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Museum This site is the site to go to if your focusing on the people of the Roman Empire. It lists all the dates and all the people in a nice neat order, with each person or group having its on paragraph overview. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview This site is a really good site if you just want a brief overview of the Roman Empire. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People This site has all the information on the Roman Empire that you could ever ask for. It has the most information of all the sites, its a great site but a little harder to navigate. This site does not have breif overviews of anything so if you just want an overview this is not a great site for that.