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Aim How did the geography of Rome affect its
development?

• Vocabulary
• peninsula
• maritime
• imperial
• commodities
• dominion
• rampart
• citadel

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What geographic features made Italy a favorable
site for civilization?
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• Peninsula in the center of the Mediterranean Sea
  (Mare Nostrum)
• Lowland valleys good soil
• Climate rainy, cool winters, mild summers
• Mountains Alps in the north (protection) and
  climate shielded by Appenine Mountain spine
• Natural resources forests, copper, tin, iron,
  salt, marble and other building stone

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Aim Why did the Roman Republic Become an Empire?
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The Geography of Rome
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Italy in 750 BC
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Influence of the Etruscans

• Writing
• Religion
• The Arch

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The Mythical Founding of RomeRomulus Remus
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The Roman Republic 509 27 B.C.
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Republican Government
2 Consuls (Rulers of Rome)
Senate (Representative body for
patricians) Tribal Assembly
(Representative body for plebeians)
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The Twelve Tables, 450 BC

• Providing political and socialrights for the
  plebeians.

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The Roman Forum
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Romes Early Road System
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Roman Roads The Appian Way
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Roman Aqueducts
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The Roman Colosseum
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The Colosseum Interior
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Circus Maximus
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Carthaginian Empire
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Hannibals Route
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Reform Leaders

• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
• The poor and military veterrans should be given
  grain and small plots of free land.

The Social Wars 100-40 B.C. Marius Leader of
Populares Sulla Leader of Optimates
Proscriptions Military Reformer
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Civil War Dictators
Julius Caesar
Pompey
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Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC
The Die is Cast!
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The First Triumvirate

• Caius Julius Caesar (Politician, Later General)
• Marcus Licinius Crassus (The Banker)
• Gnaeus Pompeius (General)

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Beware the Ides of March!44 BC
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The Second Triumvirate

• Octavian Augustus
• Marc Antony
• Marcus Lepidus

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The Roman Empire

• 27 A.D.- 476 A.D. (West) 1453 A.D.
  (East)

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Octavian AugustusRomes First Emperor
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The First Roman Dynasty
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Pax Romana 27 BC 180 AD
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The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire 14 AD
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The Rise of Christianity
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St. Paul Apostle to the Gentiles
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The Spread of Christianity
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Imperial Roman Road System
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The Empire in Crisis 3c
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Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two 294 AD
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Constantine 312 337 AD
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Constantinople The 2nd Rome, or Nea Roma (330
AD)
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Barbarian Invasions 4c-5c
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Attila the HunThe Scourge of God
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ByzantiumThe Eastern Roman Empire
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The Byzantine EmpireDuring the Reign of Justinian
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The Byzantine Emperor Justinian
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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