Rome s Military as the Empire grew AS ROMAN POWER GREW As the empire expanded it was important that Rome had a very strong military to take control over other lands Keywords Legionaries ID: 330240
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Rome’ s Military as the Empire grewSlide2
AS ROMAN POWER GREW…
As the empire expanded, it was important that Rome had a very strong military to take control over other lands.Slide3
Keywords
Legionaries
:
Roman SoldiersTribune/Tent party: Leader of a group of 8
Legions.
Centuries:
Group of 10 tent parties
Cohort:
6 groups of
centuries
Wages
: Salary paid to soldiersSlide4
Keywords
Senator
: Officer of Foreign policy
Magistrate
: Officer of the state.
Consul:
Officer in charge
the army
Dictator:
I
n
charge of the whole
state. Takes control by force and does not need to answer to anybody.
Emperor
: In charge of the whole state. Works with the senate and assembly.Slide5
Army
The Roman army was strong due to its organization.
It borrowed techniques from its enemies.
Strict discipline was enforced.Slide6
Punishments for disobedience
If you were insubordinate,
the following could happen:
1) Your wages could be taken
2)
You could be beaten3) You could be demoted
4)
You
could be decapitatedSlide7
Day in the life of a soldierSlide8
Roman Legionary equipment
The Romans
organized unique battle plans.Slide9
Taking
Over T
erritory,
P
rovince
by Province
Every
piece of land taken by the
Romans
was called a province.
Once each province became peaceful and
started
paying
taxes,
they appointed a leader.
Most groups became part of the Roman Empire peacefully
.
One
group did
not
…
GallicsSlide10
Gallic
Wars
Caesar
VS
Vercingetorix
Lasted from 58BC to 51BC.
Julius
Caesar
led the
Roman army that conquered
Gaul (Present day France and Belgium).
Vercingetorix
was leading
Gaul’s
army.
Caesar
took advantage of the divisions among the Gaul people.Slide11
Who is Julius Cesar
-No
….he is not a salad dressing!
-He
was a Roman senator who gained religious, political and military powers.
-After
leading Rome to victory in Gaul and Spain, he
then
took over Rome.
-He became
a
consul
and
dictator
after the Gallic Wars.
-He
was later assassinated by his own son,
Octavian,
who became Rome’s first emperorSlide12
Homework
Pg 116-119