From the founding to the republic The Founding Aeneas The Aeneid by Virgil Trojan War around 1220 BC Romulus and Remus twin sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars Rome founded around 750 BC on Palatine Hill ID: 415314
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Early Rome
From the founding to the republicSlide2
The Founding
Aeneas –
The
Aeneid
by Virgil, Trojan War around 1220 BC
Romulus and Remus – twin sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars
Rome founded around 750 BC on Palatine Hill
7
kings spanned the next 200
years, ending in 510 BC
Etruscans predated Rome on Italian peninsula
Rome was under Etruscan ruleSlide3
Romulus and Remus suckled by she-wolfSlide4Slide5
Early Roman Republic
Rome
rebelled against Etruscan rule
Consuls
The Latin League
Cincinnatus
Oath of the
Horatii
The Twelve
Tables
Appian Way built
Greek general Pyrrhus
Rome finally conquered peninsula in 276 BCSlide6
First Punic War 264-241 BC
Carthage were Phoenicians (enemies of Greece)
Hiero
, king of
Messana
, chooses Roman rule over Carthage
Rome builds up navy
Ends up stalemate but Rome now a Mediterranean power, wins SicilySlide7
Carthaginian EmpireSlide8
Second Punic War 218-201 BC
Hamilcar
Barca
took Spain, Rome took Corsica
Taught his son Hannibal to hate Rome
Barca
died, Hannibal took a faraway Roman City in Spain (
Sarguntum
)
Left his brother Hasdrubal to guard
Took elephants across Pyrenees to invade Rome from northSlide9
Hannibal’s routeSlide10
Hannibal in Italian peninsula
Hannibal recruited
Gauls
on the way
Had 30,000 men when he met Romans
Won at
Trebia
, Lake
Tresimene
Cannae was decisive
victory, Hannibal outnumbered 2 to 1
Terrorized southern
Italy, survived 15 years
Carthage would not send reinforcements
Hannibal asked Hasdrubal for help
Hasdrubal killed en
route, Hannibal miredSlide11
Scipio Africanus
While Hannibal in Italy, Scipio invades North Africa
Hannibal recalled to Carthage
Battle of Zama 202 BC – Scipio defeats Hannibal
Harsh terms of surrender
Cato’s words: “Carthage must be destroyed.”
Carthage still trading power
Hannibal fled to Greece and Asia MinorSlide12
Third Punic War 149–146 BC
Carthage broke Rome’s sand line
Invaded Numidia in 149 BC
Rome sent Scipio
Africanus
again
Carthage held out for 3 years
All citizens killed or sold into slavery
Land salted
100 BC – Julius Caesar born