A Quick Trip 2013 The Beginning Roman mythology says Aeneas a warrior from Troy escaped after the Trojan war and sailed to Italy Aeneas descendants included Romulus and Remus the twin brothers who founded Rome ID: 503915
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Roman History(A Quick Trip!)
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The Beginning
Roman mythology says Aeneas, a warrior from Troy, escaped after the Trojan war and sailed to Italy.
Aeneas’ descendants included Romulus and Remus, the twin brothers who founded RomeSlide3
Roman History is divided into 3 parts…
The Monarchy (753 BC-509 BC)
Ruled by kings
Tradition says there were 7 kings of Rome:
Romulus ---founder of Rome, raised with brother Remus by a she-wolf, killed Remus
Numa PompiliusTullus HostiliusAncus MarciusTarquinius PriscusServius TullusTarquinius SuperbusSlide4
Part 2: The Republic
In 509 BC, King
Tarquinius
Superbus
was overthrown. One of the rebels was named Brutus. The Roman Republic was born.509 BC-27 BCRuled by elected officials and the SenateConsuls were the highest official--- 2 per yearSlide5
Republic Heroes: Horatius (500 BC)
Legend says that a man named
Horatius
Cocles
single-handedly defended a bridge across the Tiber River when Rome was under attack!Slide6
Republic Heroes: Cincinnatus (458 BC)
Cincinnatus was a farmer who was called to serve as dictator during an early Roman war.
He remained dictator only for 16 days, until the war was over---then resigned the dictatorship to go back to farming.
He was a role model of civic duty!Slide7
Republic Enemies: Hannibal
Hannibal was a famous Carthaginian general who fought against Rome in the 2
nd
Punic War (218-201 BC)
He is best remembered for leading his troops from north Africa, across Spain, and over the Alps into Italy
He also used war elephants!Slide8
Republic Heroes: Julius Caesar (100-44 BC)
Julius Caesar was the most famous Roman of all time
He served as general, consul, and dictator of Rome
Military fame for conquering Gaul (France)
Assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BCSlide9
Cleopatra: Friend or Enemy?
Cleopatra: the last
pharoah
of Egypt
She had a relationship with Julius Caesar…and a son,
CaesarionAfter Caesar’s death she had a relationship with Mark Antony, Caesar’s friend… 3 children (boy/girl twins + 1 boy)She and Antony opposed Octavian’s claim as Caesar’s heirSlide10
Part 3: The Empire
After a period of about 100 years of civil war, the Republic collapsed and Octavian became emperor in 27 BC.
1
st
Emperor: Octavian, aka Augustus
Long list of Roman emperors!Nero: “fiddled while Rome burned”Constantine: 1st Christian emperorSlide11
Matching Terms
Senators
Equestrians
Toga
Curia
SPQRHighest class of citizens (aka patricians)Less status than senatorsMen’s formal wearSenate houseSenate and people of RomeSlide12
Matching Terms
slaves
forum
clipped beard
fibula
gladiatorSome downtrodden, some notMarket squareFashionable, A.D. 130Brooch, fastens cloaksCould win freedom in the arenaSlide13
Matching Terms
rings
fasces
lictors
procurator
Provincial governorWorn by men and womenAn ax in a bundle of rodsOfficial escortsBelow governorSenator, commands armySlide14