Ancient Rome

Unit 11

What do you know about Ancient Rome?

GLADIATORS

AQUADUCTS

  • the three time periods of Ancient Rome and the main differences between them

 

  • what was important about each period

 

  • why each period ended

 

  • Basic characteristics of the Roman society.

We are going to learn :

Etruscans - in the north

Greeks - colonies in the south

Latins - in the centre

Three main cultures

on the Italian Pennisula

 

Etruscans

Conquered ROME in 6th Century

Ruled for 250 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Roman World 

Mare Nostrum

There were seven hills around the Tiber River.

 

Etruscans, people from the north of the Italian Península

united the seven hills

into one city

and declared

themselves king.

 

 

Monarchy 753-509BC

The Monarchy 735-509BC

The king chosen by the richest people

Elected for life

King controlled

religious ceremonies,

the army

and the justice

The Romans defeated the Etruscans

and changed the Monarchy to Republic

The Republic

509-27 BC

What does REPUBLIC mean to you?

Is there only ONE person who rules????

Do the people participate in the government?

Which people? All the people? Some people? Who participates?

Three institutions:

                   Assemblies /comitias  - a place where citizens

           (patricians & plebeians) VOTED for laws.

 

Magistrates - made political decisions AND created laws.

 

Consuls - There were 2 consuls,

     the most powerful politicians,

        elected for one year.​

 

Senate - A group of senators

     Gave advice to the consuls

                (retired magistrates)

                                                                                                                     

Government in the REPUBLIC

Roman Society

Patricians - important, wealthy people in society.

Only people who had political power.

Plebeians - craftsmen, merchants peasants

Slaves -

Prisoners of war

owned by the masters

Roman Women - male guardians, no political rights,

take care of children and house, work in the fields or shops

Can defend their rights in the Senate in TRIBUNES

WOMEN had no political rights and

couldn't vote

Non-Citizens

Citizens

Roman Society

Tribune of the Plebians

5th Century

Fought to attend the Senate

Became magistrates and senators

500 BC - 250 BC - Italian Peninsula

Expansion of the REPUBLIC

Italian Peninsula

3rd and 2nd Centuries BC

Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage

2nd and 1st Centuries

Eastern Mediterranean

Army expanded the Roman territory

organised in LEGIONS that formed LEGIONARIES (soldiers)

Roman Legions

Conquered land and people.

Cities were destroyed

people who resisted became slaves

The conquered territories organised in PROVINCES

Each province ruled be GOVERNOR

Expansion of the Republic

Economy - Improved

               - Trade increased = more products and slaves

                   - Collected more taxes from conquered territories

 

                     Politics - Created PROVINCES.

                                - Each province had a GOVERNOR

                                     

                                    Society - Inequality between people

                                            - Only a few people had most of the wealth

                                                    

Decline of the Republic

1st Century BCE - 27 BC

PROBLEMS

Large territories - difficult to control

Generals became more important

Solution ????

Inequality between rich and poor

Corruption

Social unrest 

Internal conflicts

Fighting between different provinces and Rome = Civil Wars

WHY??????

JULIUS CAESAR   A consul and general.

The most famous and victorious.

Stopped the invasion

of Roman territories in

 France and Belgium

by  Germanic tribes

 

Julius Caesar

 declared himself

PERPETUAL DICTATOR.

 

He wanted to change Rome

from a REPUBLIC

to

an EMPIRE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO YOU THINK THE SENATE

WAS HAPPY????

 He was killed by 60 senators in the Senate

on the Ides (15) of March 44BC

Subtitle

Roman Empire 

27BC - 476AD

Many people and politicians

liked and supported Caesar

a CIVIL WAR started

Octavian  (Caesar's nephew)

 won the war

He started the EMPIRE

and became

the 1st EMPEROR

Octavian 

changed his name to

which means

CHOSEN BY THE GODS

As EMPEROR

he controlled the army

government and

was the highest

religious leader

AUGUSTUS

Romanisation

UNIFIED new territories with

Roman laws/customs,

religion and language (Latin)

1st and 2nd Centuries

  • Conquered new lands
  • Territories well defended
  • Social rest

 

PAX ROMANA

PAX ROMANA

1st and 2nd Centuries

Important buildings were built

Puga, Croatia

PAX ROMANA

1st and 2nd Centuries

Bath, England 

PAX ROMANA

1st and 2nd Centuries

Segovia, Spain

Romanisation

Conquered lands/people adopted

LAWS

TRADITIONS/

RELIGION

LANGUAGE - Latin

Crisis in the Empire

3rd Century

Internal conflict

  • Bad Emperors caused  ANARCHY

 

External conflict

Germanic tribes from

the north,

Persians from the east, and pirates from coast of Africa

attacked cities in the empire

There were revolts and invasions

so

Cities unsafe

People left cities

and

went to the countryside

Trade decreased

Economic crisis

TRADE COLLASPED

Cities were dangerous

People left cities

and moved to the country

and

RURALISATION

All MEN living in Roman territory became CITIZENS

Except for slaves

- This gave them political representation

Roman Society

Non-Citizens

Roman Society

WOMEN had no political rights and

couldn't vote

Wealth landowners

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Merchants, craftsmen, and peasants

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Prisoners of war

Not free

A Roman Teenager

Roman houses

Wealthy Romans lived here.

One floor

Centered around a courtyard

Had paintings on the walls

Mosaics on the floor

Domus

Insula

Block of small apartments

Bad construction - brick and wood

No running water

Dangerous in fires

Poor people lived there

Roman Houses

Roman Houses

A large farm

One family lived in the big house

Slaves and peasants worked on the farm

Villas

Roman Cities

Virtual Tour of ANCIENT ROME

Roman Baths

Roman culture & religion

The Empire Recovers

4th Century

CONSTANTINE

Two important Emperors

THEODOSIUS

  • Moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople
  • Tolerated  Christianity

In 313 AD

  • Unified territories

Emperor  CONSTANTINE

Western Roman Empire couldn't defend itself against

Germanic tribe invasions

Emperor

THEODOSIUS

Declared CHRISTIANITY

the official religion

in Roman Empire.

In 380 AD

Eastern Empire lasted another 1000 years

It was called Byzantine Empire

In 395, after Theodosius died

the empire was divided in two

Western and Eastern Roman Empire

Fall of the Roman Empire

 In 476AD

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