The Romans Review

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The Romans Review
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Roman Republic

• Set of northern Mountains that sheltered and
  isolated Rome
• Alps
• Mountains run the spine and divide Italian
  peninsula
• Apennines
• Group early influencer religion, alphabet
• Greeks
• Form early representative government elect
  people who make decisions for you
• Republic

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Roman Republic

• Class wealthy, land owners
• Patricians
• Class, merchants, farmers, aritsans
• Plebeians
• Legislative body leaders from patrician class
• Senate
• Title of two elected administrators
• Consuls one army, army one administrator
• Special power of consuls, to forbid
• veto

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Roman Republic

• Title best associated with tribes, plebeians
  lower class
• Tribune elected
• Title of army units, 4,500 6,000 - soldiers
• Legions
• name for Wars for West Mediterranean sea trade
• Punic Wars
• Famous general of the 2nd Punic War war
  elephants defeated by Scipio
• Hannibal

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Roman Republic

• Problems with Romes expansion
• Cheap grain, foods left many farmers in debt
  and forced to sell Masses move to Rome strain
  on society cost to maintain the army greed
  replaces sense of duty, patriotism
• Name for new wealthy landed estates villas
  used slave (pow) labor
• latifundias
• Brothers who desired land reform -
• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus c130BC

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Roman Empire

• He organized calendar, land reform, and murdered
  44bc
• Julius Caesar
• Title given to Octavian who had all the titles
  and powers Rome is empire bathed Rome in
  marble (public works)
• Augustus
• Term for Roman peace and prosperity
• Pax Romana 14AD 180 AD trade from silk road
  spices, silks, ivory - luxuries
• Term for the rulers during Pax Romana expansion
  at greatest
• Good emperors

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Roman Empire

• Roman engineers noted for (3)
• Aqueducts, arch, roads (trade)
• Modern Romance languages
• French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, and
  Italian
• concept for expansion and control over people
• Imperialism
• Law code fair, but not equal gain plebeians
  greater rights
• Twelve Tablets leads to Civil Law
• One major law legacy on the accused, the
  defendant
• Innocent until proven guilty