This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Rome after punic wars
-after punic wars slaves were captured and worked on latifundias (huge estates) |
-plebeian class consisted mostly of returning soldiers because they did not have home or jobs |
-Rich romans became currupt with money this led to civil war |
2 brothers
-tiberius and grochus tried to help the poor by giving land and limiting estate size |
Julius & triumvirate and murder of Julius
Triumvirate |
murder |
-first triumvirate consisted of julius ceaser, crassus and pompey |
-Senate thought Ceasrer waas trying to ruin republic and be a dicator |
-ceaser became absolute ruler of rome |
-Ceaser continued adding more senators to senate to attempt and take over senate |
-easrer added his friends to the senate for political power |
-Ceaser granted citizenship to greeks which angered Romans |
-created jobs for poor and raised soldiers pay |
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Vast and powerful empire of imperal rome
-octavian, adopted son of Ceaser, accepts title of augustus |
-Pax Rome: 207 yeqars of complete peace in rome |
Economy & government of Pax rome
economy |
government |
-agriculture is VERY important |
-Augustus stabalized frontier, glorified rome with architecture, ad set up civil service |
-empire used uniform silver corn called denarius which made trade easier |
-peace and prosperity depended on orderly transfer of power |
-denarius comes from persian thinking |
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-roads connnecting persia and russia |
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