3/14/11BR – The ______ were a written set of laws that protected the ________ from the _______.

Today: The Empire Expands

The Roman Republic (509 B.C. – 27 B.C.)

THE TWELVE TABLES

• 451 B.C., officials carve Roman laws on twelve tablets and hung in Forum.

• Laws confirm right of all free citizens to protection of the law

• Become the basis for later Roman law

In a group (2-3 people)

• Pick up a reading section.

• You will be reading about how Rome expands from just the city to control large portions of Italy and the Mediterranean

In a group (2-3 people)

• You will be looking for 4 ways that Rome expanded.

• Rome Conquers Italy

• Rome’s Commercial Network

• War with Carthage

• Rome Triumphs