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Republic To Empire
Punic WarsPunic Wars Rome vs CarthageRome vs Carthage
Early Phoenician ColonyEarly Phoenician Colony
Punic WarsPunic Wars Rome vs CarthageRome vs CarthageEarly Phoenician ColonyEarly Phoenician Colony
• Rome fought for Empire (Imperialism)
Punic Wars Rome vs CarthageEarly Phoenician Colony
• Rome fought for Empire (Imperialism)
• Carthage fought for self-preservation
(They had empire of their own)
CarthageNorth AfricaPunic WarPunic War
Hannibal attacks Rome from North
Elephants
CarthageNorth AfricaPunic WarPunic War
Hannibal returns to protect Carthage
Defeated on open plains
Romans Destroyed Carthage.
– poured salt on all of farm land to never let Carthage return.
Roman law let you live…but, if you went against them…
Mare Nostrum “Our Sea”
Roman Republic DeclinesRoman Republic Declines
• Led army nine years in Gaul
Julius CaesarJulius CaesarMilitary GeneralMilitary General
• Led army nine years in Gaul• Pompey convinced Senate to call him home
Julius CaesarJulius CaesarMilitary GeneralMilitary General
• Led army nine years in Gaul• Pompey convinced Senate to call him home• He came home – Took over the Senate
Julius CaesarJulius CaesarMilitary GeneralMilitary General
• Reorganized a corrupt Senate• Allowed more people Citizenship
Julius CaesarJulius CaesarMilitary GeneralMilitary General
• Reorganized a corrupt Senate• Allowed more people Citizenship
Julius CaesarJulius CaesarMilitary GeneralMilitary General
Veni, Vedi, ViciVeni, Vedi, ViciI came, I saw, I conqueredI came, I saw, I conquered
Re-established Mediterranean
…and Married Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra.
• Assassinated on Senate Floor
• Fear of him naming himself
Emperor – or Caesar
Julius CaesarJulius CaesarMilitary GeneralMilitary General
Octavian and Mark AntonyOctavian and Mark Antony
OctavianOctavian – Caesar’s grandnephew
Mark Antony Mark Antony – general
joined together to hunt down the murderers
Cleopatra VII
•After Caesar assassinated
•Marries Mark Antony - Illegal in Rome
Octavian and Mark AntonyOctavian and Mark AntonyGo to War over control of Roman Empire
used Cleopatra’s and Antony’s relationship as a political tool
Battle of ActiumOctavian defeats AntonyOctavian defeats Antony
•takes supreme rule of Rome•names himself Emperor, turning Rome into an Empire•one of the most influential empires the world has known
Octavian soon becomes Augustus or
“Exalted One”
Pax RomanaPax RomanaRoman Peace
200 year Period
Augustus to Marcus Aurelius
Entertainment– Chariot Races
– Gladiator Contests• Many gladiators were slaves trained to fight
– Emperor Nero ….Let the Christians fight the lions