Western Civilization Class Four 11.pptVIP

Western Civilization;Early Romans;Greek Heritage: Greeks settle ca. 750 BCE, creating some 50 poleis in S. Italy and Sicily;Early Constitution and Roman Republican Government I;Roman Republican Government II;Roman Republican Government III;Lively Public Life of Rome;The Struggle of the Orders (494-287 BCE);Early Expansion of Republican Rome up to the Punic Wars fought against Carthage. Poenii – Latin word for “Phoenicians,” founders of Carthage;Early Expansion of Republican Rome;The Punic Wars;Roman Empire during Second Punic War;Republican Life;The Roman Revolution 133-27 BCE;Tiberius Gracchus;Gaius Gracchus;The Years of the Warlords;Rome during Warlord Era;Pompey the Great (106-48 BCE);The First Triumvirate (59-53 BCE);Roman Republic during Caesar’s Gallic Wars (58-50 BCE);Caesar Triumphant and Slain;Roman Culture Expands to Provinces;An arena at Al-Djem, Tunisia, in imitation of the Colosseum in Rome, built in second/third century CE. The arena could seat 50,000 spectators. Wild animals were housed in the long rectangular pit in the center. ;Gaius Octavius Augustus (27-14 BCE)