Ancient Rome- Janiya Vazquez

The Beginning of Rome

753 BCE

Rome was found by two Latin twin brothers. Their mom was a Latin women and the god Mars. Remus and Romulus. Romulus was the first King of Rome.

The Start of the Roman Republic

509 BCE

A republic: from the Latin res publica, which means belongs to the people. This is where the people chose the officials. The laws were made up by the Senate which was made up of 300 Patricians. 2 Consuls men who served for 2 years and the Plebeians chose them. You also had an Assembly which was made up of Plebeians. They get to vote on laws made up by the Senate.

Rome Conquered the entire Peninsula

270 BCE

The Roman soldiers were made up of paid citizen. There were around 5,000 men. They were good soldiers because they had loyalty and respect for Rome.

The Punic Wars

264 BCE

There were three Punic wars against the Carthage. They ruled Western of the Mediterranean, Spain, and North Africa. Rome knows they could defeat the Carthage navy. So they copied their boats. And form 260 BC to 241 BC the Romans won key naval victories.

First Punic War

264 BCE

Rome won the first Punic. They won Sicily, and North America

The Second Punic War

260 BCE

Hannibal the son of Hamilcar went to war with Rome for 15 years and never captured Rome. Rome forced him to leave to defend Carthage himself.

Third Punic War

149 BCE

Cartage was destroyed and the pure salt on the land so nothing could ever grow back.

Julius Caesar

58 BCE

Caesar was a great military leader and was feared by other generals after his success. The Senate ordered Caesar to disband his army but he didn't. He then led them across the Rubicon River and marched on Rome. To cross the Rubicon means to reach a point of no return. This is when Caesar conquered Rome.

The growth of Rome

44 BCE

The Romans grew in power. Weathly generals, traders, and officials gained power in Rome. They started to become rich and started to buy farms form the Plebians. They didn't really care for Rome anymore, just for money. Also, this was the time where the Senate stabbed Julius Ceaser to death.

Octavian aka Augustus

14

Octavian was the nephew of Julius Caeser. He ruled after Julius friend Antony. He ended 100 years of civil war in Rome. He ended the republic but creating a stable government for Rome.

Revolt against Rome

16

Many believed that God would send a messiah, an anointed king, who would lead them to freedom from Rome. It turned into an Open-Rebellion against Rome. But 4 years after that Rome defeated the uprising the burned the Jewish temple in the temple.

Diocletian

287

Emperor Diocletian set out to restore order in the empire. He had co-emperor his friend Maximian. Max ruled in the wast and Diocletian ruled the east which is the wealthy side.

The Dream

312

The emperor at the time was getting ready for a war. One night someone came in his dream and told him that he was going to win the war. He won the war and he believes Jesus helped him.

Constantine

312

Constantine took the throne and changed the future of Rome. The Edict of Milan granting religious toleration to Christians. Christianity would later be the religion of Rome. He made Byzantium his capital, renaming it Constantinople. This “New Rome” shifted the center of power to the eastern empire.

The Fall of Rome

410

The military was one of the things that caused Rome to fall. Their army was made of paid people, it was weak, and they didn't care. The economic was another reason the Romans fell. They kept highering the taxes and there population fell. Also political, they had corrupted officials, their empire was split in half and an oppressive government. And their social, they didn't have Christianity now they think Christianity it the cause of the fall of Rome.