Italy and Rome - Review 6/2/10

• started as a village in the hills
• story of Romulus and Remus
• Romulus became the first king of Rome
• after centuries of having kings - the roman republic came
• several wars involving Greeks and Romans
• Peric Victory - win the battle but lose so many people you can't continue
• Punic Wars - Carthage and Rome
• First Punic War - Rome takes control of Sicily and Sardinia and many if the trade routes in the Mediterranean
• Causes anger and feelings of Vengeance in Carthage
• Second Punic War - Hannibal goes into modern day Spain and come down through the north part of Italy - ultimately defeated by Scipio
• Third Punic War - Rome attacks Carthage to try and finally finish the wars, once and for all - Carthage take over and destroyed - never really recovered
• After the Third Punic War - Rome becomes the superpower in the Mediterranean
• Continues to grow takes over Greece and Gaul
• borders stretch for thousands of miles

• The Senate in Rome grows very powerful
• large division between social classes
• Brother Gracchis wanted things to change
• both brothers were assasinated
• Mrius and Sulla - generals that divide the Army
• private armies battle each other
• in this Caesar rises
• two generations of civil war
• Caesar born into one of the prominent classes
• changed politics - went directly to people
• wasn't popular with senators
• when term was up - senators sent him to Gaul to be a Governor
• Gaul was in the middle of nowhere with hairy men in plaid waving axes
• Caesar decides to conquer Gaul
• Sent amazing messages about all the great things he was doing back to Rome
• went all the way to Britain
• even formed London
• Defeats Gauls at Alesia
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