Write in agenda: Homework Vocab Day 6 on wiki 2 Journals Through History videos on Discovery Education – (due day of Rome Unit 8 Test) *Vocab Day 5 on desk
Warm Up – Day 6 C H D E A I 2 G 1 4 F 3 B
Notes Day 5 & 6 – Punic Wars Need purple, green, yellow, orange, pink, red Create timeline on back of map from 500 BCE to 100 BCE Create key in bottom left corner Color Rome Purple 494 BCE – Rome forms a tripartite government
387 BCE – Gauls attack & take Rome Rome becomes more organized with army = legions and centurions Farmers move to city as wealthy landowners buy up small farms Population boom = not enough food = expand trading around Mediterranean
264 BCE – Romans controlled entire Italian peninsula Color Italian peninsula green Established military colonies Offered full Roman citizenship to those who quickly adopted Latin language and promised to obey Roman laws Built roads and public buildings for conquered lands = LOYAL ALLIES Competition grows between Romans and Carthaginians grows
Rise of Carthage Founded by Phoenicians (master shipbuilders and merchants – controlled Mediterranean) as a colony 600s BCE – fall of Phoenicians leads to Carthage creates own government and took over old Phoenician colonies 3x size of Rome and 4x population size
Colors: need yellow, orange, pink, and red
264 BCE – 1st Punic War Fight over Sicily (island @ the tip of boot) Broke treaty : Italy = Romans, Western Mediterranean = Carthaginians, Sicily = both Naval battles Romans win, Carthaginians sign treaty = Rome receives payment and Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica Video 1 on Discovery Ed
218-201 BCE – 2nd Punic War Hannibal led troops across Spain and over Alps (elephants) 15 years conquered much of Italian Peninsula, but never took Rome Roman general, Scipio, drove Carthaginians from Spain and claimed for Rome Scipio sails to and attacks Carthage; Carthage calls Hannibal back Generals meet and then battle @ Zama – Romans win Treaty = Romans receive Spain and some islands Video 2 on Discovery Ed
149-146 BCE – 3rd Punic War Carthage honored treaty, but Romans angry that Carthage was rebuilding their trade and increasing wealth Provoked Carthage and later declared war on them Romans attacked city – city fell in 3 years Burned city and put survivors into slavery (50,000) Very little artifacts have been found Pink = North Africa Video 3 on Discovery Ed
44 BCE – Death of Caesar Rome continued to move to new regions and brought their culture and ideas Red = Gaul, North Africa, Syria, Asia Minor, Macedonia/Greece