Key periods + names Monarchy (not that important for this course) Republic Empire -cursus honorum -novus homo -- dictatorship -secession of the plebs - tribune of the plebs - tribunate power (veto) - optimates - populares - proscriptions - first triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey and Crassus) - second triumvirate (Octavian, Antony and Lepidus)
The extent of the Roman Empire
Empire in 133 BCE
Empire in 102 BCE
Empire in 60 BCE
Empire in 44 BCE
Empire in 30 BCE
Empire in 6 AD
Empire in 140 AD/CE
Periods: Foundation of Rome 753 Monarchy Etruscan influence/Tarquins rule Rome ) Tarquinius Priscus ( BCE)
Mid Republic Punic Wars (Carthage = money + territory + elephants) 1 st nd Cannae 216 Zama rd Destruction of Carthage 146
Pyrrhus BCE Macedonian Wars - 1 st Macedonian War ( BCE) - 3 rd Macedonian War victory over Perseus ( BCE) - destruction of Corinth 146
Late Republic (133-31/27 BCE) Social War (91-89) Spartacus’ uprising (73-1 BCE) Julius Caesar ( BCE) Octavian/Augustus
Caesar in Gaul = money = influence
Empire Julio-Claudians (27 BCE-68 CE) Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero Flavians (69-96 CE): Vespasian, Titus, Domitian Nervo-Antonine Dynasty (98-192) Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus Severans ( ) Septimius Severus, Elagabalus, Alexander Severus Constantine ( ) - inauguration of Constantinople 330
Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE)