1. #4 Ch 1 S 2
Details
Read and Notes Ch 1 S 2
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2. Warm Up 9/5/14 Who was the Macedonian King who conquered Persia?
What is a Hellenistic civilization?

3. Warm Up 9/5/14
1.Which feature of modern Western democratic government reflects Aristotle’s views? A. the direct election of members of the legislature. B. the power of the courts to review the law. C. the granting of emergency powers to the chief executive. D. the requirement that government actions must adhere to the law.

4. Warm Up 9/8/14
1. What is a republic, where did this type of government begin?

5. Roman Republic and Empire

6. Standard
10.1.1
Analyze the similarities and differences in Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman view of law, reason and faith, and the duties of the individual
Analyze=break apart and closely examine
Greco-Roman = Greeks and Romans

7. Objective
Students will note how the Roman *Republic* evolved into an empire.

8. “Thing of the People”
*Republic: System of government in which officials are chosen (elected) by the people to represent them or make decisions for them. -(Representative Democracy) Like the United States

9. 1. Which form of government do you think is better direct democracy or representative democracy (republic), explain why?

10. Senate Senate: the most powerful governing body in the Roman Republic
-300 members all Patricians (landholding upper class)
-served for life
-made laws

11. Senate

12. Consuls
Consuls: officials in charge of supervising the government and commanding armies
-selected by the senate
-served only one term
-consulted senate on major issues

13. Check for Understanding
What is a republic, name two countries that are currently republics?
What was the most powerful governing body of Rome?

15. Possibility of a Dictator
*Dictator: Ruler who has complete control of the government.
The senate was allowed to choose a Dictator in time of war
The dictator would only have power for six months
Cincinnatus was dictator for only 16 days
Cincinnatus

16. Dictators

18. Common people want Equality
Plebeians: common people.
Plebeians gained the right to elect their own officials called tribunes.
Tribunes could *veto (block) laws harmful to plebeians.
Plebeians

19. *Ideas the U.S. adopted from the* Romans
Republic
Senate
Veto
Checks on power

20. Quiz
3. List ideas that the United States has borrowed both from Rome and Greece?

21. Rise of the Empire
As Rome spread its empire around the Mediterranean civil wars began.
Fighting occurred over who should have power the senate or other political leaders.
In the end Julius Caesar would take power with his loyal military.
Julius Caesar

22. Julius Caesar Forced the senate to make him dictator
He kept some features of the Republic, but ruled with absolute power.
In March of 44 B.C. Caesar was assassinated

24. Assassination of Julius Caesar

25. Augustus Caesar
Following Caesar’s death his grand-nephew Octavian (Augustus Caesar) took power.
Augustus = Exalted One
Senate declared him First Citizen of Rome

26. Emperor Augustus Caesar
Augustus followed Julius
He declared himself first citizen and not king or emperor.
Why?
The Senate and the people would have removed him from power if he would have called himself a dictator.
Nonetheless, he still acted like a dictator (31 BC to 14 AD)
The Empire was born
This period of time was known as Pax Romana
Pax Romana = Time of peace, order, and unity. (Augustus Rules)

27. Roman Law Developed written law
Law of nations: collection of laws that applied to all of the empire
Accused presumed innocent until proven guilty
Right to offer a defense against the charge
Guilt had to be established with evidence
Many influenced American law.

28. Fall of the Roman Empire
Britain
Gaul
Fell to Germanic Invaders
Black Sea
Macedonia
Rome
Spain
Asia
Minor
Byzantine Empire
Syria
Numidia
Mediterranean
Sea
Arabia
*The empire became to large to control and protect, the west fell to Germanic Invaders and the East became the Byzantine Empire.
Egypt
Roman Empire
N. Africa
Red Sea
Bodies of Water

29. Byzantine Empire
The East continued to thrive as the Byzantine Empire under Justinian
*Justinian’s Code*
Massive collection of Laws

30. Ancient Greece Roman Empire Alexander’s Empire 323 BC 500 BC
Dasnoit’s
Empire
AD 2013
Ancient Greece
500 BC
Roman Empire
265 BC-476 AD

31. Quiz
4. Why did the Roman empire fall apart, and what became of it?

32. #4 Ch 1 S 2 Details Read and Notes Ch 1 S 2 S2 Standards Checks ?s 1-4
S2 Assessment pg. 27 ?s 3-5