1. Ancient Rome- Government and Laws

2. Roman Government's Three Phases
Roman Kingdom
753 to 509 BC
How many years is this? 244
Roman Republic
509To 27 BC
How many years is this? 482
Roman Empire
27 BC to 476 AD
How many years is this? 449

3. Rome's Mythical Beginnings: Roman Kingdom
The road to Roman Kingdom ( BC) begins with legendary myth of Romulus and Remus
Twin boys sent adrift in a basket on the River Tiber in order on the order of their great uncle.
Found and cared for by a shewolf until a shepherd takes them in
They decide to build a city on the river banks where they were saved, but there was a disagreement on where to build this city.
Romulus kills Remus to build the city of Rome.
Romulus becomes king of Rome.

4. Roman Becomes a Republic
Roman Republic 509 BC began when the last Roman king was overthrown.
Tarquinius was overthrown.
Roman Republic lasts about 480 years, but eventually dictators start to emerge.
Julius Caesar started a civil war by marching his troops into Rome, and he becomes dictator
Strict Social Classes: Patricians (upper) and Plebians (lower)
Written laws: 12 Tables

5. The Law of the Twelve Tables
The reason for the creation of the laws was to appease the plebeians
In 494 BC, Invaders threatened Rome and the Plebeians refuse to fight until their rights were expanded.
In 450 BC , the Plebeians had laws written down, and displayed in the Roman Forum.
Significance:
The laws do not look like the beliefs of Hammurabi and everyone us treated fairly under the law.
The laws resemble the US Bill of Rights or the Constitution

6. Rome becomes an Empire The First Triumverate (rule of 3 men)
Julius Casaer takes control in 44 BC “The Dictator For Life”
Gnaeus Pompey (Caesar defeats)
Licinius Crassus (dies)

7. Rome becomes an Empire cont
The Second Triumvirate
Octavian “Augustus” (Caesar's heir and adopted son)
Marc Antony (defeated by Octavian)
Lepidus (“retired”)
Octavian Augustus becomes Rome's first emperor
Other lines of emperors included the:
Vitellius and the Flavians
The Good Emperors