1. Which Punic War? (1, 2 or 3)
In this Punic war, the Romans burned every building in Carthage and spread salt into their fields so nothing could grow.
In this Punic war, the Carthaginians used elephants to cross the snowy Alps and invaded Rome from the north.
This Punic War was fought over who controlled the island of Sicily and ended with the Carthaginians leaving Sicily peacefully.
General Hannibal Barca is remembered as one of the best generals in ancient history for his role in this Punic War.
This Punic war ended when Rome gained control of Spain and all its valuable resources like cooper, gold, lead and iron.
Most of this Punic war was fought at sea and the Romans lost many ships and men during these naval battles

2. Roman Expansion

3. ***Make a T-Chart Roman Expansion
Positive Effects
Negative Effects

4. Beginning Stages of Rome 338 B.C.

5. Conquer Italian Peninsula
Rome conquers the Etruscans and the Greek Cities to the south.
265 B.C.

6. Punic Wars

7. End of the Republic
Spartacus – leads revolt because of harsh treatment of slaves (loses)
Julius Caesar – Roman Consul becomes dictator
Map in 44 B.C.

8. The Empire
Extent of Roman Empire – around 400 AD – the bold borders show present-day country borders to show how many current countries in which ancient Rome existed.

9. Review T-Chart Positive Effects Negative Effects More Citizens
More Land
More Power
More Soldiers
More Slave Labor
Gain Resources
Tax $=wealthy government
Civilians (Plebians) have to join the armed forces
Soldiers Killed in expansion efforts
Hard to Communicate
Hard to Control Borders
Can’t Control Citizen uprisings

10. Letter to Roman Senate
Write a letter to the Roman Senate that informs them of your advice about how to deal with situations where new territory is added (expansion).
Be sure to show your knowledge about both positive and negative impacts based on your observations of the Rome Expansion Maps.
Letter should be a well constructed paragraph