1. THE GLORY OF
ROME

2. Small City or Expansive Empire?
Republic or Empire…
Dictatorship or Monarchy?
Home to Artists or Soldiers…
Saints or Sinners?

7. 753BC City of Rome is founded Land and Allies are increasingly added
500 BC Republic is founded
146BC Greece & Carthage conquered
49BC Julius Caesar comes to power
49BC to 96AD The Twelve Caesars
313AD Edict of Milan
480AD Last West Roman Emperor killed
NB: Senate, plebains vs. patricians, city of Rome in its grandeur, military, literary accomplishments esp. the importance of its contact with Greece, transition to East and the West’s continuance through Christianity
Virgil: 70BC-19BC
Cicero: 106BC-43BC
Horace: 65BC-8BC

9. Catullus
Lucretius
Cicero

10. Horace
Virgil
Julius Caesar

11. 753BC City of Rome is founded
Land and Allies are increasingly added
500 BC Republic is founded
146BC Greece & Carthage conquered
49BC Julius Caesar comes to power
49BC to 96AD The Twelve Caesars
313AD Edict of Milan
480AD Last West Roman Emperor killed

12. The Time Of Our Roman Family

13. Imperator
Titus Flavius Vespasianus

14. 50,000 spectators!
Same as
Yankee Stadium
today!

15. Let our journey continue…