1. The Collapse of the Roman Republic

2. Rape of Sabine Women

3. http://home.uchicago.edu/~jedanker/romrep.timeline.gif

4. Gov’t in the Roman Republic

6. What caused the Roman Republic to fall? Why is this significant?

7. I. The Punic Wars When? Where? Who? What? Why?

8. www.bible-history.com/rome/ map_punic_wars.gif See map in Noble p. 156

9. First Punic War (264-241) Begins over Sicily; imitatio and corvus Second Punic War (218-201) Hannibal’s march; Fabian strategy; Scipio Africanus attacks at Zama Third Punic War (149-146) Carthago delenda est (Cato)

10. First Punic War

11. Second Punic War

12. Hannibal’s March

13. Third Punic War (149-146 BC)

14. The main spurt of Roman expansion occurred between 264 and 133 B.C., when most of the Mediterranean fell to Rome, followed by the conquest of Gaul and the eastern Mediterranean by 44 B.C. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. Roman Expansion Under the Empire ‘View Show' to view and zoom map

15. II. Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus (died 133, 122 BC) “But the men who fight and die for Italy enjoy nothing but the air and light; without house or home they wander about with their wives and children.... [T]hey fight and die to protect the wealth and luxury of others; they are styled masters of the world, and have not a clod of earth they can call their own.” Reformist Tribunes Land reform, debt relief, new colonies, etc. Murdered by Senators

16. III. The Generals Control Rome Marius Sulla Julius Caesar [Octavian (Augustus)] See Noble, pp. 160-166

17. Marius, “The First Man in Rome” Equestrian popularis Military success Repeated consulships

18. Giovanni Tiepolo, The Triumph of Marius

19. Sulla Patrician optimas Political contradiction

20. Julius Caesar See Noble, pp. 163- 166

21. From Republic to Empire: Julius Caesar & Augustus

22. Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) General, dictator, orator, historian, reformer... “the sole creative genius ever produced by Rome” As famous in death as in life...

23. Caesar’s career First Triumvirate (60-53 BC) Pompey, Caesar, Crassus Military victories in Gaul (60-53) Commentaries on Gallic War Crossing the Rubicon (49) Civil War (49-45) Dictator in Rome (45-44) Assassinated Ides of March, “et tu, Bruti?”

24. Map of Julius Caesar’s career

25. Caesar’s accomplishments Expanded Roman citizenship to provinces Expanded Senate Founded colonies for soldiers Public building program in Rome Julian calendar

26. Caesar in popular culture “Veni, vidi, vici” Shakespeare’s play Caesarian birth Caesar/Kaiser/Tsar Caesar salad Little Caesar’s pizza