1. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY

2. The Geography of Rome

4. Italy in 750 BCE

5. Influence of the Etruscans  Writing  Religion  The Arch

6. The Mythical Founding of Rome: Romulus & Remus

8. Republican Government 2 Consuls (Rulers of Rome) Senate (Representative body for patricians) Tribal Assembly (Representative body for plebeians)

9. The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE  Providing political and social rights for the plebeians.

10. The Roman Forum

11. Rome’s Early Road System

12. Roman Roads: The Appian Way

13. Roman Aqueducts

14. The Roman Colosseum

15. The Colosseum Interior Low enclosures for archers who could shoot any wild animals that might threaten safety of wealthy Patricians seated ringside Underground pens for animals, Christians, etc… Nosebleed section for Plebians

16. More nosebleed section… Several years of vandalism and she is still standing!

17. Circus Maximus

18. Carthaginian Empire

19. Hannibal’s Route

20. Reform Leaders  Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus the poor should be given grain and small plots of free land. Military Reformer  Gaius Marius recruited an army from the poor and homeless. professional standing army.

21. PompeyPompey Civil War & Dictators Julius Caesar

22. Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC The Die is Cast!

23. The First Triumvirate  Julius Caesar  Marcus Licinius Crassus  Gaius Magnus Pompey

24. Beware the Ides of March! 44 BCE

25. The Second Triumvirate  Octavian Augustus  Marc Antony  Marcus Lepidus

27. Octavian Augustus: Rome’s First Emperor

28. The First Roman Dynasty

29. Pax Romana : 27 BCE – 180 CE

30. The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE

31. The Rise of Christianity

32. St. Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles

33. The Spread of Christianity

34. Imperial Roman Road System

35. The Empire in Crisis: 3c

36. Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two: 294 CE

37. Constantine: 312 - 337

38. Constantinople: “The 2 nd Rome” (Founded in 330)

39. Barbarian Invasions: 4c-5c

40. Attila the Hun: “The Scourge of God”

41. Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire

42. The Byzantine Empire During the Reign of Justinian

43. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian

44. The Legacy of Rome  Republic Government  Roman Law  Latin Language  Roman Catholic Church  City Planning  Romanesque Architectural Style  Roman Engineering Aqueducts Aqueducts Sewage systems Sewage systems Dams Dams Cement Cement Arch Arch