2.  Started to expand  What are the pro’s and con’s of expansion?  Strain/Conflict  264-146 B.C.  First Punic War- gained Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia  Second Punic War- Hannibal outmaneuvered Rome  Third Punic War- Completely destroyed Carthage

3.  Imperialism-  control over foreign lands/people  Macedonia, Greece, Asia (Roman Province)  “Mare Nostrum”- Our Sea

4.  Brought riches into Rome  Loot, taxes, commerce, slaves  Rich vs. Poor (Latfundia)  Riots  Corruption  Greed, self-interest

5.  Tiberius and Gaius (patricians  Land to poor farmers  Grain to feed poor  Killed by senators and thugs

6.  Civil Wars  Slave uprising/revolts  Julius Caesar  Great Warrior (Veni, vidi, vici)  Forced senate (dictator)

7.  48-44 B.C.  Public works  Public land to poor  Calendar  Citizenship  Assassination  King  In March, 44 B.C. stabbed to death by senate  Civil Wars- Octavian and Mark Anthony (hunt down)

8.  Two men quarreled  Octavian defeated mark Anthony and Cleopatra (Queen of Egypt)  Octavian gained absolute power

9.  Stable government  Civil service (enforce laws)  High-level jobs  Provinces had self-government  Ordered a Census  New coins/Postal service  Put jobless to work (roads, temples, farms)  200 years of prosperity

10.  Caligula- evil and incompetent  Named gorse consul  Nero-evil/insane  Persecuted Christians  Great fire  Hadrian-good  Codified law system

11.  Marcus Aurelius  Last good ruler  Pax Romana- roman peace, order, prosperity  Protected roads  Trade (grain, ivory, gold)  Spreading ideas