Rome Flashcards
Hannibal invades Italy
218BCE
battle of cannae roman defeat
hannibal lead carthgian troops through the alps
2Nd punic war Begins
> Rome Vs. Sicily
264 BCE
main battles fought at sea
carthage asks for peace and gives up sicily
1St punic war
149BC
Rome destorys Carthage
3rd punic war
Contributions from Greece to make roman society and culture
1) inhabitatied islands of silicly and corisca and the southern tip/ penisula
2) Magna Gracesia- GraETWER GREECE
Contributions from the etruscans to roman society and culture
WRITTEN LANGUAGE
ARCHITECTURE
ENGENENEERING TECHNUQUE
GODS AND GODDSSES
4 REASONS WHY ROME FELL
INFLATION’
LACKED NEW MATERIALS
FOOD SHORTAGE
DIESASE SPREAD
what were soldiers like in the army of rome
1) well trained displine citizen soldiers expected to provide their own weapons work without pay
during roman EMPIRE legions were had about how many men
6,000
during the roman REPUBLIC how many men were there?
4,000 to 5,000 heavily armed men
what were some of the causes of the Punic wars?
Rome wants more power
rome is a rival with carthage
carthginian and roman forces stand off on Sicily at Messana
what were the long term effects of the punic wars?
Expands its size & contibuites to the civil wars
republic eventullay falls
paves the way for the empire
short term effects of the punics wars
rome becomes more powerful
gains control over the medd sea
carthage is destoryed
flaws in the roman government
1) rich and poor were not equal in the government
2) Tiberius (wanted to resitrisubute to the poor)
3) Gauis Gracchus (supported land reform, Wanted to decrease food rations, commits suicide)
who was marius
General & consul 7 times
paid and equpped soldiers
granted land to veterans
who was Lucius Sulla
(roman warlord)
marches on rom,e with and army in 82bc and thinks hes a dictator ( little bitch)
dictator for 2 years gets 1000 political opponets killed