Rome Flashcards
Why Romulus killed Remus?
Porque remus pisó una tierra sagrada entonces lo tuvieron que matar
When Rome was founded?
753 BC
When monarchy?
753 BC -509 BC
Monarchy importante
7 kings
Alphabet
Tarquín the proud
Senate elected the king
When republic?
509 BC-27BC
Institutions (al principio)
Consul (2): 1 year. Elected and controlled by the senate. Political and army power
Senate (730): 1 year. Make laws.
What the plebelians did with institutions?
Plebeians ruled rebellions for political respiration
Tribune of plebelians (494 BC)
Capability of “veto” for consuls desicions
Copilation of laws: 451 BC
Plebelians = patricians
Why they expanded the Roman Empire?
Based on the army
First conquest
Italian peninsula- 272 BC
When Tarent was conquered
Second conquest
Conquest Carthage: 272BC-149BC
3 wars= Punic wars
They burned Carthage and salt in the land
Third conquest
Conquest of Mediterranean: 200 years
146BC: Greece
Scorpio: amparáis
Consequences of the conquest of the republic
a) ECONOMIC: more money= more lands to cultivate.
More people= army and slaves
b)POLITICAL:named governors to govern the territories.
CORRUPTION:difficult to controlled
c) SOCIAL: new lands. Badly distributed. People rebelled. Citizenship-conquered territories.
Why they civil wars?
Plebeians angry- the lands
What they did rebellions-the lands?
Gracus brothers- senate= no
They rebelled in 133BC
They killed gracus brothers but rebellion successed.
What happened in 49 BC?
2 consuls conquered out of Rome.
PONPEIUS:Conquered Middle East, stop piracy and revolt of espartacus. The best
JULIUS CAESAR: Conquered GAUL, BRITIANNIA and GERMANIA
envious each other
What happened with Caesar and Pompeius?
Caesar entered Rome Rome with legions but was prohibited.
Ponpeius and Caesar fought in coast of Africa.
Caesar won-46BC- and married cleopatra