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THE RISE OF EUROPE!!!
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THE ROMAN WORLD TAKES SHAPE




                              WHAT ADVANTAGES
                              IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
                              EXIST FOR THE ITALIAN
                              PENINSULA?

                              HOW IS THIS
                              DIFFERENT THAN
                              GREECE?
HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE GREEKS AND THEIR RELIGION //
A TRIBES CALLED LATINS ARE THE
FIRST TO SETTLE THE PENINSULA //
SETTLE ALONG THE
TIBER RIVER // MANY VILLAGES
COMBINE TO EVENTUALLY FORM THE
CITY OF ROME TO BETTER PROTECT
THEMSELVES // YET, THERE IS A MYTHICAL
BEGINNING TO ROME




    ROMULUS VS. REMUS
LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE NORTH OF ROME//
RULED MOST OF NORTH & CENTRAL ITALY //
ETRUSCANS TOOK OVER ROME // AND BROUGHT
MANY NEW CULTURAL CHANGES //
1. WRITING AND AN ALPHABET
2. ARCH
3. IRRIGATION OF THE MARSH LANDS
        SURROUNDING THE RIVERS
4. GAINED NEW GODS IN THEIR RELIGION

DROVE THE ETRUSCANS OUT IN 509 BCE
ROMANS CREATE “RES PUBLICA”  BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE
FORM OF GOVT WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE SOME OF THE POLITICIANS AND
PUBLIC SERVANTS // IDEA WAS TO LIMIT THE POWER OF INDIVIDUALS AND
MAKE GOVT RESPONSIVE TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE //

ELECTED A SENATE TO CREATE LAWS (MOSTLY RICH FROM THE PATRICIAN CLASS)

SENATORS SELECTED 2 CONSULS  RAN THE GOVT & THE ARMIES .. LIMITED
TO ONE TERM // HAD TO APPROVE EACH OTHER’S DECISIONS // CHECKS OF POWER

DURING WAR, THE SENATE COULD CHOOSE A DICTATOR // 6 MONTHS AT A TIME
CINCINNATUS EXAMPLE  15 DAYS AS DICTATOR
PLEBIANS  BUSINESS CLASS, FARMERS, AND ARTISANS // HAD LITTLE
POWER OTHER THAN CITIZENSHIP // THEN GAINED THE RIGHT TO
ELECT TRIBUNES WHO HAD THE RIGHT TO VETO LAWS DEEMED UNFAIR
OR UNFIT // AS THEIR INFLUENCE SPREADS, THE SENATE BEGINS TO ELECT
PLEBIANS TO THE CONSUL JOBS AND THEN BEGIN TO TAKE SENATE SEATS //

 MAJOR EVENT!!! 12 TABLETS  POSTED POLITICAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL
RIGHTS OF THE PLEBIANS 450 BCE LAWS OF THE 12 TABLES
LAWS WRITTEN DOWN!!! (HAMMURABI’S CODE)

NORMAL CITIZENS NOT COMPLETELY SHUT OUT OF GOVT AND NOT COMPLETELY
DOMINATED BY THE LEADERS OF THE GOVT

INFLUENCED MODERN REPUBLICAN DEMOCRACIES
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CITIZEN SOLDIER ARMY // BROKEN INTO UNITS // LEGION = 5,000 SOLDIERS




BEGAN TO CONQUER OTHER LANDS
AND SPREAD INFLUENCE.. WERE
ALLOWED TO KEEP CUSTOMS AND
LOCAL GOVTS // BUT HAD TO
SUBMIT TO TAXES AND SUPPORTING
THE ROMAN ARMY // SOME
AREAS WERE COMPLETELY TAKEN
AND CITIZENS OF THE AREAS WERE
GIVEN FULL CITIZENSHIP //

PROBLEM? EMPIRE BUILDING,
HOW DO YOU RULE IT?
PUNIC WARS
1ST PUNIC WAR  ROME
ATTACKS AND WINS SICILY, CORSICA, & SARDINIA

2ND PUNIC WAR  HANNIBAL AND HIS
ELEPHANTS SURPRISED ROMAN BY COMING
FROM THE NORTH // BEAT UP THE ROMAN AREA
FOR 15 YEARS // NEVER COULD TAKE ROME
// ROME SENDS ARMY TO CARTHAGE // HANNIBAL
GOES HOME TO PROTECT IT // DEFEATED

3RD PUNIC WAR  ROME WINS AND
DESTROYS CARTHAGE.. HOW?




   ROME IS NOW AN
   IMPERIALIST EMPIRE.. TURNS
   AND TAKES OVER THE FORMER
   AREAS OF THE GREECE EMPIRE
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• Roman Roads, Concrete




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WHAT WILL THE CONNECTEDNESS OF THE EARLY CONQUERED
LANDS DO TO THE CULTURES?
Language

• Latin (the language of
  Rome) evolves into the
  Romance Languages
  – French, Italian, Spanish,
    and Portuguese
  – Latin is still the official
    language of the Roman
    Catholic Church
PROOF OF MASSIVE WEALTH ACCUMULATION FOR ROMAN CITIZENS //
CAPTURED PEOPLES FROM CONQUERED LANDS BECOME SLAVES ON LARGE
PLANTATIONS // DRIVES FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS
THE END OF THE REPUBLIC & THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE EMPIRE
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MANY CIVIL WARS SET THE STAGE FOR JULIUS CAESAR’S TAKE OVER //
NEXT, A POWER FIGHT BETWEEN THE SENATE AND POPULAR
LEADERS (LIKE GENERALS) // SLAVE AND CONQUERED LANDS BEGIN
TO REVOLT SEEING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK AWAY //

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ARMIES SHIFT THEIR ALLEGIANCE FROM
THE STATE/GOVT TO THEIR COMMANDERS (CAESAR INCLUDED).

CAESAR AND POMPEY WERE THE TWO MOST POWERFUL AND POPULAR//
ALSO, CAESAR INVADED AND CONQUERED GAUL (FRANCE & BELGIUM) //
58 BCE // SENATE GETS POMPEY TO GO AGAINST CAESAR //

CAESAR MARCHES HIS ARMY INTO ROME // HAD SENATE
DECLARE HIM DICTATOR //

***HAD A CALENDAR CREATED USED FOR 1,600 YEARS // AND
STARTED A PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM FOR THE POOR TO GET JOBS

DID NOT DISBAND ALL OF THE REPUBLIC STRUCTURES
CAESAR KILLED BY SENATORS AND ASSOCIATES // HIS GRAND NEPHEW,
OCTAVIAN DEFEATS MARC ANTONY (& CLEOPATRA) TO TAKE OVER

SENATE GIVES HIM THE TITLE AUGUSTUS //
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AUGUSTUS RULE HIGHLIGHTS
CENSUS ORDERED  FAIR TAXATION

STABILITY COMES TO THE FAR OFF LANDS  GIVES THEM A LOT OF SELF RULE
          POWER

CIVIL SERVICE TO HELP POLICE AND ORGANIZE REGIONS

MAIL SERVICE

COINS TO STANDARDIZE TRADE

MORE JOBS FOR THE POOR



HOWEVER, THE REPUBLIC IS GONE AS AUGUSTUS RULES!
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Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE
The Greatest Extent of the
 Roman Empire – 14 CE
FOCUS QUESTIONS ON ROMAN CULTURE:

SOCIETAL/CULTURAL QUESTIONS
WHAT IS THE LAW OF CULTURE?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCULTURATION AND DIFFUSION?
HOW DOES CULTURE “TRAVEL”?
IS ROMAN CULTURE UNIQUE?
CAN A DOMINANT POLITICAL EMPIRE OVERRUN AND CHANGE SUBJECTED
CULTURES?
VIRGIL ~ AENEID
STORY OF AENEAS, A CHARACTER
IN HOMER’S ILIAD ABOUT THE
WAR IN TROY // CONNECTS THE
STORIES TO THE FOUNDING OF ROME
AS AENEAS CONQUERS THE LATINS //
STORY IS SPRINKLED WITH GREEK GODS//
AND LINKS THE EARLY EMPERORS AS DESCENDANTS OF THE GREEK HEROES
AND GODS //
LIVY // TITUS LIVIUS // (ALIVE DURING CAESAR AND AUGUSTUS)
PATRIOTIC STORY TELLER THROUGH POEMS ABOUT THE EARLY
REPUBLIC AND ITS HEROES // USING GREEK POETIC STYLES //
Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City) // HISTORIAN TO THE
EMPERORS ESPECIALLY YOUNG CLAUDIUS (THE FAT WEAK ONE) //
LIVY IS IMPORTANT AS HE TRIED TO WRITE A COMPLETE CHRONICLE OF
ROMAN HISTORY BUILDING OFF VIRGIL’S STORIES OF AENEAS //



TACITUS // GAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS // (BORN DURING NERO’S REIGN)

SENATOR AND HISTORIAN // HOW DO YOU THINK HE FELT ABOUT
AUGUSTUS AND HIS COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC? //

FOCUSES ON THE EMPIRE HISTORY FROM AUGUSTUS ON // HIGHLY CRITICAL //
WE GET COMPLETE HISTORY OF AUGUSTUS AND HIS DESCENDANT EMPERORS
TO NERO // ALSO, WRITES ON THE HANDLING OF JESUS BY PONTIUS PILATE
AND THE PERSECUTION OF EARLY CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY AFTER NERO’S FIRE //
MUCH OF HIS WORK CONTAINS CYNICISM, WIT, AND HIGHLY CRITICAL
ANALYSIS //
ROMAN MOSAICS




        GREAT EXAMPLE OF ROMAN CULTURAL
        DIFFUSION //
        ANCIENT MOSAICS FOUND
        THROUGHOUT EUROPE
Art/Architecture
Art/Architecture   Its architecture was
                                Hellenistic (meaning
                                “Greek inspired”)

                                        The Coliseum




The Pantheon – first dome




Roman Arch
The Greek Acropolis   The Roman Forum
The Roman Colosseum
The Colosseum Interior
Circus Maximus
Technology
• Roman Roads, Concrete




“All roads lead to Rome”


                           City planning
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Technology:
 Aqueducts
Roman Aqueducts
SCIENTIFIC IMPROVEMENTS MAINLY CAME FROM GREECE (WITHIN THE
EMPIRE) // PTOLEMY AND THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE //
GALEN AND THE EXPERIMENTATION FOR MEDICAL IMPROVEMENTS //

ROMANS COMPILED VOLUMES OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
SPREAD ADVANCING CIVILIZATION //

PLINY THE ELDER!!! WROTE ENCYCLOPEDIAS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
FROM THE 12 TABLES TO THIS!!!

RULE OF LAW IS ADHERED TO THROUGHOUT THE REPUBLIC AND
EMPIRE ERAS OF THE ROMAN HISTORY // GREAT INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT
HISTORY //

CIVIL LAW APPLIED TO CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE // AS EMPIRE GREW,
CHANGES NEEDED TO HAPPEN FOR THE CONQUERED PEOPLE //
LAW OF NATIONS WAS CREATED TO APPLY TO THE EMPIRE // CIVIL LAW WAS
EVENTUALLY EXTENDED AS ROMAN CITIZENSHIP WAS GRANTED TO THE
ENTIRE EMPIRE //

ROMAN INFLUENCES ON THE AMERICAN SYSTEM:
1. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
2. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND INTERPRETATION OF LAWS
3. REPUBLICAN DEMOCRACY
4. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS
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DIOCLETIAN ~
BACKGROUND:
 PAX ROMANA ENDS WITH MARCUS AURELIUS
  EMPEROR UNCERTAINTY
         MANY ASSASSINATIONS AND OVERTHROWS
  CITIZENS OVER TAXED TO PAY FOR ARMIES AND THE HUGE GOVT
  OVERUSED FARMLAND UNDER PRODUCES


DIOCLETIAN’S IDEA  SPLIT THE EMPIRE
DIOCLETIAN TO RULE THE EAST
MAXIMIAN TO RULE THE WEST

FREEZE PRICES, SON FOLLOW LAW
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CONSTANTINE ~ 312 GENERAL TAKES THE THRONE, AFTER HIS FATHER
IS KILLED WHILE BATTLING IN BRITAIN // CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT OVER
SUCCESSION // CONSTANTINE’S ARMY WINS (AFTER A DREAM???) //
GRANTS TOLERATION TO CHRISTIANS (EDICT OF MILAN) // CONVERTS TO
CHRISTIANITY// DEFEATS EASTERN EMPEROR TO REUNITE EMPIRE)
MOVES CAPITAL OF EMPIRE TO BYZANTIUM // CONSTANTINOPLE //
WESTERN EMPIRE IS DECAYING // EASTERN EMPIRE BECOMES KNOWN
AS THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
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HUNS AND ATILA // GERMANIC VISIGOTHS & OSTROGOTHS
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FALL OF ROME

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Rome id review

  • 1. THE RISE OF EUROPE!!!
  • 3. THE ROMAN WORLD TAKES SHAPE WHAT ADVANTAGES IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY EXIST FOR THE ITALIAN PENINSULA? HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN GREECE?
  • 4. HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE GREEKS AND THEIR RELIGION //
  • 5. A TRIBES CALLED LATINS ARE THE FIRST TO SETTLE THE PENINSULA // SETTLE ALONG THE TIBER RIVER // MANY VILLAGES COMBINE TO EVENTUALLY FORM THE CITY OF ROME TO BETTER PROTECT THEMSELVES // YET, THERE IS A MYTHICAL BEGINNING TO ROME ROMULUS VS. REMUS
  • 6. LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE NORTH OF ROME// RULED MOST OF NORTH & CENTRAL ITALY // ETRUSCANS TOOK OVER ROME // AND BROUGHT MANY NEW CULTURAL CHANGES // 1. WRITING AND AN ALPHABET 2. ARCH 3. IRRIGATION OF THE MARSH LANDS SURROUNDING THE RIVERS 4. GAINED NEW GODS IN THEIR RELIGION DROVE THE ETRUSCANS OUT IN 509 BCE
  • 7. ROMANS CREATE “RES PUBLICA”  BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE FORM OF GOVT WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE SOME OF THE POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS // IDEA WAS TO LIMIT THE POWER OF INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE GOVT RESPONSIVE TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE // ELECTED A SENATE TO CREATE LAWS (MOSTLY RICH FROM THE PATRICIAN CLASS) SENATORS SELECTED 2 CONSULS  RAN THE GOVT & THE ARMIES .. LIMITED TO ONE TERM // HAD TO APPROVE EACH OTHER’S DECISIONS // CHECKS OF POWER DURING WAR, THE SENATE COULD CHOOSE A DICTATOR // 6 MONTHS AT A TIME CINCINNATUS EXAMPLE  15 DAYS AS DICTATOR
  • 8. PLEBIANS  BUSINESS CLASS, FARMERS, AND ARTISANS // HAD LITTLE POWER OTHER THAN CITIZENSHIP // THEN GAINED THE RIGHT TO ELECT TRIBUNES WHO HAD THE RIGHT TO VETO LAWS DEEMED UNFAIR OR UNFIT // AS THEIR INFLUENCE SPREADS, THE SENATE BEGINS TO ELECT PLEBIANS TO THE CONSUL JOBS AND THEN BEGIN TO TAKE SENATE SEATS // MAJOR EVENT!!! 12 TABLETS  POSTED POLITICAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RIGHTS OF THE PLEBIANS 450 BCE LAWS OF THE 12 TABLES LAWS WRITTEN DOWN!!! (HAMMURABI’S CODE) NORMAL CITIZENS NOT COMPLETELY SHUT OUT OF GOVT AND NOT COMPLETELY DOMINATED BY THE LEADERS OF THE GOVT INFLUENCED MODERN REPUBLICAN DEMOCRACIES
  • 10. CITIZEN SOLDIER ARMY // BROKEN INTO UNITS // LEGION = 5,000 SOLDIERS BEGAN TO CONQUER OTHER LANDS AND SPREAD INFLUENCE.. WERE ALLOWED TO KEEP CUSTOMS AND LOCAL GOVTS // BUT HAD TO SUBMIT TO TAXES AND SUPPORTING THE ROMAN ARMY // SOME AREAS WERE COMPLETELY TAKEN AND CITIZENS OF THE AREAS WERE GIVEN FULL CITIZENSHIP // PROBLEM? EMPIRE BUILDING, HOW DO YOU RULE IT?
  • 11. PUNIC WARS 1ST PUNIC WAR  ROME ATTACKS AND WINS SICILY, CORSICA, & SARDINIA 2ND PUNIC WAR  HANNIBAL AND HIS ELEPHANTS SURPRISED ROMAN BY COMING FROM THE NORTH // BEAT UP THE ROMAN AREA FOR 15 YEARS // NEVER COULD TAKE ROME // ROME SENDS ARMY TO CARTHAGE // HANNIBAL GOES HOME TO PROTECT IT // DEFEATED 3RD PUNIC WAR  ROME WINS AND DESTROYS CARTHAGE.. HOW? ROME IS NOW AN IMPERIALIST EMPIRE.. TURNS AND TAKES OVER THE FORMER AREAS OF THE GREECE EMPIRE
  • 15. Technology • Roman Roads, Concrete “All roads lead to Rome” City planning
  • 17. WHAT WILL THE CONNECTEDNESS OF THE EARLY CONQUERED LANDS DO TO THE CULTURES?
  • 18. Language • Latin (the language of Rome) evolves into the Romance Languages – French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese – Latin is still the official language of the Roman Catholic Church
  • 19. PROOF OF MASSIVE WEALTH ACCUMULATION FOR ROMAN CITIZENS // CAPTURED PEOPLES FROM CONQUERED LANDS BECOME SLAVES ON LARGE PLANTATIONS // DRIVES FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS
  • 20. THE END OF THE REPUBLIC & THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE EMPIRE
  • 22. MANY CIVIL WARS SET THE STAGE FOR JULIUS CAESAR’S TAKE OVER // NEXT, A POWER FIGHT BETWEEN THE SENATE AND POPULAR LEADERS (LIKE GENERALS) // SLAVE AND CONQUERED LANDS BEGIN TO REVOLT SEEING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK AWAY // BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ARMIES SHIFT THEIR ALLEGIANCE FROM THE STATE/GOVT TO THEIR COMMANDERS (CAESAR INCLUDED). CAESAR AND POMPEY WERE THE TWO MOST POWERFUL AND POPULAR// ALSO, CAESAR INVADED AND CONQUERED GAUL (FRANCE & BELGIUM) // 58 BCE // SENATE GETS POMPEY TO GO AGAINST CAESAR // CAESAR MARCHES HIS ARMY INTO ROME // HAD SENATE DECLARE HIM DICTATOR // ***HAD A CALENDAR CREATED USED FOR 1,600 YEARS // AND STARTED A PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM FOR THE POOR TO GET JOBS DID NOT DISBAND ALL OF THE REPUBLIC STRUCTURES
  • 23. CAESAR KILLED BY SENATORS AND ASSOCIATES // HIS GRAND NEPHEW, OCTAVIAN DEFEATS MARC ANTONY (& CLEOPATRA) TO TAKE OVER SENATE GIVES HIM THE TITLE AUGUSTUS //
  • 26. AUGUSTUS RULE HIGHLIGHTS CENSUS ORDERED  FAIR TAXATION STABILITY COMES TO THE FAR OFF LANDS  GIVES THEM A LOT OF SELF RULE POWER CIVIL SERVICE TO HELP POLICE AND ORGANIZE REGIONS MAIL SERVICE COINS TO STANDARDIZE TRADE MORE JOBS FOR THE POOR HOWEVER, THE REPUBLIC IS GONE AS AUGUSTUS RULES!
  • 28. Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE
  • 29. The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE
  • 30. FOCUS QUESTIONS ON ROMAN CULTURE: SOCIETAL/CULTURAL QUESTIONS WHAT IS THE LAW OF CULTURE? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCULTURATION AND DIFFUSION? HOW DOES CULTURE “TRAVEL”? IS ROMAN CULTURE UNIQUE? CAN A DOMINANT POLITICAL EMPIRE OVERRUN AND CHANGE SUBJECTED CULTURES?
  • 31. VIRGIL ~ AENEID STORY OF AENEAS, A CHARACTER IN HOMER’S ILIAD ABOUT THE WAR IN TROY // CONNECTS THE STORIES TO THE FOUNDING OF ROME AS AENEAS CONQUERS THE LATINS // STORY IS SPRINKLED WITH GREEK GODS// AND LINKS THE EARLY EMPERORS AS DESCENDANTS OF THE GREEK HEROES AND GODS //
  • 32. LIVY // TITUS LIVIUS // (ALIVE DURING CAESAR AND AUGUSTUS) PATRIOTIC STORY TELLER THROUGH POEMS ABOUT THE EARLY REPUBLIC AND ITS HEROES // USING GREEK POETIC STYLES // Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City) // HISTORIAN TO THE EMPERORS ESPECIALLY YOUNG CLAUDIUS (THE FAT WEAK ONE) // LIVY IS IMPORTANT AS HE TRIED TO WRITE A COMPLETE CHRONICLE OF ROMAN HISTORY BUILDING OFF VIRGIL’S STORIES OF AENEAS // TACITUS // GAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS // (BORN DURING NERO’S REIGN) SENATOR AND HISTORIAN // HOW DO YOU THINK HE FELT ABOUT AUGUSTUS AND HIS COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC? // FOCUSES ON THE EMPIRE HISTORY FROM AUGUSTUS ON // HIGHLY CRITICAL // WE GET COMPLETE HISTORY OF AUGUSTUS AND HIS DESCENDANT EMPERORS TO NERO // ALSO, WRITES ON THE HANDLING OF JESUS BY PONTIUS PILATE AND THE PERSECUTION OF EARLY CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY AFTER NERO’S FIRE // MUCH OF HIS WORK CONTAINS CYNICISM, WIT, AND HIGHLY CRITICAL ANALYSIS //
  • 33. ROMAN MOSAICS GREAT EXAMPLE OF ROMAN CULTURAL DIFFUSION // ANCIENT MOSAICS FOUND THROUGHOUT EUROPE
  • 35. Art/Architecture Its architecture was Hellenistic (meaning “Greek inspired”) The Coliseum The Pantheon – first dome Roman Arch
  • 36. The Greek Acropolis The Roman Forum
  • 40. Technology • Roman Roads, Concrete “All roads lead to Rome” City planning
  • 44. SCIENTIFIC IMPROVEMENTS MAINLY CAME FROM GREECE (WITHIN THE EMPIRE) // PTOLEMY AND THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE // GALEN AND THE EXPERIMENTATION FOR MEDICAL IMPROVEMENTS // ROMANS COMPILED VOLUMES OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE SPREAD ADVANCING CIVILIZATION // PLINY THE ELDER!!! WROTE ENCYCLOPEDIAS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
  • 45. FROM THE 12 TABLES TO THIS!!! RULE OF LAW IS ADHERED TO THROUGHOUT THE REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE ERAS OF THE ROMAN HISTORY // GREAT INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT HISTORY // CIVIL LAW APPLIED TO CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE // AS EMPIRE GREW, CHANGES NEEDED TO HAPPEN FOR THE CONQUERED PEOPLE // LAW OF NATIONS WAS CREATED TO APPLY TO THE EMPIRE // CIVIL LAW WAS EVENTUALLY EXTENDED AS ROMAN CITIZENSHIP WAS GRANTED TO THE ENTIRE EMPIRE // ROMAN INFLUENCES ON THE AMERICAN SYSTEM: 1. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND INTERPRETATION OF LAWS 3. REPUBLICAN DEMOCRACY 4. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS
  • 48. DIOCLETIAN ~ BACKGROUND:  PAX ROMANA ENDS WITH MARCUS AURELIUS  EMPEROR UNCERTAINTY  MANY ASSASSINATIONS AND OVERTHROWS  CITIZENS OVER TAXED TO PAY FOR ARMIES AND THE HUGE GOVT  OVERUSED FARMLAND UNDER PRODUCES DIOCLETIAN’S IDEA  SPLIT THE EMPIRE DIOCLETIAN TO RULE THE EAST MAXIMIAN TO RULE THE WEST FREEZE PRICES, SON FOLLOW LAW
  • 50. CONSTANTINE ~ 312 GENERAL TAKES THE THRONE, AFTER HIS FATHER IS KILLED WHILE BATTLING IN BRITAIN // CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT OVER SUCCESSION // CONSTANTINE’S ARMY WINS (AFTER A DREAM???) // GRANTS TOLERATION TO CHRISTIANS (EDICT OF MILAN) // CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY// DEFEATS EASTERN EMPEROR TO REUNITE EMPIRE) MOVES CAPITAL OF EMPIRE TO BYZANTIUM // CONSTANTINOPLE // WESTERN EMPIRE IS DECAYING // EASTERN EMPIRE BECOMES KNOWN AS THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
  • 52. HUNS AND ATILA // GERMANIC VISIGOTHS & OSTROGOTHS