The first three groups that came into Rome:
- Latins
- Etruscans
- Greeks

- Rome was located by the Tibris River
- Tarcan the Proud was the last king, too much power, too much control, too little regard of people's lives. They ran him out of town and than decided that they would not have one person in charge again.

Emily and Elena's power point - Governments rolled into one

Consul: was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic under the Empire

Republic -
Democracy -
Aristocracy -
- The senate was like the aristocracy
- Monarchy - gov. in which all political power is passed down to an individual known as a monarch
- Not a tyranny
- Tyranny is unrestrained ex. of power; abuse of power
- arbitrary or unrestrained ex. of power, despotic abuse of authority
- A roman legion normally indicates the basic ancient Roman army unit recruited specifically from Roman citizens.
- They were not in it for pay at first, but later they just worked for the most pay.
- The Punic War were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC.
Carthage is in Africa.
- Hannibal Barca, son of Hamilcar Barca was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders in history.
- The Alps is one of the greatest mountain ranges.

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- soon after the end of the third Punic War, Carthage and Rome became very big in size.
- Therefor because Rome conquest and growth it became an Empire.
Latifudina - These were cheaper to run and forced farmers to sell their land and move to Rome.
- With these, the rich kept getting richer and the poor kept getting poorer. Of course the rich were powerful, happy, and greedy, but this created a corruption. The poor on the other hand were angry and caused riots.
- Our of these riots the Gracchus brothers.
- they led movements for public good and redistribution of land.
- they also wanted the gov. to supply food to the poor and create a sort of "welfare"
- They were soon seen as a threat to the wealthy and were killed along with their followers. This triggered a one hundred- year war.

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- The Rubicon is a stream of northeastern Italy marked the ancient boundary between Italy and Cisalpine.
- Julius Caesar - Started to rise in 60 BC
- In 58 BC he started the conquest of Gaul
- He wanted to get rich.
After his campaign he started in Gaul with his Army until he would be chosen as the new consul
Political opponents wanted him to get back to Roma and be prosecuted for the things he had done when was a consul.
He had made a decision that resulted in the fall of the Roman republic. He lead his armies across the river of Rubicon and said the well-known, "Aiacta est" He started towards Rome in January of 49 BC.
The first Triumvirate was the political alliance of Gauss Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
The divided up the Roman provinces.
Crassus the financier, would receive Syria. Pompey, the general, Spain; Caesar, who would soon show himself to be a skilled politician as well as a military leader, Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul and Illyricum.

Crassus -
Magnus -
Caesar -

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Julius's Death Overview
- he was said to be stabbed 23 times when he was killed.
- He was killed in the theater of Pompey.
- He was said to be killed on March 15th.
- The assassination day was March 15th, 44 BC
- 60 or more men were said to participate in the assassination
- The leader of the conspiracy group was led by Cassius.
- "Et tu brute" were said said to be the last words Caesar said, but this was never proven.
- He was first stabbed by a guy names Cascas.
- Cascas grabbed him by the toga and when Caesar said, "Why this violence?", than Cascas stabbed him just below the neck.
- After Cascas stabbed him, he took Cascas arm and pushed hum away.
- He tried to get up than he felt another wound and then realized that he was stabbed 23 times. He then fell to the floor.

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Rome
- Octavian was the Grand- Nephew and adopted son of Julius Ceaser. At age 18 he was a small stickly boy who ruled with Mark Antony.
They both got revenge on the people who killed Julias: over 100 senators and 2000 buisnessmen.

The Second Triumvirate

War between Octavian and Mark
Antony married Octavian's sister as a political gesture when the partnered up while he was in Egypt he met Clepatra.
He was divorced to Octavian's sister and he married Cleopatra.