Those+Silly+Romans!

__** ROME **__

>> >>>
 * The empire existed for 1000 years
 * 500 BCE-500 CE
 * Lasted 500 years as a Republic, but it then changed into an Empire during the last 500 years
 * Julius Caesar ended the Republic in Rome in 45 BCE
 * Rome's Republic is very much similar to that of the United States's Republic
 * The Community
 * There were two different social groups in Rome
 * The Plebians
 * Rome's lower class (non-aristocratic)
 * The Patricians
 * Rome's elite class (aristocracy)
 * Rome began as a wealthy city-state in Italy
 * Suicide was highly looked down upon
 * People ended up "falling" on their own swords.... how clumsy!

> >>>> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> >>>
 * Their Military
 * Built and used road systems
 * Placed Military Outposts along these roads
 * Had lots of money to provide for its growth and development
 * Everyone in the military spoke the same language, so their military worked better than most at the time
 * The Punic Wars allowed Rome to spread out
 * They began to have many rebellions
 * Used tributes throughout their land
 * Asked for tribute only once
 * Wanted either Land, Slaves, Taxes, or all three
 * These tributes were given to the Patricians
 * Roman Officials wanted to award the Patricians to keep them happy
 * The First Triumvirate
 * Gnaeus Pompey
 * Favored the Patricians in Rome
 * Julius Caesar
 * Favored the Plebians
 * Marcus Crassus
 * Favored both social classes, but he leaned a little more towards the Patricians
 * Julius Caesar declared Dictator for Life in 45 BCE
 * Kills Pompey and Crassus is killed in war
 * This date marks the end of the Roman Republic
 * Julius Caesar is assassinated on March 15, 44 BCE*
 * *Ides of March
 * Second Triumvirate
 * Octavian (Augustus Caesar)
 * Caesar's nephew
 * Marc Antony
 * Marcus Lepidus
 * Octavian changed his name to Augustus Caesar
 * 27 BCE-14 CE
 * Monumental Architecture
 * Coliseum or Colosseum
 * The classic type of Coliseum (or Colosseum) that everyone imagines and that movie directors have recreated a million times
 * Yeah, Rome started that!
 * Circus Maximus
 * Huge dirt race track used for.... well racing of course!
 * Urban Planning
 * Aqueducts
 * Allowed water to flow from rivers far from Rome to Rome itself so that the people had nice and clean water to drink
 * Spoiler: the water wasn't nice or clean...
 * Pompeii
 * A preserved Roman city
 * Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the city in ash
 * Central Philosophies
 * Patriarchal Society
 * Gravitas
 * Loyalty, Strength, and Discipline
 * Humanism
 * Every human has potential to be successful
 * Julian Emperors
 * Emperors of Rome After the Death of Caesar
 * Caligula and Nero
 * CRAZY!
 * They must have been drinking a little too much water!
 * Extremely harmful for the Empire
 * Decline of Rome
 * Lack of Gravitas among the people
 * Public Health began to slip
 * Water!
 * Had led poisoning in it from the aqueducts
 * Political Corruption
 * Inflation
 * The value of Roman money declined to a very low amount
 * Urban Decay
 * Germanic Envasions

And That Is The Life And Legacy Of The Roman Empire! P.S. Shakespeare got his historical information for Julius Caesar from the writings of Plutarch!