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Aftermath to the Murder: Julius Caesar’s grandnephew Octavian takes over at the age of 18 with his own triumvirate Mark Antony - an experienced general Lepidus- powerful politician Octavian forces the weak Lepidus to retire He and Mark Antony become rivals Mark Antony partners up with Cleopatra of Egypt Militarily Personally Politically Economically Octavian defeats them at the Battle of Actium He is now the unchallenged ruler of Rome He was given the honorific “Augustus” He was also given the title “Imperator” This is where we get the word “emperor” Now Rome is an empire, not a republic 40 years of ruling as emperor (27 BC to AD 14) He began a stable era of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana (Roman peace) Pax Romana was 207 years long 27 BC to AD 180 Expanded the Roman Empire further into Africa He set up civil service to run the government/empire Building a network of roads Collecting taxes Establishing a postal service Administering the

For my essay I choose option B.  Analyze the factors that contributed to the fall of the Roman Republic.

The Republic Collapses With the growing wealth and land came many problems discontent with the lower classes breakdown of the military order Led to a new political system Tiberius and Gaius were 2 brothers that tried to help poor Roman citizens They had proposed laws that limited the amount of land that wealthy people could own and gave some land to the poor They were then killed by some of the wealthy landowners Their deaths sparked civil wars Everything was breaking down A general called Ceasar popped up. Created a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus Became the dictator of Rome Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius plotted his murder and Caesar was killed on March 15, 44 BC After his death, civil war broke out and ruined the republic Caesar's nephew/adopted son, Octavian took power with Mark Antony and Lepidus They eventually got jealous of each other and split up From the beginning of his rule Rome flourished, Pax Romana (207 years) Rome was over 3 million sq

The Punic wars were a set of three wars fought between the Roman and Carthaginians. The first Punic war was fought over Sicily, which would've been a very good strategic position.  After many naval battles, Rome was able to win this war, beginning their win streak against Carthage. Eventually, Carthage wanted revenge for their defeat, so they launched an attack on Rome, this time with the great general Hannibal. They attacked Rome from the north, which was an unexpected strategy. They managed to attack a lot of the Penninsula, however, they were never able to reach Rome. The last Punic war was started by the Romans. They were tired of Carthage being a threat to them, so they decided to wipe them out. After 17 days of burning, the city was no more. All of Carthages land was annexed by Rome, ending the Punic wars.

We ended the last class being introduced to Tarquin. Tarquin was the last king because he was so evil that the people of Rome decided to create a system of government to protect such a person from gaining power again. But what did he do that was so evil? Well, to put it simply, he killed his father-in-law in order to gain access to the throne, refused to allow him to be buried, killed a senator that objected, and tried covering up his son's blackmailing incident that resulted in the suicide of a matron. There's no thought as to why he was run out of town. They replaced their system old system of government with the Rule of Two Consuls. This makes it so the power was split between two men, and that these men could only serve for 1 year. This only included the rich Patricians. The Plebians were fed up and protested until they also got a say in the government. This led to a government with 3 branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, sounds familiar. The USA shaped its govern

Rome was settled by the: Etruscans  the north-central part of the peninsula metal workers, artists, architects Greeks Had many colonies around the Mediterranean sea Romans borrowed many ideas from them like: religious beliefs alphabet art military techniques and strategies Latins (First Roman settlers) descendants of Indo-Europeans settled on the banks of the Tiber situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further a commercial port, but not susceptible to attack built on seven hills Many streams flowed into the Tiber. There was a marshy area called "The Forum" between Palatine and Capitoline Hills. Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber King Tarquin Lucius Tarquinius Superbus the seventh and final king of Rome known as Tarquin the Proud (sometimes referred to as Tarquin the Arrogant) a true tyrant, in the old a