advantages of Rome's location
* It was built on hills and located 15 miles from the sea which provided protection from invaders
* It is located on the Tiber river which made trasportation and trade easier
* It is in the center of the Mediterranean which made expanding the empire easie
Romulus and Remus
Brothers who fought over where Rome should be built
Roman Senate
made up of men from important Roman families
A king ruled the government
At the time Rome became a republic
why the power was in the hands of the Patricians
only they could hold political,religious or military offices
Why the Plebians left Rome
to begin their own city where they could live in freedom
consul
one of two elected officials who served a year as the top leader, one of two elected officials of the Roman Republic who commanded the army and were supreme judges
what the Romans granted to the people the conquered
* protection as allies
* Roman citizenship
* shares in the profits of future victories
Julius Ceasar's coming into power
the cause of the Roman Republic coming to an end
common sense, fairness and individual rights
These guided a Roman judge to proclaim guilt or innocence
General Hamilcar
leader of the Carthaginians in the first Punic war who taught his son to hate the Romans
Cincinnatus
citizen farmer who became dictator of the Roman army for a short while and then returned to farming
Julius Caesar
Roman general who crossed the Rubicon River against the orders of the senate, caused a civil war, then named himself dictator for life
Hannibal
leader of the Carthaginians in the second Punic war who invaded Italy bringing elephants into battle
3 reasons Rome conquered territory so quickly
* They made people they conquered allies in future wars instead of punishing them
* They took pride in the republic and feircely defended it
* The wars brought wealth, money and slaves
why many farmers moved to the city and why it created a problem
* The farms were destroyed by Hannibal's forces
* There was no money to begin farming again and no land because it was bought up by wealthy Romans
* There was no work, therefore it became a desperate situation
The reasons why the Roman empire began to fail
* the wealth from the war made leaders greedy
* dishonest leaders ignored the poor
* power-hungry generals fought for power
Rome unified the their republic by doing this; and why Greece didn't use this technique
* Rome built more than 50,000 miles of paved roads
* Greece couldn't because their terrain had too many mountains, so they focused on sea travel