Hannibal Crossing the alps:
one of the greatest military achievements of ancient warfare. happened during the 2nd punic war. hannibal crossing the alps was known to be one of the major achievements. he thought it would give him a better chance against the romans if he came down. very vital to the roman empire. most common trade items: beef corn glassware iron ect.... they used the tiber river mediterranean sea and the black sea fir a trading route. manufacturing of goods increased in the empires cities. two way trade routes extended to other commercial centers in lands as far away as egypt.
Roman Ag;
used crop rotation. sometimes had to import food because of moountains. after conquering egypt, able to import lots of wheat. most of crops raised large estates called latifundias. farms created main sorce of imcome for romans.certain types of food were given out to the public for freeeee. since roman empire stretched through a lot of land there were different climates to allow a mixture of crops produced.
Slavery:
anceint rome depended on slaves. most slaves were foreigners and umlike most places it did not depend on race. mot uncommon for desperate romans to sell their children into slavery. wheb freed, they could work the same jobs as the plebeians
manual labor. domestic services. could be highly educated and skilled. worked as teachers and physicians. slaves task include working on farms- produced the food and materials the cities depended on.
Gladiator:
the gladiator games were fought between an armed man and a criminal. wild animal or another soldier. they were fought in the coliseum in front a large audiences. many of the people who fought the criminals and wild animals. thumbs up men they get to live thumbs down mean they die. order of eents at the gladiator games.
Emperors:
tiberius-adopted son of augustus-22 years and months- possibly assasinated by caligula..
cladiusI- nephew of tiberius and uncle of caligula-13 years 9 months- probably poisoned by his wife agrippina
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