Hannibal Crossing the Alps
-One of the the greatest military achievements of ancient warfare
-happened during the Punic Wars
-he thought it was able to give Carthage an advantage against the Romans
Roman Trade
-used tiber river, med sea, and black sea
-Empire's location around mediterranean Sea allowed all trade to be possible
Roman Ag
-used crop rotation
-sometimes had to import food because of mountains
-After conquering Egypt abel to import lost of wheat
-latifundias: most of crops raised on these large estates
-Cicero considered farming the best of all Roman occupations
-the main crop was wheat and bread was a major part of the diet in ancient rome
-majority of work done on the farm was by slaves and servants
-farms created main source of income for romans
-certain types of food were given out to he public for free
-since roman empire stretched through a lot of land there different climates to allow mixture of crops produced
-romans had 4 systems of farm management
1) work don by wner and family
2) tenant farming and share cropping
3) forced labor (slaves)
4) other arrangements in which farm owner lowned farm out
Slavery
-ancient rome depended on slaves
-most slaves were foreigners and unlike most places it did not depend on race
-not uncommon for desperate Romans to sell their children into slavery
-when freed they could work the same jobs as Plebeians
-Debt slavery was common where a person could work off a deby by becoming a slave for certin period of time depending on the debt
-Saturnalia-a chrsimas for the slaves in which the slaves and masters switched places
-during the celebration the master performed all the tasks a slave would
-it was a way that masters would show appreciation
Emperors
Tiberius
-adopted son of Augustus (octavious)- 22 years and 6 months
-a cruel tryant who put men to death upon suspicion
-possibly assassinated by caligula
Caligula
-great nephew of tiberious
-3 years 10 months
-assassinated in conspiracy involving senators and Praetorian guards
-he was insane
Claudius I
-nephew of Tiberius and uncle of Caligula
-13 years and 9 months
-was a weak and foolish emperor who allowed the cruelest acts to be committed in his name, and then forgot them, and incited the persons to dinner whom he had just had put to death
Nero
-13 years 8 months
-stepson and dopted son of claudius
-monster of vanity and crueltty he was suspected of setting fire to the city and allowing more than 2/3 of it to burn
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