Monday-No school
Tuesday-Video
Wednesday-Roman Treatment of People Taken Over
- Areas right next to Rome, such as the Latins, became full Roman citizens
- In other areas of Italy further away, groups became citizens, but could not vote
- In areas outside of Italy, groups became allies
- Groups were able to govern themselves but were expected to supply troops when needed and not make treaties with other groups
- This lenient policy allowed the Roman Empire to last a long time
Thursday-
Punic-"Punic" comes from the Latin word Poenicus, meaning "an inhabitant of Carthage"
- Carthage was founded by Phoenicians, and Poenicus is the Latin word for Phoenician"
Rome vs Carthage -3 Punic wars(264-146 BCE)
- The first Punic War was fought for control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean
- Lasted 23 years--264-241 BCE
- Rome won
- The 2nd Punic War was started by Carthage to get revenge from the previous loss
- Lasted 16 years--218-202 BCE
- Rome won
- Hannibal, a brilliant Carthaginian general , led a massive surprise attack on Rome.
- Led a force of 50,000 infantry, 9,000 Calvary, and 60 elephants up through Spain, France and into Italy crossing the Alps mountains in the process
- Lost nearly half of his men and most of his elephants before reaching the Romans
- For almost ten years, Hannibal marches his men p and down italy
- had a lot of victories, but ultimately lost when the Romans(Scipio) attacked Carthage, forcing Hannibal to return home
- Rome won
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