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Roman Life:
- 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 of the 2nd Punic War Took 16 days Many of the elephants didn't survive Why? He thought that it would gibe him a better chance against the Romans if he came down with all of his war elephants The wars were thought over pure hatred for each other
Roman Trade:
- Very Viral to the Roman empire Most common- Beef, Corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin, and wine Main trading partners- Spain France the Middle East and North Africa Used the Tiber River Mediterranean sea and the black sea for a trading route manufacturing of goods increased in the empire's cities and many opportunities for commerce existed Rome became one of the empire's greatest commercial centers The empire's location around the Mediterranean sea helped make this commercial activity possible
Roman Ag:
- used crop rotation Sometimes had to import food because of mountains Laftifundias- Most of crops raised on large estates Cicero considered farming the best of all Roman occupations Main crop was wheat and bread Majority of work done on the farm was by slaves and servants Farms created source of income for Romans Certain types of food were given out to the public for free Romans had 4 systems of farm management work done by owner and family, tenant farming and share cropping forces labor(slaves), and other arrangements in which farm owners lend their farms out
Slavery General Info:
- Ancient Rome depended on slaves Didn't depend on race, Slaves were foreigners desperate Romans sold their children When freed they could work the same jobs for the Plebeians Debt slavery was common Some slaves were forced to become gladiators Saturnalia- A Christmas for the slaves in which the slaves and masters switched places
Slavery:
- Manuel labor Domestic services Could be highly educated and skilled, worked as teachers and physicians Jobs included working on the farm, managed shops for store owner, in charge of shop keeping, built roads and bridges and arenas.
Gladiators:
- Fought between an armed and a criminal, wild animal, or another soldier. Fought in the Coliseum in front of large crowds Had costumes and scenery which had to be put up as well
Gladiators Games:
- Thumbs up means save the gladiator that's down and thumbs down means let him die Order of gladiator games: Animal Hunts- They had a scene and the Emperor would use a bow from his box seat and shoot them The Bestiarii- These were gladiators trained to fight tiger and lions Criminals were to fight wild animals without armor or skills
Emperors
Tiberius-
- son of Augusuts, served 22 years and 6 months, cruel tyrant Caligula- great nephew of Tiberius, served 3 years and 10 months, he was insane, he threatened to have his horse made consul Claudius I- nephew of Tiberius and uncle of Caligula, served 13 years and 9 months; probably poisoned by his wife, weak and foolish emperor Nero- stepson and adopted son of Claudius, served 13 years and 8 months, he was a monster of vanity and cruelty he was suspected of setting fire to the city and allowing more than two-thirds of it to burn up, in order that he might rebuild it finer than it had been before
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