Punic wars- series of 3 wars, rome vs carthage. first was over the control of sicily. 2nd war hannibal tried to sneak attack through the alps but lost a lot of his army. 3rd war hannibal retreated and fought back at the native city.
rome defeated carthage in all three wars, each one was harder to win though. wars 1 and 2 rome was on the defensive, and aggressor the last war. ket players were hannibal(C), scipio (R), and cincinnatus (R)
lasting effects- showed the civilians in the med. that rome was a dominant force. by 70 BC, rome had conquered a lot of land around the med. coast.
Roman republic- the roman empire wasnt doing good after the punic wars. the quick expansion hurt the empire. the land was not going to large estate and small farmers werent making any money and were out of jobs. this is one of the reasons that lead t a civil war.
another civil war broke out because of caesars death.
avengers of caesar- octavian, antony, and lepidus avenged caesar and became the 2nd triumvirate. octavious forced lepidus to retire his power. antony fell in love with cleopatra and followed her to egypt. leaving octavian to be the sole leader.
Augustus- this is the term given to octavian and means: exalted one. he changed his name to this.
Pax romana- "Roman peace"
we are researching slavery- besides manual labor, the slaves did many different domestic services, and could even be employed in highly skilled jobs. the slaves were often teachers, accountants, and physitians too. their living conditions were horrible and their lives were short. some slaves that worked and were allowed to make their own money could try and save up enough to buy their own freedom. they could not own property.
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