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Punic Wars

• Series of 3 wars between Rome and Carthage
• 1^st war was over the control of Sicily
• 2^nd war – when Hannibal became general of Carthage, he wanted to avenge the first defeat.  Hannibal attempted a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capt

Today we continued to take notes on Rome and then we researched slavery in Rome.

General information

• Ancient Rome depended on slaves
• Most slaves were foreigners and unlike most places it did not depend on race
• Slaves worked everywhere
• Slaves were captured

Punic Wars

-Series of 3 wars

-Rome vs Carthage

-1st war was over control of Sicily

-2nd war: when Hannibal became general of Carthage and he wanted to avenge 1st defeat. Hannibal attempted a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capture Rome.

-3rd w

Punic Wars

-1st war over Sicily

-2nd war hannibal wanted to avenge previous defeat

-Rome won all wars

-got harder and harder throughout the wars

Key Players

-Hannibal

-Scipio

-Cincinnatus

-Showed the world that Rome was a force

-after the Punic Wars Rome's lan

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The Golden Age!

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? Organizations that try and get people elected for office. They had a lot of fraud which some machines cheated and cast as many votes.

Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tw

Punic Wars- 3 wars

Rome vs. Carthage

1st war was for control of Sicily

2nd war was when Hannibal became general of Carthage and he wanted to avenge first defeat. Hannibal tried to sneak attack Rome through the Alps.

3rd war- Scipio attacked Carthage and

Rome

It was built on 7 rolling hills around the Tiber River, near the center of the Italian peninsula.

It is the midway point between the Alps and Italy’s southern tip

From 1000 to 500 BC, three groups inhabited the region and fought for control of it.

Punic War

• Series of 3 wars
• Rome vs Carthage
• 1st war was over control of Sicily
• 2nd war- when Hannibal became general of Carthage and he wanted to avenge first defeat Hannibal attempted a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capture Rome
• 3rd war- Sc

Punic Wars- series of 3 wars, Rome vs. carthage, 1^st war was over control of Sicily, 2^nd war Hannibal became general of Carthage wanted to avenge first defeat attempted a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capture Rome, 3^rd war Scipio attack

Punic war

• series of 3 wars
• Rome vs Carthage
• 1st- over control of Sicily
• 2nd- Hannibal became general of Carthage and he wanted to avenge first defeat. Hannibal attempted a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capture Rome.
• 3rd-  Scipio attacked Car

We continued taking notes on Rome.

General information

• Ancient Rome depended on slaves
• Most slaves were foreigners and unlike most places it did not depend on race
• Slaves worked everywhere
• Slaves were captured soldiers, children of slave parents
• Not uncomm

Research 10/2:

Romulus and Remus

They were twin sons of a princess named Rhea and of the war god, Mars.  Other gods and goddesses were out to get their family so Rhea sent them down a river.  They were fed by a she-wolf and then a shepherd and his wife

Continued the Punic Wars and Rome notes

Punic Wars and Hannibal

• 3 wars
• 1^st war was over control of Sicily
• 2^nd war Hannibal wanted to avenge the 1^st defeat but romans came together and defended Rome

3^rd war Scipio attacked Carthage and Hannibal retreated a

Rome: Geography -Was built on 7 rolling hills around the Tiber river, near the cent of the Italian peninsula. -Its midway point between the Alps and Italy's southern tip.

First Romans - From 1000-500 BC three groups inhabited the region and fought fo

Punic Wars:

• Series of 3 wars
• Rome vs. Carthage
• 1^st war - over control of Sicily
• 2^nd war – when Hannibal became general of Carthage and he wanted to avenge first defeat. Hannibal attempted a sneak attack thru the alps to attack and capture Rome
• 3^rd war – S

Rome:

• Geography: Built on 7 rolling hills around the Tiber River, near the center of the Italian peninsula; midway point between the Alps and Italy’s southern tip
• First Romans: Latins, Greeks, Etruscans. Latins built the original settlement at Rome; it

Punic wars

• Series of 3 wars
• Rome vs. Carthage
• 1^st war was over control of sicily
• 2^nd war- when Hannibal became general of carthage
• 3^rd war- Scipio attacked carthage and Hannibal retreated and fought back at native city

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• Rome defeated carthage in all 3 of