1. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation.

2. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Mythical version: Trojan prince Aeneas discovers Latins while looking for the promised land. Romulus and Remus, sons of Latin Princess and god Mars – they were abandoned Romulus kills Remus and he becomes first king Historical version: Latins settled on Palatine, a fertile area with a pleasant climate around 1200 B.C. Etruscans of Etruria ruled Rome (Latin) for 200 years Romans overthrew Etruscan leaders and set up a Republic in 509 B.C.

3. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. RRomans conquered and controlled all of Italy by 275 B.C. CCity-state Carthage ruled much of North Africa, Spain, and Sicily RRoman conflict with Carthage started the Punic Wars – lasted over 100 years RRomans fought Carthaginians for control of the Mediterranean Sea. HHannibal defeated at Zama; Carthage lost all its territories to Rome. BBy 146 B.C. Rome was the leading power of the Mediterranean.

4. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Rome’s conquests caused changes in the economy and government: ~ large estates replaced small farms; cities became crowded ~ the gap grew between the rich and the poor Attempts were made to improve conditions in Rome: ~ Gracchi brothers gave land and wheat to the poor ~ General Marius gave power to the army ~ General Sulla gave more power to the Senate Julius Caesar built up the army and took power ~ He conquered Britain, Libya, Egypt, Cyrenaica, Numidia and Asia Minor ~ Caesar was assassinated by those who opposed his rule

5. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. ~After Caesar’s death, power was shared by Marc Antony, Lepidus and Octavian ~Civil war broke out between Antony and Cleopatra and Octavian ~Octavian won naval victory at Actium in 31 B.C. ~When Antony was defeated and Egypt was made a Roman province, he and Cleopatra committed suicide to avoid being paraded through Rome as captives ~Octavian became the absolute ruler of Rome; he was given the title “Augustus” (honored) ~As Rome’s “First Citizen”, Augustus ended the expansion of the Empire at its defensible boundaries: Rhine, Danube, and Euphrates rivers; and Sahara Desert ~Augustus introduced the “Pax Romana”, a time of peace

6. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. ~ Augustus’ successors accepted his defensive foreign policies ~ Trajan, Rome’s last great conqueror, established new provinces in Dacia, Armenia, Assyria and Mesopotamia ~ The Empire reaches its greatest height under Trajan in A.D. 117 ~Five good emperors ruled Rome between A.D. 96 and A.D. 186 ~After A.D. 186, civil wars broke out in the Empire and emperors lost control ~Rome’s size was difficult to manage; Diocletian divided it in two ~Barbarians attacked the Empire from many sides ~Internally, the gladiatorial games were one sign of Rome’s decline