Roman Aqueducts
The Roman Colosseum
The Colosseum Interior
Circus Maximus
PUNIC WARS ROMECARTHAGE ROMECARTHAGE Good ArmyStrong Navy (Phoenician heritage) Finds Carth. ShipHimilcar Barca (first war) Builds NavyHannibal (second war) Corvus Takes Sicily as the prize Scippio Africanus
Punic Wars Punic Wars are a series of 3 violent wars between the growing Roman Civilization and its bitter, ancient Rival….The Carthaginians Punic Wars are a series of 3 violent wars between the growing Roman Civilization and its bitter, ancient Rival….The Carthaginians A “turf “ war for the valuable Mediterranean Sea
Carthaginian Empire
Hannibal’s Route
PompeyPompey Civil War & Dictators Julius Caesar
Crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC The Die is Cast!
Beware the Ides of March! 44 BCE
Octavian Augustus: Rome’s First Emperor
Pax Romana : 27 BCE – 180 CE
The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE
The Rise of Christianity
The Spread of Christianity
Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two: 294 CE
Constantine: 312 – 337 Christianity Christianity
Constantinople: “The 2 nd Rome” (Founded in 330)
Barbarian Invasions: 4c-5c
Attila the Hun: “The Scourge of God”
Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire During the Reign of Justinian
The Byzantine Emperor Justinian
The Collapse of an Empire 1.Barbarian Invaders (Huns, Goths, Visigoths and Vandals) 1.Barbarian Invaders (Huns, Goths, Visigoths and Vandals) 2. Unfavorable Balance of Trade 2. Unfavorable Balance of Trade 3. Large Disgruntled Class 3. Large Disgruntled Class 4. Money 4. Money 5. Early values 5. Early values 6. Corruption of Gov’t 6. Corruption of Gov’t 7. Friction between Rome and its Provinces 7. Friction between Rome and its Provinces 8. Disease 8. Disease 9. No clear succession to the throne 9. No clear succession to the throne
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