1. Warm-up Questions
Who was fighting to bring back the system of checks and balances to Rome’s government?
Who was the most powerful of the Roman generals?

3. Republic to Empire Chapter 11, Section 1 World History
The Roman Empire
Republic to Empire
Chapter 11, Section 1
World History

4. Alabama Course of Study
Standard Six: Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.
Interpreting spatial distribution and patterns of the Roman Republic using geographic tools and technologies.

5. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will locate key geographical features of the Roman Empire on a map.
I will describe the events that led to the fall of the Roman Republic.

6. Warm-up Questions
Who was fighting to bring back the system of checks and balances to Rome’s government?
Cicero
Who was the most powerful of the Roman generals?
Julius Caesar

7. Key Terms Covered Roman Peace Pax Romana
A raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities
aqueduct

8. Key Terms Covered
Those languages that evolved from Latin: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
Romance languages
Legal system based on a written code of laws
Civil law

9. Trouble in the Republic
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus – reformers who wanted to give public lands to the poor as farms. They were both killed by the wealthy citizens.
Gaius Marius – allowed poor people to join his army. His army was more loyal to him than Rome.

10. Trouble in the Republic
Lucius Sulla – also turned to his army for political support. Civil war broke out and Marius was defeated. Sulla declared himself dictator and used his position to punish his enemies.
Spartacus – led a slave revolt.

11. Rhine River Atlantic Ocean Alps Caspian Sea Danube River Black Sea
Pyrenees
Corsica
Adriatic Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Byzantium
Sardinia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
Ionian Sea
Carthage
Aegean Sea
Cyprus
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
Tiber River
Apennines
Rome
Red Sea
Nile River
Athens

12. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can locate key geographical features of the Roman Empire on a map.
I can describe the events that led to the fall of the Roman Republic.