WOH 1012-002

History of Civilization to 1500

Class Notes Part IV

 

  1. Roman Republic (509–27 B.C.)
    1. Rise of Rome
      1. Importance of Rome
      2. Roman Character
      3. Religious beliefs
        1. Vesta
    2. Rome under the Monarchy (753–509 B.C.)
      1. Founding of Rome
        1. Romulus and Remus.
        2. Aeneas
        3. Aphrodite
        4. Kings of Numitor
        5. Amulius.
        6. Rhea Silvia
      2. Strategic Position
        1. Tiber River.
      3. Etruscan influence.
      4. Government.
        1. King.
        2. Senate.
        3. Comitia Curiata.
      5. Fall of the Monarchy (509 B.C.)
        1. King Tarquin the Proud (534–509)
        2. Lucretia.
    3. Early Republic.
      1. Constitution.
        1. Consuls.
        2. Senate.
        3. Centuriate Assembly.
        4. Tribune.
        5. Council of Plebeians.
          1. Plebiscite
        6. Praetors (367)
        7. Censors (443)
        8. Quaestors (450).
      2. Patricians.
      3. Plebeians.
      4. Twelve Tables (450 B.C.)
    4. Unification of Italy
      1. Latin League (493 B.C.)
      2. Decline of Etruscan Influence.
        1. Siege of Veii (407–396).
      3. Gallic Invasion (387).
        1. Brennus.
      4. Breakup of Latin League (338).
      5. Samnite Wars (321–290)
        1. Caudine Forks.
        2. Growth of the Roman Army.
      6. Pyrrhic War (280–275 B.C.)
        1. Tarentum
        2. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
        3. Heraclea (280) and Asculum (279).
        4. Beneventum
    5. Wars against Carthage (264–201 B.C.)
      1. Background
        1. Carthage (Punicum)
      2. 1st Punic War (264–241 B.C.)
        1. Messana
        2. Hiero II of Syracuse.
        3. Mylae (260)
        4. Regulus
        5. Bagradas Valley
        6. Reasons for success.
    6. Second Punic War (218–201 B.C.)
      1. Background.
        1. Hamilcar and Hannibal Barca
        2. Saguntum
        3. Numidian cavalry
      2. Battle of Trebia, (December 218).
      3. Battle of Lake Trasimene (April 217)
        1. Flaminius.
      4. Fabian Tactics.
        1. Fabius
        2. Paulus and Varro.
      5. Battle of Cannae (2 August 216)
      6. Expanding war.
        1. Philip V of Macedon
        2. First Macedonian War (215–205).
        3. Scipio Africanus
      7. Battle of Metaurus (207)
        1. Hasdrubal
        2. Nero
      8. Invasion of Africa.
        1. Scipio Africanus
      9. Battle of Zama (202).
      10. Results.
    7. Conquest of the East (200–146 B.C.)
      1. First Macedonian War (214–205).
        1. Philip V of Macedon
      2. Second Macedonian War (200–196)
        1. Kynos Kephalai (197)
      3. War against the Seleucid Empire (192–188)
        1. Antiochus III
        2. Magnesia (189)
      4. Third and Fourth Macedonian Wars (171–167 and 149–148)
      5. Third Punic War (149–146)
        1. Cato the Elder
      6. Destruction of Corinth (146)
    8. Social and Cultural Change.
      1. Growth of Senate.
      2. Increase in Wealth.
      3. Increase in Luxury.
      4. Status of Women.
      5. Eastern Influences.
      6. Slavery.
        1. Latifundia.
    9. The Late Republic (146–27 B.C.)
      1. Background.
      2. Tiberius Gracchus.
        1. Kingdom of Pergamun.
      3. Gaius Gracchus.
      4. Gaius Marius.
        1. Jugurtha, the King of Numidia.
        2. Cimbri and Teutones.
        3. Military Reforms.
      5. Social War (90–88 B.C.)
      6. Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
        1. Optimates & Populares
        2. Mithridates VI
      7. Rise of Pompey and Crassus.
        1. Sparticus slave revolt (73–71 B.C.)
        2. Mithridate War.
        3. Early rise of Caesar.
          1. Pontifex maximus, Governor of Spain
      8. First Triumvirate (59–49 B.C.)
        1. Pompey
        2. Crassus
        3. Caesar
        4. Conquest of Gaul (58–50 B.C.)
      9. The Civil War.
        1. Rubicon River
        2. Battle of Pharsalus (48 B.C.)
          1. Ptolemy XIII.
          2. Cleopatra VII
          3. "Veni, vedi, vici."
    10. Caesar's Dictatorship (46–44 B.C.)
      1. Background.
      2. Personality.
      3. Bases of His Authority.
        1. Dictator for life
        2. Pontifex maximus.
        3. Prefect of morals.
        4. Legions
      4. Reforms.
      5. Assassination of Caesar (15 March 44 B.C.)
        1. Cassius and Brutus.
    11. The Second Triumvirate (43–33 B.C.)
      1. Aftermath of Caesar's Death.
        1. Mark Anthony
        2. Gaius Octavius.
          1. Gaius Julius Caesar
        3. Cicero
        4. Battle of Mutina (Modena)
      2. Forming of the Second Triumvirate (43).
        1. Octavian
        2. Anthony
        3. Lepidus
        4. Savage proscription.
          1. Fulvia
      3. Battle of Philippi (42 B.C.)
      4. Increasing tensions.
        1. Sextus Pompeius.
        2. Parthia.
      5. Anthony and Cleopatra VII.
        1. Caesarion
      6. Octavian.
        1. Livia of the Claudian family.
      7. Battle of Actium (2 September 31 B.C.)
      8. Anthony's and Cleopatra's Deaths.
      9. Results.