HUM 340 Lecture 4: Roman History - A Crash Course

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUM 340
• Professor: Emily O'Brien

Document Summary

Roman history: a crash course (753 bce 476 ce) The rule of kings (753 500 bce) The early roman republic and conquest of italy (500 287 bce) Consuls = highest official in republican gov. Quaestor, censor, praetor, curule, tribune, aedile = minor officials in republican gov. The early roman republic and expansion abroad (200s 100s bce) Last century of the republic (1st century bce) The roman empire: augustus to constantine (337 ce) Octavian (augustus): 27 bce 14 ce. The 5 good emperors (96 ce 180 ce) Later empire: decline and invasion (to 476 ce) Empire split in late 3rd century (east/west, rome/constantinople) Last roman emperor in west deposed 476 ce. Nerva, trajan, hadrian, antonius, pius, marcus aurelius.