HIST 3140 Lecture 3: CLST 3140 lecture 3
4 Jan 2020
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The city of rome from foundation to imperial times (part 2) Rome was not the only power in the mediterranean sea: Republic = senate + assemblies -> magistrates (two annual consuls) Augustus was the first emperor of rome in 27 bc. Sulla doubled in the number of senators from 300-600 bc. The campus martius expanded during the era of pompei the great (106-48 bc) It was a religious area with temples (area = sacra di largo argentina ) Was the first stone theatre in rome (55 bc) Peripteros sine postico (columns in 3 of the rooms) Venus is the mythical founder of the gens lulia. Podium of temple opus caementicium (concrete) was faced with marble. Before augustus: it was a residential quarter for rome"s governing class. 49 bc: julius caesar crosses the rubicon river and marches on rome, thereby initiating civil war with. 48 bc: battle of pharsalus, where pompey is defeated by caesar.
