HIST 150 Lecture 7: Ancient Rome
23 Feb 2017
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Geographical and historical conditions for the rise of rome. Italy as a meeting point of indo-europeans (ancient aryans) and etruscans (non- Aryan) (myth of aeneas, trojan hero and his legacy descendants romulus and. Poor plebs with proletarians (people without property) Territorial expansion and wars: creation of latin league (4 c. bc) control ital (390-265 bc). Strict discipline and loyalty to roman republic, religion and family values: power of roman army= citizens-soldiers, free house holders, tax-paying men between age of 17-46 (new army style, very strong) They understood that if the soldiers had something to lose they would fight harder. America eventually did this: punic wars against phoenician colony of carthage (punic= phoenician) The 1st war (264-241 bc) (control of sicily) Roman innovations in tactics of sea battle. The 2nd war (218-201 bc) (control of spain) Defeat of romans in battle of cannae (216 bc) The 3rd war (150-146 bc) (control of north africa)
