HIST 1001 : Test 3
Document Summary
Rise of macedonia: philip of macedon- once a tribal leader and unites all of the other tribes and tells them the greeks are taking advantage of them. In 338bc he conquered southern greece after the major battle of. In 334bc he invades the persian empire at the age of 22. Takes over all persia and takes a wife named roxanna. Era of the seven kings (753-509bc: tarquin the proud- last king, sextus tarquinius- son of the king rapes lucretia, lucretia- she tells her husband and dad about what had happened and that she must be avenged. Kills herself, and it leads to the overthrow of the kings. (no. Roman people: farmers/soldiers, prophecy, hatred of kings, mos maiorum = custom of the ancestors, tradition- bound people. Expansion: created an elaborate road network to maintain the italian peninsula, hilltop communities, defeated etruscans by 396bc, greeks in 280-275bc, and the entire italian.
