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4.1 From city to world empire

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Success criteria
You can explain:
  • How Rome was governed first
  • How Rome started to conquer areas
  • How Rome became a world empire and how the empire was governed

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From kingdom to republic
  • Rome was a city-state with a cruel king (monarchy) until 509 B.C.
  • The king was driven away and Rome became a republic
  • The republic was ruled by the nobility
  • They took decisions in the senate
  • Two elected consuls carried out the administration.

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Roman conquest
  • With their strong army, Rome subdued other city-states
  • The residents were often allowed to continue to govern themselves
  • They had to pay taxes and supply soldiers to Rome
  • With this, the Romans could make their army even stronger

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Roman provinces
Through the conquests Rome became huge
It was divided into provinces for better governance.
In each province a governor was in charge with 4 tasks:

Taxing the population
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He was the judge
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Commanding the army in the province
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Ensuring order and safety together with civil servants
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Practice with 
Assignment 3 and 5 from 4.1

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Roman Society
Week 2

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Success criteria
You can explain:
  • How civil wars led to the imperial period
  • How emperors brought peace to the empire

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Outcome feedback
In general: positive 
You prefer to do more in lessons, more creative assignments
Preferably in groups

Therefore!

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Civil wars
  • Army leaders became more and more powerful because the soldiers were loyal to them
  • Some went against the senate, this led to war
  • Such a war within a state is a civil war

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Julius Caesar
  • One of these army leaders was Julius Caesar
  • He had conquered France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands
  • He became dictator (tyrant) in 44 BC but was assassinated by enemies in the Senate

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The Rubicon

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The murder of Caesar

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Week 4
Homework: final claims about Emperor Augustus
Lesson goal: Finish Chapter 4 about Rome
Prepare for test and discuss previous test

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Emperor Augustus
  • After Caesar's death there was another civil war
  • This was won by Octavian, Caesar's second cousin
  • He was given the title of Augustus (the Exalted)
  • He put an end to the republic and became the first emperor in 27 BC.
He was like a god above the people, he was exalted
Rome was nu een keizerrijk. De keizer had alle macht en was een soort van koning.

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Pax Romana
  • Means: Roman Peace
  • Roman emperors expanded the empire
  • The empire had natural borders that were guarded by legions
  • So there was 200 years of peace within the empire

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Pax Romana
Search your book for 3 reasons why there was a Pax Romana

Use these 3 reasons to explain why the Pax Romana ended

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Romanisation
  • =Locals slowly become more Roman citizens
  • Germanic tribes copy a lot from the Romans.
  • Germans could become Roman citizens after 25 of service in the army.

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Practice question
Give an explanation why Romanisation was more succesful in Western Europe than in Eastern Europe

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Goals for today
At the end of the day...
  • Understand a few of the characteristics of Roman Culture.
  • Understand why Roman culture spread throughout the Roman Empire.

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The Fall of the Roman Empire
What was the strenght of the Roman Empire? Find out why the Pax Romana was such a good period

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The fall after 200 AD
Why did the Roman Empire become weakened?

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