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Caesar’s enemies feared he wanted to be king.

Brutus and Cassius would assassinate him on March 15th 44 B.C.

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Caesar tried to make Rome better:

1. he took land from the rich and gave it the veterans

2. he put jobless people to work

3. he made the senate 900 people instead of 300

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Caesar became permanent dictator.

-filled the senate will his friends

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TSW describe the role of Julius Caesar in Rome.

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TSW describe the role of Julius Caesar in Rome.

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Review expansion.

Conquest of Greece video.

Revisit text messaging activity.

WHW_ Julius Caesar

KJC it activity

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-Caesar joined forces with Pompey, and Crassus (the richest man in Rome)

-The Triumvirate voted Caesar Consul.

Pompey tried to force Caesar out but couldn’t.

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*Riots broke out.

*Slaves began to rebel.

*Civil wars started.

*The wars destroyed the Republic. Led to the empire (single ruler).

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*Crime rate was high.

*Gov’t was changing.

*Power was increasing for the rich.

“We are starving and our voice is no longer heard. We need help.”

Who do you think said this, the plebeians (poor farmers) or the patricians (the rich)?

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The key to expansion was the Mediterranean Sea.

Rome defeated Carthidge to take control of the Mediterranean.

This allowed for them expand throughout Europe.

They built roads to connect Rome to the conquered lands.

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-Conquered using military force. (How)

-Trading with nearby areas made it easier. (How)

-More land = more power (Why)

-More land= more natural resources (Why)

-To spread the Roman culture

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Rome was the center of trade.

Promoted trade

Interacted with many places

This allowed for them to take over easily.

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-Expand throughout Italy.

-Expand across the Mediterranean

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Elected a dictator.

Held power for 6 months and during emergencies. (war time)

Dictator held absolute power.

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This was the most critical part of the government.

Each branch had the ability to check each other’s power.

This kept branches from getting more power than the others.

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Praetors- interpreted the laws and served as judges.

Senate- the most important body of people.

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Republic is a form of democracy

It was a representative democracy.

This allowed for a variety of people to be involved in the government regardless of class.

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The branches checked and balanced each other (limit the power of each branch).

Top gov’t officials were the Consuls (2)- elected every year and ran the military and ran the gov’t.

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There were different branches.

They all had different jobs.

Like the U.S. they had 3 branches.

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Citizens elect representatives.

Citizens have the power to vote.

Most governments have this model.

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How is the bird connected to the Roman gov’t??

What is S.P.Q.R.??

It symbolizes the Latin phrase “The Senate of the People”.

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Latin is used today other roots;

Medicine

Law

Science

Naming of plants and animals

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Used in the Catholic Church

Latin is considered a dead language today (Not used)

However, Latin influenced the English language.

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Language of the Romans

Came from the Greeks

Language of Romance (means Roman)

English language (vocabulary) heavily influenced from Latin

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Mosaic- pictures made from pieces of glass stone.

Byzantine- words used to describe the Roman culture.

Aqueduct- channel used to bring running water to Rome.

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Latin- language used by the Romans.

Democracy- government that allows the citizens to be involved.

Vault- curved ceiling.

Anatomy- study of the body.

Ptolemy- important scientist.

Constantine- general who became emperor in 312 bc.

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Consuls- top gov’t officials.

Julius Caesar- Military leader.

Triumvirate- political alliance of 3 people.

Octavian- Caesar’s nephew.

Antony- one of Caesar’s generals.

Augustus- name given to the emperor.

Pax Romana- means Roman peace.

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Etruscans- A group of people that controlled most of Italy prior to the Romans.

Tarquins- the Etruscan monarchy prior to the Romans

Patricians- wealthy landowners of Rome

Plebeians- Majority of the population included artists, shopkeepers, and small farmers.

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Latin definition. The language of ancient Rome. When Rome became an empire, thelanguage spread throughout southern and western Europe. Note: The modern Romance languages — French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and a few others — are all derived from Latin.

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an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap

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Gaius Julius, c100–44 B.C., Roman general, statesman, and historian. 2. a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian, and later of the heirs presumptive. 3. any emperor.

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Italy is located in southern Europe  and comprise the long boot shaped Italian peninsula, the southern side of Alps, the large plain of the Po Valley and some islands including sicily and Sardinia. Corsica although belonging tot he Itlatian geography region has been apart of france since 1769.

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According to tradition, the ancient city was founded by Romulus in 753 BC on the palatine hill; As it grew it spread to the other six hills of Rome. Rome wa made capital of a unified Italy in 1871.