Western Civ online Blog #20!

The republic collapses-

• growing unrest
• economic turmoil
• the gap between rich and poor grow
• slaves worked on the rich estates
• enslaved people make up 1/3 of roles population
• poor can compete with the profit margins
• the poor start to sell their properties
• become homeless and move to the city's
• Tiberius and Gaius
• attempt to stop the divide
• civil war after their deaths
• Military upheaval
• military leaders gained more and more power
• soldiers only loyal to their commanders
• Julius ceaser
• Ceaser elected consul in 60B.C.
• takes his legions and conquers Gaul
• marches on Rome chases pompy through Europe and kills him
• the appointed dictator in 44B.C.
• Ruled with absolute power
• makes many reforms
• grants citizenship to more people from different providences
• expands the senate
• increased pay for soldiers
• and established colonies
• ceaser is stabbed to death that same year
• troubled aftermath after ceaser
• Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide
• The roman world
• Rome was the most powerful in the world
• shared their theistic beliefs with Greece
• vivid culture
• gladiator games