Romans

The Romans

I. The Mysterious Etruscans - Pre-Roman Civilization in Italy

II. Roman Republic 509-27, b.c.
     A. Patricians
            1. consul
            2. Senate
            3. dictator
     B. Plebeians
            1. tribunes
            2. Assembly
    C. Conquest of Empire
            1. Italy
           2. PUNIC Wars (Latin Poenicus=Phoenician=Carthaginian
                264b.c;218 b.c.;149 b.c.
            3. Mediterranean world
     D. Fall of the Republic 146 b.c.-27 b.c.
           1. Gracchi— Tiberius Gracchus (133 b.c.) and Gaius (123 b.c.)
           2. Civil conflict
           3. Octavian, Julius Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son.

III. Roman Imperial Government
     A. Octavian/Augustus Caesar
     B. Reforms
     C. Successors
          1. Family rule from Tiberius to Nero, 14 to 65 CE   Suetonius' Twelve Caesars
               a. Tiberius (a.d. 14-37)
               b. Caligula (a.d. 37-41)
               c. Claudius (a.d. 41-54)
               d. Nero ( a.d. 54-68)
          2.   Five Good Emperors
                a. Trajan (a.d. 98-117)
                b. Hadrian (a.d. 117-138)
                c. Antoninus Pius   (a.d 138-161)
                d. Marcus Aurelius (a.d. 161-180)