Roman Empire: Trade and World Impact
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- Roman assemblies were held so Roman citizens could come together and vote on issues or other specific things.
- The Founding of the Roman Republic
- Consul
- There were laws and systems such as Checks and Balances, Codification of Laws, Election, Veto, Rule of Law, and the twelve tables.
- Consul
- The Roman Republic began when a group named the Estrucans conquered Rome. A wealthy family named the Tarquins started a monarchy that lasted 100 years. The Romans later on rebelled and the Roman Republic came to an end when Augustus Caesar named himself Octavian.
- The Senates attended assemblies and advised the Consuls. The Senates were very powerful and served forever. The Tribunes elected Plebeians and the Tribunes had the power to veto.
- The Roman Republic is a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of the people and are ruled by elected leaders(the elected leaders were called consuls, they were the two most powerful officials in Rome one Patrician and one Plebeian, one consul could be elected to become a dictator.
- Roman Achievements
- Romans advanced in art, they made there sculptures and paintings realistic. Artists created lifelike portraits. "Rome kept it real."
- The Romans created smooth paved roads that linked all the city-states together so they could make it easier to trade and protect the city-states.
- Romans created aqueducts which brought fresh water to the city and removed waste from the sewers.
- The Romans created the arch. It was a utilized type of capstone or keystone. It was made to distribute the weight of the structure.
- The Romans created a dome which is a rounded roof top of many Roman buildings.
- The Romans made the Colosseum were the gladiator fights were held and was a famous structure by using columns and arches (columns and arches made by the Greeks).
- The Rise of the Empire of Rome began when Rome took over trade in the Mediterranean . The good things that happened to Rome was Rome took over more land and became wealthier and spread more culture such as Latin language, art, government, and religion. Military Expansion: Rome fought wars with Carthage for the control of trade(Punic Wars). Julius Caesar was a popular general. The effects were that Rome won and gained control of the Mediterranean. Caesar also won battles and gains Rome's territory. Changes in Government: The Civil War erupts in Rome. Break down of Triumvirate. The Republic ended when Augustus Caesar named himself Octavian emperor. Some good and bad things that happened were that Triumvirate Formation of (triumvirate of 3 men in charge). Caesar takes control from 2 other men and declares he is dictator for life. Julius Caesar is assassinated , 2 Triumvirate, and Octavian was declared emperor Augustus.
- The Rise of the Empire
- Octavian
- Julius Caesar
- Economics: Higher taxes, people were too costly to control a large empire, and larger migrations of people moving into the city causing overcrowded and how people couldn't support them. Moral Decay: Decline in traditional values and corrupt citizens. Division of Empire: Civil war broke out, Diocletian splits the empire because it becomes to large (Western goes to general Maximian) Rome was the center. Eastern went to Diocletian (Constantinople was the center, named by the Byzantine Empire. External Threats: Various groups of people invade Western Rome, vandals capture North America, Angels/Saxons capture Great Britain, Huns came from China, and Visigoths captured the city of Rome. Barbarians (Germanics) were the people who invaded Rome.
- What led to the fall of Rome
- The rise of Constantinople began when The Byzantine Empire became rich in tradition of art, literature, learning, and serving as a military buffer between Europe and Asia. Constantine the first established Christianity . When Constantine died Emperor Valentinian divided the west and the east putting the power of west to himself and giving his brother east to rule over them. A few centuries later In the west there were constant attacks from the Germans they were called Visigoths . In 476 the barbarian Odoacer overthrow the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustus beginning the fall of Rome. Byzantine Empire flourishes: The Roman empire proved less vulnerable because of its attacks. Since Constantinople was located on the strait it was difficult to breach the capital's defense's , the eastern empire had a much more smaller frontier with Europe. It also benefited stronger administrative care and internal political stability as well as other states during the Medieval Era. The eastern emperors were able to control or exert more over the other empires economic resources and the other empires sufficient man power to the combat invasion. The Fall of Constantinople: When the Palaiologan empire ruled the Byzantine empire was broke and it never regained their former stature. Emperor John V fought financial help and the West because of confront with the Turkish threats but he was still arrested for being a insolvent debtor in Venice. Four years later he was forced to become a Serbian prince and a ruler of Bulgaria to become a good vassal to the Turks. Since Byzantine is a vassal state Byzantium paid a tribute to the sultan and provided the Sultan a military support. John's successor's, the empire gained more relief from the Ottoman oppression but because of the rise of Murad II as a Sultan ended the final respite. Murad revoked the privileges given to him by the Byzantine empire leading an attack to Constantinople where he entered Hagia Sophia which would later on become a Mosque. The fall of Rome ended and Constantine XI died in battle which the Ottoman Empire took over after the Byzantine Empire collapsed.
- The rise and fall of Constantinople
- The rise and fall of Constantinople
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