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These are all of my notes for this chapter or section I hope that I do well on my test.

Us modeled their government off of the Roman government

·      Executive Branch for Rome= 2 Consuls, one-year terms, each has veto power, controls the military, could appoint a dictator in a crisis for a six-month term

·      Executive Branch Us= President plus Vice president, four-year terms, can veto proposed laws, commander in chief of the military

·      Legislative branch Rome= Senate of 300, they were aristocrats, lifetime term, Assemble (either centuriate or tribal) 193 m3mbers

·      Legislative Branch Us=Senate of 100 (two from each state) for a six-year term, the house of reps (435 members) two-year term

·      Judicial Branch Rome= Praetors, Chosen by the centuriate assembly, One-year terms

·      Judicial Branch Us= Supreme court, nine members, lifetime term, appointed by the president confirmed by the Senate

·      Legal code Rome (Twelve tables) = Public displayed, gave rights to plebs and not just Democrats, only protected freeborn male citizens

·      Legal code Us= The first ten Amendments to the constitution (

·      A Roman legion is a group of soldiers 5000 to be exact, Heavy infantry, exclusively selected from Roman citizens

·      A century (Another Group of soldiers) eighty people

·      Calvary on horseback

·      Shield, Sword, Dagger, Armor

·      Punic wars Rome versus cartage

·      First Punic war Naval battle (264-241)

·      Second Punic war Carthage lead by general Hannibal try’s to sneak up and around Rome (218-201)

·      Third Punic war Rome attacks Carthage and lays waste to them by burning everything and taking all survivors as slaves (149-149)

·      Slaves poured into Italy

·      By the end of the second century, there were one million slaves

·      Farmers lost their land due to debt and not being able to make payment.

·      The really large farms turned into estates called latafundia

·      To keep the plebians from revolting because of all their lost land Romes government dished out a thing called bread and Circuses

·      Bread was free grains for eating and the Circuses was entertainment so it would keep all of the Pleabs distracted from how bad their life really was.

·      Soldiers loyalty was to the general and not to Rome

·      Julius Creaser (100-44) Very successful general, Conquered Gaul and named himself the governor of Gaul, made common folks happy, Made friends in High places.

·      Pompey is jealous and becomes his rival Their army fight in war and Ceaser wins

·      44 BC Ceaser is named dictator of Rome for life

·      Expanded the Senate by adding his friends

·      Creates jobs for the poor

·      Increased pay for soldiers

·      Started colonies for people without property

·      Ceaser was assassinated by the Senate

·      The senators lured him into the Senate for a meeting and then stabbed him 23 times.( even his friend Brutus was in on it.·     

     Octavian was named Julius Ceasers sole heir

·      Takes over at 18

·      Hires Mark Antony an inexperienced general

·      Octavian and Mark Antony become Rivals

·      Mark Antony teams up with Cleopatra and they take on Octavian

·      Octavian’s wins and is now the unchallenged ruler of Rome

·      Rome is now an empire

·      Ruler for 40 years (27 BC to 14AD)

·      Tiberius (14Ad – 37Ad) good general but didn’t really want to be an emperor. Eventually exiled himself from Rome and went to live on an island

·      Caligula (37AD- 41AD) Known for his cruelty to his people. Assassinated by a group of praetorian guards, senators, and the Impearl court, trying to reestablish the republic.

·      Claudius ( 41- 54 AD) He was a limp, Stammered, shaking, slobbering. Took over because he was the last male in the family. Ruled well-built roads, aqueducts, canals, and stated the conquest of Brittan. Died because his wife poisoned him.

·      Nero ( 54-68 AD) Only cared about making the empire look good. Did nothing when Rome burned. Overspend and even raided the temple for money.
 
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