Tim Nonet

• Extremely brief review of Punic Wars
• Changes in Rome
– Political
– Social
– Military
– Economic
– Geographic
• Gracchi Brothers

Cause: Carthage and Rome both wanted to expand but were blocked by each other.
First War:
Carthage and Rome face of in combat
Rome is victorious
Carthage signs Treaty declaring Rome
Victorious

Cause: Carthage and Rome both wanted to expand but were blocked by each other.
Same as last war
Second War:
Carthage and Rome face of in combat
Hannibal marches for Rome
Rome goes on offensive
Hannibal returns to Carthage to protect
Rome is Victorious

Cause: Carthage and Rome both wanted to expand but were blocked by each other. Same as last war.
Second War:
Carthage and Rome face of in combat
Rome goes on offensive for the final time
Rome seizes the city of Carthage
Rome is Victorious
Carthage signs treaty giving all land to Rome.

• Senate gains influence
• Comitias Plebus (commoners representatives) lose influence
• After Gracchi brothers Senate loses power
• Corruption increases and leads to fall of
Roman Republic and rise of the Empire

• Cities grow as people leave rural areas
• Number of slaves increase
• Increase in goods as Rome expands
• Social unrest from peasants in cities and lack of jobs

• Farm land becomes cheaper as peasants sell land to move to cities
• Increase in large estate and farms as rich
Romans buy land and use slave labor
• Slaves become far cheaper
• Goods from east move into the economy

• Rome gains control of all of Carthage
Land’s
• Rome becomes super power of the
Mediterranean
• Rome continues to expand

• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi
• Tribunes of Plebeians
• Fought for decrease in Senate influence and land reform

• Sought agrarian reform for peasants
• Senate opposed reforms because most members gained money from farms
• Tiberius sought a second term which was illegal and was beaten to death by a chair

• Younger brother of Tiberius
• Continued agrarian reform
• Set a limit age on conscription to 17
• Senate orders death of Gaius
• Commits suicide

• Rome is expanding
• Dominate force in Mediterranean
• Social unrest
• Changes in demographics
• Corruption in government
• Leads to fall of republic

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• Picture
– http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/AncientRome/Images/punic_wars/MapofExpansionofRo manRepublicPunicWars.jpg