Thursday, April 23, 2015

Part 3 of Ancient Rome Notes

Here are the notes!..


  • They drained a swamp for Rome.
  • Tarquin the proud was a bad tyrant.
  • Tarquin's son was guilty of raping an older women (Lucricia).
  • Tarquin didn't care. he didn't punish him.
  • She committed suicide after the rape.
  • The Roman people were outraged; They ran Tarquin and his family out of Rome. 
  • After that, they took 3 different governments and combined them all to make their republic.
  • A Roman legion had 5,000 people. The legion was divided into century's consisting of 80 soldiers.
  • Carthage is in Africa.
  • Conflict started about how people wanted to control the passages of trade and the coast.
  •  Romans took Sicily from Carthage. 
  • Hannibal wanted to take over Rome.
  • Hannibal attacked from the "back door" of Rome.
  • They never took Rome.
  • Romans came down to Carthage and absolutely annihilated them.

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