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CHAPTER 7

The Roman World
Section 1: Founding the Roman Republic

Section 2: Rome Expands Its Borders
Section 3: The Birth of the Roman Empire

Section 4: Roman Society and Culture
Section 5: The Rise of Christianity

Section 6: The Fall of the Western Empire


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SECTION 1

Founding the Roman Republic

Question:
What are some
characteristics of Roman
patricians and plebeians?


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SECTION 1

Founding the Roman Republic

controlled
government

inherited
power

farmers /
workers

Patricians

landowners

barred from
office

Plebeians

nobles

majority

barred from
office


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SECTION 2

Rome Expands Its Borders

Question:
What were the causes and
outcomes of the Punic
Wars?


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SECTION 2

Rome Expands Its Borders
Punic Wars
Causes

Results

First
Punic
War

Carthage was afraid Rome would take
Sicily; Rome was afraid Carthage would
close the Adriatic Sea and the Strait of
Messina.

Carthage asked for
peace; had to pay
indemnity and give up
control of Sicily.

Second
Punic
War

Hannibal invaded Italy.

Carthage asked for peace;
paid an indemnity and lost
the Spanish colonies.

Third
Punic
War

Some Romans passionately hated
Carthage; Rome declared war.

Carthage was
destroyed.


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SECTION 3
Israel and the Occupied
The
Birth of the Roman
Territories

Empire

Question:
How did political events
weaken the Roman Empire?


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SECTION 3

The Birth of the Roman Empire

Gracchus brothers
introduce reforms

angry senators kill both
Gracchus brothers

violence = primary tool of
Roman politics

leaders recruit personal
armies

Sulla marches on Rome;
civil war

Sulla establishes
dictatorship


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SECTION 4

Roman Society and Culture

Question:
What are some reasons why
the Romans had a strong
empire?


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SECTION 4

Roman Society and Culture
stationed along
frontiers
soldiers made
citizens

kept peace
Roman
Army

provincial official

revised
Twelve
Tables

strong emperor
enforced law
kept order

Strong
Empire

encouraged
widespread trade
farm goods and
luxury goods

Government
and Law

Trade and
Transportation

roads and bridges


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SECTION 5

The Rise of Christianity

Question:
What are the major events in
the development of
Christianity?


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SECTION 5

The Rise of Christianity
Jesus
personally
taught in
Judaea
gained
followers
crucified
believed risen
from dead

Spread of
Christianity
disciples deliver
message
spreads slowly
through empire
outlawed by
Romans
Christians
persecuted

Acceptance
and
Organization
accepted by
Romans,
Constantine
made official
religion
priests,
bishops,
patriarchs,
pope
church
councils set
down beliefs


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SECTION 6

The Fall of the Western Empire

Question:
What were the causes of the
fall of the Roman Empire in
the West?


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SECTION 6

The Fall of the Western Empire
Decline of the Roman Empire

Political/Military

Economic

• inadequate
government for size
of empire

• expense of defending
and maintaining empire

• competition for
power

• heavy taxes

• army interference
made government
unstable

• decline of
manufacturing and
agriculture

• dependence on
German troops

• loss of income

Social
• too many poor
• loss of patriotism,
interest in
government, and
political honesty


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CHAPTER 7

Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What two major factors helped Rome unify its
empire and maintain peace?
2. What ideas and inventions did the Romans
borrow and adapt from the Greeks?
3. How did Rome’s relationship with the people
it conquered change over time?