HIST 1000 Lecture : History 1000 Antiquity to Renaissance
Document Summary
Antiquity (in greece and rome) is referred to as the first era of western civilization. By 264 bce rome had conquered most of italy. Greek ideologies spread, however the land mass owned by the greeks did not expand like it did in rome. The roman empire had to compete with the carthridge empire (hannibal) and from 264-163. Bce they won many of the wars and expanded using the mediterranean. Rome created a great army of high class men who would take over other areas or countries and turn them into roman provinces. The native people of the provinces were not considered citizens but were allowed to practise their beliefs peacefully as long as they paid their tribute and did not challenge the roman rule. 31-200 bce (pax romana) rome changes to an empire, there was very little conflict and great expansion. Roman administrators controlled the native people in the provinces who they called barbarians.
