HIST 101 Lecture 5: Harding-HIST101-10:6:17
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Pragmatism: adopt anything that works from other societies, not afraid of change. Subject to paterfamilias: ownership passed from father to husband. Rivals while competing for same territory and trade routes. 2nd punic war: hannibal (leader, 218-201 bce, 40,000 men, 6,000 cavalries, 30 war elephants. Loss of (cid:862)repu(cid:271)li(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:448)irtues(cid:863: self-government and equality fall to the wayside, too dependent on military and wealth (cid:862)bread a(cid:374)d cir(cid:272)uses(cid:863) If you keep the people happy (cid:449)ill si(cid:373)ple stuff they (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t re(cid:448)olt. If their bellies were full and they were entertained they were okay. Latifundia: large agricultural estates, worked by slaves (often war captives, on the outskirts of empire (newly conquered territory, producing cash crops. Political rivalry: assassinated for trying to pass political reform to benefit poor. 1st triumvirate: caesar + pompey + crassus: alignment of three rulers. Invaded rome (peacefully: quickly takes control (cid:862)di(cid:272)tator for life(cid:863) (cid:894)46 bce(cid:895) Assassination 44 bce: stabbed 23 times, body is left lying in the senate for hours untouched.
