HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Inland Northern American English, Migration Period, Aeneid
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Rome - republic to empire (8th century bce-1st and 2nd centuries ce) The shift of rome from republic to empire. Height of the roman empire and the pax romana. Rome: the roman empire doesn"t appear from the void, the power of the roman empire was built over the preceding centuries, one of the most important shifts was of roman republic to the roman empire. They began building the empire by dominating smaller city-states and nations in modern-day italy: over the centuries, rome would seek dominance over the lucrative mediterranean basin, biggest rival. Julius caesar and pompey were rivals: 49 bce. Caesar crosses the rubicon river in northern italy and civil war plagues republic. The punic wars: a series of three wars fought between rome and carthage from 264-146 bce, victory would determine who would contro mediterranean basin, first punic war begins in 264 bce.
