WESTERN HUMANITIES/ UNIT ONE: Foundations

From Village to Empire Power Point Notes

Geography:

• Key Features:

• Most Romans were:

Key Milestones in Roman History and their Importance:

• Phase 1 – Founding of Rome (approx 750 BCE)

• Phase 2 – Etruscan Rome (c. 600 BCE – 509 BCE)

• Phase 3 – The Republic (c. 509 BCE – 27 BCE)

Key Terms:  Patricians, Plebeians, Senate, 12 Tables, Punic Wars

Expansion and Fall of Republic – Julius Caesar

• Phase 4 – The Empire (c. 27 BCE – 476 CE)

Octavian (Augustus), Pax Romana

Overview of Rome’s Cultural Universals:

• Political:

o       Republic:

o       Empire:

• Social:

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Slaves

• Women

• Religion: