LO3: The Overthrow of the Republic
- Non-citizens
had no right to a share in government
- Citizens
who lived far away from Rome mostly had no voting rights
- Rome's
triumphs abroad had a profound effect on society at home
- In
former days, the farmer-soldier had been the backbone of the state
- But the
social and economic revolution that followed the Punic Wars changes all
that
- Proletarian: In
ancient Rome, a propertyless but voting citizens, the lowest calls of
Roman citizens
- Rome
had "bread and circuses", meaning that there was free food and
entertainment
- A new
social group was on the up raising, and this group used their wealth to
buy buying up ruined farms, restocking them, and then turning them to
new purposes
- By 150
B.C., slaves made up nearly one-third of the population of Italy
- Slaves
were secretion and tutors in the household of the rich and
powerful domestic servant
- Aristocratic-the
topmost level of society
- Tiberius
and Gaius Gracchus = the Gracchus Brothers
- Tiberius
was elected tribune of the people in 133 B.C.
- Gaius
died in 121 B.C. (was his murdered?)
- First
civil war was at 88 and 83 B.C.
- Triumvirate:
In ancient Rome, an alliance of three politicians that enabled
them to control the Republic's decision making
- Julius
Ceaser entered the city's politics at a young age
- Ceaser
was murdered on March 15, 44 B.C. or the Ideals of March
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