Ancient Rome (Ms. O)

post laws
+power of plebian class
to view some of the laws found on these tablets, visit http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/12tables.html

Gauls invade & conquer Rome

Romans provide GOLD 2 Gauls

Gauls, content w/ payoff, leave

Gauls= ppl from what is now France

War with Carthage (North Africa)

Legendary Moment: Hannibal's troops cross the Pyrenees and the Alps on elephants.

African forest elephants are generally about 8 feet high @the shoulder... so they are quite a bit shorter than the Indian elephants our boy Alexander encountered. Still, it is a surprise to see elephants on the battlefield.

as he is there, the Romans head to Hannibal's city of
Carthage in N. Africa.

He rushes there to protect his city.

~100 bce Caesar is born

59 bce - 50 bce= Caesar in Gaul being awesome & conquering

50 bce Senate, infl by Pompey, orders C. to disband his army and C. refuses [Crosses the Rubicon]

48- 44 bce Dictator
enacts reforms in Rome
public works +
+ citizenship
Julian calendar invented :D

44 bce assassinated by Brutus et al

Marc Antony + Lepidus + Octavian(aka Caesar Augustus)