The Roman Achievement

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Lecture 12 Servile Wars ● Accumulation of lands by the rich resulted in the creation of huge estates especially in the south - latifundia ● These estates had a huge number of slaves who were treated with terrible conditions ● 135 to 132 BCE on Sicily - 1st war Gladiators and Games ● Gladiators: prisoners of war, slaves who tried to run away, some free men who wante

CLCV | 116 | The Roman Achievement | Lecture 12 Servile Wars ● Accu

The Middle Republic - Expansion South - Roman Army Conquest of the South ● After the conquest of the Samnites (farthest south people in the south) - Lucranians and the Bruttii, cause trouble with the Greek colonies ● Rome wants the control over these regions so they wait for the right call to intervene The Greek South 1. Monarchies relaxed with the decline of Gr

CLCV | 116 | The Roman Achievement | The Middle Republic - Expansio

Tiberius Gracchus - first Roman who promotes “socialism” or even “populism” Mother of the Gracchi - first female writer from Rome whose writing survives - Tries to stop Gaius (her son) from seeking reelection Gaius Marius ● 1st Roman officeholder to be murdered ● With his murder, the period of the Roman civil wars erupt - last for 100 years, until 31 BCE ● His br

CLCV | 116 | The Roman Achievement | Tiberius Gracchus - first Roma

December 63 BCE Catiline’s Legacy ● Negative light ● Wanted to show that he himself saved the Republic ● “Father of the Country” ● Died an honorable death ● Roman author portrayed Cataline as depraved and corrupt, but he does have qualities that appealed to people Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar ● Cataline’s forces are defeated ● Rome was saved by consuls: Cicero

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