Roman conquest of Italy
Rome's empire began with...
The conquest of The Italian peninsula
Across The mediterranean sea on The northern coast of África
Stood The mighty city of carthage
Has vowed eternal hatred toward rome
Hannibal
Though force
AND violence
Depraved human nature
The darkest hungers
Rome won total Victory over
The latins
Included all three of The great islands
The Roman empire
Hannibal led a large force of men
In 218 B.C.
Egypt, palestine, AND Syria were not Yet oficially provinces
Of The Roman empire
Traits of simplicity discipline AND patriotism
The old Roman character
Adopted policies to keep conquered peoples from waiting
To rebel
The mejor poner of The western mediterranean sea
The 3rd Century B.C
Still some romans worried that carthage
Might somehow regain her power
Pledge allegiance to rome
The macedonia rulers
Many romans found themselves
Unemployed AND forced to accept gobernment
All The Greek cities un shouthern Italy belonged to rome
By 270 B.C
The first punic war was in
264-241 B.C.
Carthage grave up
Spain AND completely disarmed
Had defiled the
Temple in jerusalem
The gobernment tried to appease The people with
Bread AND circuses
Provided protection from robbers, AND ...
Established a common system of coins
Fought a series of wars
The TWO cities
Allies remained loyal AND carthage
Rome's Italian
War whit alexander's homeland
In 215 B.C.
Crowded into amphitheaters like
Thousands of Roman citizens