3/8/10 General Roman Notes

• The general Roman population was living in Sabora
• They were living in unsanitary conditions
• This was the daily life for the Plebians
• The Patricians lived in country houses near Vesuvius
• They were located on the bay of Naples
• The Gracchi brothers were Tirbunes
• They argued on behalf of land rights for Plebians
• There are two basic political parties
• The Optimares are the Patrician Aristicratic senators
• The Populares were more concerned with the common people
• Both of these brothers are assasinated
• The states surrounding Rome begin to revolt in the Social war
• 91-88 BCE is how long this war lasted
• They both have their own standing armies who are loyal to them
• Marius and Sulla are going to war with each other
• Sulla pushes Marius out of Rome with his army
• The Senate diverts him by sending him on a war with the east
• Julius Ceaser is born in 100 BCE
• He is born into a Patrician family
• He becomes a Senator and tries to go for the highest in the council
• Caeser goes to the people in Rome and gets their vote
• The council puts a man who is the complete opposite of Caeser so he could get nothing done
• They send Caeser to Gull which is in the middle of nowhere
• He conquers Gull while he is there
• Rubican is the river that he crosses
• Pompey was considered one of the best generals in Rome
• He got his name by clearing out the Pirates
• They wanted him to save them from Caeser
• They have a battle at Pharsalus
• Pompey loses but he escapes
• An assasin meets him at Egypt and decapitates him
• Caeser thought this was not respectful and did not like that
• He meets a woman named Cleopatra
• She is the last in line for the Talamayic rulers
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