Main ideas:
-Rome began a republic; a government that elected officials represent the people
-The roman empire touched three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa.
-For several centuries Rome bright peace and prosperity to it's empire before the collapse
-Judea began to have a monotheistic or single-god religion known as christianity
Rome timeline:
506 BC- Rome becomes a republic
264 BC- First Punic War begins
218 BC- In the Second Punic War, Hannibal invades Italy
31 BC- Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra
AD 284- Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome
AD 476- Western RomanEmpire falls (Roman horsemen)
Today in class we had an assignment to read pages 152-153 in the textbook and take notes. Above i wrote out the main ideas from these pages and below it i wrote out the Roman timeline. After i finished reading the pages i went on to read the other assigned pages. That was all for today.
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