“From Republic to Empire” Anthony Kalandjian History I‚ Traviolia Mon-Wed 8:00-9:25 October 29‚ 2012 The corruption of Rome became the start of a new Empire that conquered most of the known world at the time of its existence. In 5th century B.C.E.‚ Rome was a new nation with a set of morals unlike any other culture. Their morals defined their Republic but as time passed these set of morals was lost and so was their form of government. Through corruption and power hungry rulers began the transformation
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"When Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus sought to establish the liberty of the common people and expose the crimes of the oligarchs‚ the guilty nobles took fright and opposed their proceedings by every means at their disposal" - Cicero. The Gracchi Brothers were revolutionary in both their goals and achievements‚ as they changed the politics‚ the economic situation and the social problems of the Roman Republic. During the Gracchi’s existence‚ Rome was facing a number of social‚ political and economic problems
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The ancient Roman empire faced many difficult times‚ however this was one of the worst. First of all the problems with the Republic started when the Roman’s added more territory. Mainly because rich citizens just kept getting richer. In fact‚ because of this‚ leaders feared that violence would arise between the rich and the poor. The first leaders to address this problem were brothers named Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus‚ they held the Tribunes political office. The first brother Tiberius took
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Born in Rome on July 12 or 13‚ 100 BC‚ Caesar had a place with the esteemed Julian faction. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius‚ leader of the populares. This group upheld agrarian change and was restricted by the reactionary optimates‚ a senatorial party. Marius was a seven time consul‚ and the most recent year he held office‚ just before his demise in 86 BC‚ he claimed a frightening toll on the optimates. At the same time‚ he made sure that Caesar was delegated flamen dialis‚ one of an antiquated
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warring parties‚ the Populares‚ and the Optimates. Caesar was torn‚ but bent towards the Populares because of family ties. His uncle Marius led the Populares‚ and Caesar’s uncle’s nemesis was Sulla‚ who led the Optimates. Sulla was granted power and later won the civil war‚ which would lead him to become the emperor. Eventually Caesar was forced out of Rome by Sulla‚ however was given a pardon to return. Caesar declined‚ and chose military service under Marcus Thermus in Asia. This decision turned
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then blocked the patricians’ efforts to confiscate the land (Backman). The foreign expansion was something Rome was unprepared for and that is one of the main reasons the republic fell. That and the extreme radicalisms fighting for dictatorship like Sulla and the Emperor Augustus changed not only the political platform of Rome but severely damaged their economy on constantly going to war on neighbors to take over
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money in donations and the public works projects he started and worked on in his reign. Before the reign of Augustus‚ Rome was still a Republic and in a state of civil wars because of the doings of consuls and senators Gaias Marius and Lucius Sulla starting in 88 BC‚ when Marius made the movement for land ownership to not be a requirement to be in the Roman army. Although it was a good short term plan‚ it led to devastating consequences. After the urban poor males joined the army‚ the patricians decided
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to stay at the bottom of the political ladder. Also‚ Rome was in a period of unrest and civil war. The empire had grown in size and cheap labor had taken over. This lead to much unemployment. During the time he was born‚ Caesar’s uncle‚ Gaius Marius‚ was consul. He had saved the Roman republic several years before by defeating two Germanic tribes‚ the Teutones and the Cimbri . At age 16‚ Caesar’s father died at Pisa while on military duty. From then on he knew his life would be a challenge
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The reason why roman republic collapsed Roman republic began with the over throw of the roman monarchy and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls‚ elect annually by the citizens and advised by senate. During the first two centuries of its existence the Roman republic expanded rapidly through a combination of conquest and alliance‚ from central Italy to the entire Italian peninsula. Then republic continues to conquest new land such as North Africa‚ Greece‚ Southern France and Spain
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father belonged to the prestigious Julian clan. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius‚ leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and was opposed by the reactionary Optimates. Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen dialis which is a archaic priesthood with no power. Caesar marriage in 84 BC to Cornelia‚ the daughter of Marius’s associate was a political match. When Lucius Cornelius Sulla‚ Marius’s enemy and leader of the Optimates‚ was made dictator in 82 BC‚ he issued
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