Day 1 Work: Chapter 6 Main Ideas & Timeline in Rome

• main ideas
• power and authority
• Rome began as a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people
• eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire
• empire building
• at its height, the Roman Empire touched three continents - Europe, Asia, and Africa
• for several centuries, Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse
• religious and ethical systems
• out of Judea rose a monotheistic, or single-god, the religion is known as Christianity
• based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, it soon spread throughout Rome and beyond

• Roman Timeline: 
• 509 BC: Rome becomes a republic 
• 264 BC: first, the Punic war begins 
• 218 BC: in the second, Punic War Hannibal invades Italy
• 31 BC: Octavian defeats the forces of Anthony and Cleopatra
• 284 AD: Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome
• 476 AD: Western Roman Empire falls