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Starting Rome!

• About 500 B.C. Rome became a Greek-style city-state that was no longer ruled by kinds, but by the Republic
• More stable and more effective than any other in Greece

• Italy and its people
• In the era of Indo-European migrations, when the Hitties moved into Asia Minor and the Greeks into the Aegean, other tribes moved into Italy
• This land was similar to those of Greece or Palestine.
• They were just able to support a bigger population
• The indo- Europeans
• Formed various tribal groups
• Among them the Latin people of central Italy.
• Some of the Latin's settled ear the mouth of the Tiber River
• Building clusters of dwellings on low-lying hills along the river.
• Around 750 B.C. these settlements joined to form a single city-state, Rome
• These people were only one of many peoples that lived in Italy, two of which were to have a decisive influence on the growth of Roman civilization
• The Etruscans
• Non-Indo-European immigrants who gained control of territory to the north of the Latin's that the Romans called Etruria
• In the 7th century these kings ruled Rome itself.

• The Roman Republic: the senate and the people
• patricians and plebeians are diffrent because one is upper- class and one is just commons 

Vocab:

Patricians: upper-class citizens who belonged to the oldest and noblest Roman families

Republic: in reference to ancient Rome, the system of city-state government in which decision-making power was shared between the Senate and assemblies of male citizens

Plebeians: the Roman common people, including workers, small farmers, and wealthy people who were not patricians

Senate: in ancient Rome, a government assembly appointed by the king, and under the Republic by the consuls; originally all members were patricians, but in time wealthy plebeians were appointed as well.

Consuls: in the roman republic, two senators who left the government and military for one-year terms and appointed their own successors.

Dictator: in the roman republic, a single leader with full decision-making powers, appointed for a maximum six-month term during times of emergency

Tribunes: Magistrates elected by the plebeians, who eventually gained the power to initiate and veto laws

Client: a person who provides personal services in return for money and protection from a patron

Patron: a wealthy person who supports others with money and protection in exchange for person services

Pontiff: in ancient Rome, one of the republic's leading priests

Paterfamilias: the "family father", in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household

Matron: title given to a married woman in ancient Rome.

Alexander the Great

Birth

• born in 356 B.C. in Pella Macedonia
• there is a lot of talk regarding the divinity of Alexander

modern historians would most likely agree that he was not a god, but they could never say that to Alexander

• from conception his mother maintained that it was not her husband that impregnated her, but rather a serpent (closely identified with the god, Zeus)

Tutored By Aristotle

• Philip II of Macedon invited Aristotle to tutor his son in 343 B.C.
• Aristotle was appointed as head of the royal academy of Macedon
• He encouraged Alexander toward the eastern conquest, and his attitude towards Persia was unabashedly judging another culture solely by the values and  standards of one's own culture

Bucephalus

• the name means "ox head"

• Alexander won the horse (which was 13 talents) after succedding to tame Bucephalus

• he was the only one that was able to tame the horse

• Other wise Philip II would have purchased it himself.

King Phillip II of Macedon

• Was the father of Alexander the Great
• He was the kind of Macedon from 359 B.C. until he was assassinated in 336 B.C
• Philips extraordinary military skill allowed him to be a very successful leader. During his rule, he had conquered a large part of upper Greece
• He and Alexander did not get along very well. King Philip also had many wives

Olympia

• Mother of Alexander the Great
• Alexander had a better relationship with Alexander
• Was King Phillips 4th wife
• Not from Macedon
• First woman to bare a child for him

Zeus (also known as the father or Alexander the Great)

• First addressed as son of Zeus by ancient oracle of Ammon at Siwa

• He was starting to be through of being man and god

• People described this moment as the turning point in his divinity
• He has an esteemed arrogance in himself, but this just gave him an overload of confidence

Phillips Death

• His own body guard killed him
• In Macedonia everything was ready for the grand celebration for the wedding of Philip's daughter Cleopatra to prince Alexander of Epirus, brother of Olympus
• Philip was struck by a dagger and killed on the spot
• The assassin tried to escape but tripped and was killed on the spot by few close friends of Philips son Alexander

Decisive Military Battles and Their Importance

• Alexander the great dought many decisice battles over his military career as an officer, these ranged from the battles fought in Asia, to the battles fought in the northern tip of Africa
• These battles were fought during most of Alexander's adult life and he nearly conquered every major world power in the Western World at the time.

• ****Alexander fought in his own battles***
• Some battles that defines his military careers were:
• The battle of Granicus
• The Battle of Issus
• The Battle of Tyre
• The Battle of Gaugamela

• All of these battles were fought during his military campaign in the Asia Minor

• Alexander nearly conquered all of the know world to "his" knowledge before his men started to complain of never going back

Conquering Egypt

• Conquered all of Egypt 332 B.C.
• After his conquest he also marries at least two women from egypt
• He managed to conquer Egypt around the age of 24

Battling the Persians

• Tried to take on Persia but there army was way to great
• They ended up winning after 4 years
• Soon to be faced by a new enemy, however his own troops

Invasion of India

• after alexander the great had conquered Persia, his trooped moved towards the Indian subcontinent

• This conquering of the north western parts of India marked an important point in India's history

• He won all of the battles in India