Slide 1HOLT World History World History THE HUMAN JOURNEY HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON The Roman World Section 1:Founding the Roman Republic Section 2:Rome Expands Its Borders…

1. Geography 2. Location During the end of the Roman Empire, they ruled theMediterranean Sea and the land around it Rome the city was founded on seven hills on the banks…

Slide 1 Roman Republic Expansion, 396-146 BC Libertyville HS Slide 2 Conquering Central / North Italy (396-282 BC) Romans expanded east and north, conquering Etruscan city-states…

Slide 1 Dispute over control of Sicily and trade routes in the western Mediterranean brought Rome into conflict with the powerful North African city-state of Carthage Carthage…

Slide 1 The Punic Wars Rome against Carthage Slide 2 The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC) Rome's first territorial conquest outside of Italy was Carthage in Africa. Rome…

Slide 1 ROME Slide 2 The Italian Peninsula was settled in prehistory. By 1000 – 500 BCE three groups battled for control. The Latins, who were headquartered at Rome, the…

The Romans The Romans Chapter 5 Etruscans Romulus and Remus Northern Italy settlers Greeks Italic-speaking Rome Tiber River 509 B.C. Romans drove out their Etruscan ruler…

Lesson 8.3 âThe Fall of the Republicâ Trouble in the Republic What was the main problem that Romans faced after the Punic Wars? Crops failed and farms were ruined because…

The Punic Wars The Punic Wars Ancient Rome First Punic War Began with a dispute over Sicily (Port of Messina) Strengths at war: Carthage was superior fighting at sea Rome…

Hannibal - The Second Punic War Hannibal - The Second Punic War Battle of Cannae Battle of Zama Consequences of the Second Punic War 1 Battle of Cannae: Prelude 216 BC: Hannibal…