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*324. B.C. Rome still didn't control much of Italy & the city was still struggling with problem between the rich & poor people *Everything east of Rome was under control of Alexender the Great *Greeks conquered Greek mainland and peninsula *Hellenistic empire not viewed as threat *Rome nearly destroyed in 2nd Punic War *Carthage & Macedonian Kingdom, Under Phillip V *Phillip always looking to extend his empire *Antiochus III was also a empire builder
*Political Corruption *Peolpe didn't pick emperor Praetorian Guard did *Sold throne to highet bidder *Next 100 years Rome had 37 different emperors (25 were assassinated) *Unemployment rised *Farmers that had paid workmen could not produce goods cheaply *Farms started to close or be sold *Filled cities with unemployed people *Citizens a burden, contributed to crime *Inflation, began after reign of Aurelius *Rome stopped conquering land this stopped th flow of gold into cities
Fall of Rome and Greece
Rome Falls/Implodes
*Many reasons to Rome's Fall *Many say intro to Christianity helped the decline *Money used to build churches could have been used to maintain empire *Decline in moral and values *Crime increased and streets became unsafe *Emperors wasted money on lavish parties (Nero & Caligula) *Public Health *Many say lead poisioning played a part in the decline *Water sent to homes through lead pipes *Blood from colosseum spread disease
Connections to Today
Greece
Rome
*Greece influenced our capital's buildings designs with their great architecture skills like the White House and Philly Art Museum *They gave us the Olympics, Circus Maximus, and sports *They helped us advance in mathamatics such as algebra
*Rome had influenced how we create our water and sewage systems *The streets of Rome were filled with Crime and Homeless citizens, this is just like almost every city in the USA *Rome had inflation on products, this is like our milk inflation today because there are less farmers to get milk from
*100 years after Alexander's death, Hellenistic empires had anew way to expand *Antioches siezed land in Palestine, Phillip siezed land in Aegean Sea & Asia Minor *Both Antiohes and Phillip conquered Eygpt then split the land *Rome told Phillip to cease seizing Greek Territory *Phillip refused, So Rome fielded an army against him * Army under command of Flaminius in 200 B.C., this began the 2nd Macedonian War *Phillip was defeated 3 years later *In 196 B.C. they declared all Greek cities free *Rome suspicious of Antiochus *Antiochus had opportunity to land a army in Greek mainland *Did this to try and free them from the Romans *He was soon driven from Greece in the Battle of Magnesia in 189 B.C. *Rome felt like the protectors of Greece *This might threaten the security of Rome *When Phillip died in 170 B.C. he was succeeded by Perseus *He brought up democratic and revolutionary passions in Greece *Rome invaded Greece again, in the 3rd Macedonian War *Rome didn't seize territory, but had stern control over it *Learned that if reprisal was sure, swift, and harsh it would keep control *Now Romans responded to threats right away *This resulted in an accidental empire *Publicanis were taking harsh taxes and becoming wealthy along with Rome itself *By 2nd Century B.C. Rome kicked into High Gear *With the massive wealth though problems between classes started *They dealt with this for almost 100 Years
Greece Falls to Rome
*Gold was spend on luxury items *Less gold to use in coins, coins became less valuable *For loss of value, stores raised their prices *Soon salaries were paid in food, and taxes paid in fruits and vegetables *To many people lived on streets, lead to urban decay *Relied some much on human and animal labor, it stopped them from inventing new technology *Started to lose land *Military drain to government, spend rest of the resources *Hired soldiers from different places, expensive and unreliable
*3rd century A.D. Rome soldiers had to fight in civil war with Italy, this left the Roman border open for attack *Germanic hunters started to take over Roman lands *476 A.D. Odacer took the last of the Rome Emperors, Augustulus Romulus *Forces outside of Rome Empire eating away at it *Started to evovle all around man *Roman influenced by Greeks *Emperors were corupt *Tried to conquer to much *It would take western civilization ten centuries to rebuild itself
*Roman mistakes taught them what is effecttive and what was not *Population had decreased from the emperors to the sart of the Dark Ages *There were now smaller parts not just one big empire *The Romans and Greeks still passed there reiligon, politics, economics,etc. onto the Middle Ages *Better warfare was being created *Such as protection, weapons, and buildings *Instead of emperors they probably had a president
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