Rome Video

Today in Western Civilization we watched the video on Rome. Here are the notes I took from the video.

·      Leader died

·      His son Tiberius Gracchus was set to take his place

·      Tiberius died 20 years later

·      146 BC – Carthage – End of the Punic Wars

·      Romans wanted justice over tyranny

·      Rome and Carthage had been locked in conflict for 120 years

·      Ammelianus ordered Carthage to be burned

·      After 6 days of fighting, the Carthaginians surrendered

·      Romans demolished Carthage

·      Survivors were made into slaves in Rome

·      There are so many poor people because of slaves and because many women got kicked out off their property

·      Tiberius crushed a rebellion in Spain because he was listening to his mother (she wanted him to get power first)

·      Tiberius did not like when aristocrats stole land from the poor

·      Latifundia – The name for aristocrats who stole farm after farm

·      Spain was owned by Carthage

·      Tiberius made peace with the Barbarians

·      The Senate did not like this decision