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| First Punic War, after 23 years Rome won in 241 BCE |
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| rome had no navy and modeled their ship after a ship that washed up on shore. an appliance that the romans used to climb onto the Carthaginians ships. |
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at 25 years old became carthage military leader
conquered spain in 218 BCE
proceeded across the Alps qith 40 k men and 37 elephants, arrived with 1/3 of his men and 1 elephant. troops from spain and gaul increased Hannibal's numbers |
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| Selected to confront Hannibal |
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| 204 BCE, devasting blow against Carthage, rome realizes that they need a professional army |
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| Carthage destroyed, in the genocide half million people were killed |
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recruited all roman males, so devoted were his soldiers that they were called Maruis' Mules
promised land to veterans
military would contraol that state in the 1st century BCE |
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| L. Cornelius Sulla overturned sneate in a blood bath. used his soldiers devotin to his devotion |
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At age 40 made govenor of Gaul
Cisalpine Gaul, Tansalpine Gaul, Illriculum
Conquered holland, belgium, luxemburg, france, amd parts of germany and switz |
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| Gerat victory for caesar, deafeated Vercingetorix, beat two armies, soldiers outnumbered 5 to 1 |
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| Caesar crossed the Rubicon in defiance of the Senate, civil war began |
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| Caesar killed in the Civil War |
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| Civil war ended when OCtavian defeated Anthony and became sole dictatot in Actium |
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| First roman emperor sensed Rome's empire was too big and tried to hinder expansion |
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| JEws in Palestine rebel tooks roman 2 years tp re-conquer Palestine and 2 more to retake the city |
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| rebels held out in Masada, rather than be taken by Roman and become slaves the rebel comitted suicide |
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| Trajan saw rome's greatest expansion |
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| Created the Hadrian wall Scotland and England |
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| period of barracks emperor |
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| a 30 year period where 23 different emperors ruled, the emperors were more likely to be assainated than die of natural causes |
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| captured in 260 CE in Persia forced the kneel before his captor |
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| fall of easter roman empire |
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