Western Civilization

operations with a navy, promptly developed a substan- tial fleet. The Carthaginians, for their part, had diffi- culty finding en ...

the king of Pergamum deeded his kingdom to Rome, giving Rome its first province in Asia. Rome was now master of the Mediterranea ...

Society and Culture in the Roman World Q FOCUSQUESTION: How did the acquisition of an empire affect Roman social and economic in ...

culture blamed the Greeks for Rome’s new vices, including a taste for luxuryand homosexual practices. Roman Religion Every aspec ...

regarded as part of the family household. Only the very rich would have large numbers of slaves. The Roman conquest of the Medit ...

doctors warned that early pregnancies could be dan- gerous for young girls, early marriages persisted due to the desire to benef ...

the first codification of Roman law (see the box on p. 110), and although inappropriate for later times, they were never officia ...

The Twelve Tables In 451B.C.E., plebeian pressure led to the creation of a special commission of ten men who were responsible fo ...

Catullus’s ability to express in simple fashion his intense feelings and curiosity about himself and his world had a noticeable ...

instability characterizes the period of Roman history from 133 until 31B.C.E., when Octavian defeated Mark Antony and stood supr ...

brothers to bring reforms had opened the door to more instability and further violence. A New Role for the Roman Army: Marius an ...

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS The End of the Republic: Three Views Although Rome stood supreme over the Mediterranean world by 133B.C.E., ...

enormous, enabling them to dominate the political scene and achieve their basic aims: Pompey received lands for his veterans and ...

Caesar before him, he fell in love. Octavian began a propaganda campaign, accusing Antony of catering to Cleopatra and giving aw ...

Chapter Summary Sometime in theeighth centuryB.C.E., a group of Latin- speaking people built a small community called Rome on th ...

CHAPTER TIMELINE CHAPTER REVIEW Upon Reflection Q How did Rome’s contact with the Hellenistic world affect Roman civilization in ...

EARLY ROME The history of early Rome is well covered in T. J. Cornell,The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age ...

C H A P T E R 6 The Roman Empire CHAPTER OUTLINE AND FOCUS QUESTIONS The Age of Augustus (31B.C.E.–14C.E.) Q In his efforts to s ...

the next two hundred years. The Romans felt that their divine mission was clearly to rule nations and peoples. Hadrian, one of t ...

for a longer period. The shift to a professional army was completed when early emperors created a bureauc- racy that could train ...