Today

• Caligula took over after Tiberius dies
• Caligula showed promise at first but then started becoming disturbed
• Caligula was bipolar
• Caligula ordered his army to collect seashells
• Caligula was supposed to sacrifice an animal in a ceremony but instead killed the high priest
• Caligula took away religious freedom
• Caligula had a statue of himself put into the church of the Jews
• Caligula was murdered by his closest aids
• Claudius was took over after Caligula died

• Claudius was deformed from birth and was the butt of all jokes

• Claudius wanted integration among other countries within Rome

• Claudius' wife often cheated on him and eventually left him for a nobleman and tried to have him become emperor
• Claudius had his ex-wife and her husband killed

Today

• Tiberius order that Caligula's two older brother were executed and that his mother was exiled
• Tiberius turned his back on Rome and went to an island and indulged in sick sexual fantasies with boys and girls
• Sejanus was the only one that had access to Tiberius during his withdrawal from Rome
• Tiberius turned on Sejanus and wanted Caligula to become the next leader of Rome
• Sejanus was strangled and thrown into the Tiber river
• Jesus preached to the poor, but they were outraged when Jesus proposed that there was an empire greater than that of Rome's

Today

• July- named after Julius Caesar
• August- named after Octavian Augustus
• Augustus- means "exalted one"
• Spain, Africa, Greece and Syria become part of the Roman Empire during the 1st century
• Tiberius- adopted son of Octavian Augustus, takes over after Octavian Augustus dies, forced to divorce his previous wife so he could marry Octavian Augustus' daughter as a political gesture
• The Roman army protests because they are displeased with the way they are treated
• Germanicus steps in and helps solve the problem
• Caligula, "Bootsie" is the son of Germanicus, he saw the real values and virtues of the Roman army
• Tiberius had Germanicus killed because he was accomplishing what he couldn't and was a threat to Tiberius' position

Mark Michael, Jason Drager

Julius Caesar was killed in the Pompey theater
stabbed 23 times
the leader of the assassination was Gaius Cassius
March 15 the ides of March
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Rita Watson, Colleen McCormick

The Rubican was a stream that marked the ancient boundary between Italy and Cisalpine
Julius Caesar started rising in 60BC
JC started his conquest to Gaul in 58BC
made a decision that caused the fall of the Roman Republic
stayed in Gaul until chosen to be consul
lead his army across the Rubicon
Triumvirate, political alliance between Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus Financer and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus General they divided up the Roman Empire
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Emily Waite, Rachel W

after the Punic wars Rome took over Carthage's trade routes and started growing
Latifundias were farms that were run by slaves, which made the richer richer and the poor poorer
Gracchus brothers were activists who suggested organizing the first "welfare", redistributed land and were seen as a threat to the rich people and were killed along with their followers
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Emily Stasuk, Elena Fernandez

Plebeians were normal people
Consul was the highest elected office in the Roman Republic
Rome didn't want another King/one person with all power after Tarqus the proud
Cavalry rode horses
Legions consisted of 5000-6000 soldiers
Centuries were much smaller groups
Mercenaries fought for money not loyalty
Rome fought Carthage in the Punic wars
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