Notes on Rome

The Romans were the first to make brick roads, which made it easy for people to get to and from places. They were also the first to put good use to the arch, the Colosseum was made almost completely out of arches. The Romans also made the aqueduct out of arches which carried water to the center of town. The Patricians were the rich people in Rome, they were the ones who were in charge of things in Rome. The Assembly was there to provide rights for the common people. The twelve tables were lists of all the laws that the Romans had. This let people know what the laws were so that they knew what they could and could not do. The dictator in Rome was a person that was elected to run Rome when a crisis happened. They wanted only one person to run the Roman empire when a crisis happened so that they could get the empire back to normal as fast as possible.


THE PUNIC WARS
 who won what started them

THE FIRST PUNIC WAR-
- Carthage and Rome fought.
- Rome won this war.
- It started because the Romans were afraid that the Carthaginians might attack them so they attacked them first.

THE SECOND PUNIC WAR-
- Carthage and Rome fought.
- Rome won.
- Hannibal, a Carthaginian, started the second Punic war by invading the town north of the river Iver to purposefully provoke the Romans.

THE THIRD PUNIC WAR-
- The war was between Carthage and Rome.
- Rome won.
- The Romans knew that attacking Carthage would be an easy war that would give them lots of money so they raised an army and attacked Carthage.