- Unit 3. Rome, the Global Empire
- Getting Started
  - What Are We Learning?
  - Observe and Think
  - Map Your Mind
- Rome, the Global Empire
  - The History of Ancient Rome
    - A Little City Become Empire
    - The Legendary Origins
    - The Monarchy (753-509 BC)
    - The Republic (509-27 BC)
      - The Fight for Political Rights
      - Major Conquests during the Republic
      - The Crisis of the Republic
    - The Roman Empire (27-476 AD)
      - The Crisis of the Third Century
      - The Recovery of the 4th Century
      - The Fall of the Roman Empire
  - The Roman Society
    - Women in Rome
    - Slaves
  - The Roman Economy
  - The Roman Law
  - The Roman Army
- Self-Evaluation Quiz
- Complementary Activities
  - The Greek and Latin Roots of English
  - One Myth, One Song
  - Games, Comics and Stuff
- References

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# Major Conquests during the Republic

During the Republic, Rome began to expand territorially with the help of its disciplined and organised army. They dominated the Italian Peninsula by the mid-third century BC. Then the expansion went on with the

> - control over the western Mediterranean region. This involved fighting against Carthage in three conflicts called the Punic Wars
> - control over the eastern Mediterranean region. They confronted Greece and the Hellenistic monarchies
> - conquest of Gallia.

After the conquest of Hispania and Egypt, the Romans controlled all of the Mediterranean area, which they called Mare Nostrum ("Our Sea"). You will undestand this process with the help of the interactive map by Chronoaltlas. Just click on the period to see the new territories conquered.

## Activity: The Punic Wars

Write a text for this mute video according to the data shown on the screen about the Punic Wars. Then in cooperation with the Department of Technology we will add it as the sound track of the video.

You should know... Hannibal

Have you heard of Hannibal? The Carthaginian general, not Hannibal Lechter, of course, was an oustanding strategist, whose figure is still studied in the military academies. This song by History Teachers review his main facts.

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