Ancient Civ: Ch.6 Sec.3: Results of the Punic Wars
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- What are five of the good results of the Punic Wars
- 1) Lots of money 2) Lots of land 3) Slaves 4) Cheap grains from Sicily and North Africa 5) Now known as master of Mediterranean
- What are the two main bad results of the Punic Wars
- 1) Disaster comes to farmlands 2) Slaves were now in Rome
- What happened to the farmlands during the Punic Wars
- They were destroyed by the Carthaginian soldiers
- What impact did the ruined farms have on the farmers
- They could not afford to rebuild so they had to sell their land to wealthy land owners
- What was the bad in getting cheap grain from Sicily
- Farmers could not compete with the prices so again they had to sell their farms
- Describe the employment of large farms
- They started having slaves so that the Romans were no longer needed to work the fields nad it put a lot of people of work
- Where did the landless poor go and what happened
- They landless poor went to look for jobs in the city of Rome and there was the constant threat of riots
- Who are the proletriat
- The poorest social class of teh Romans made up mostly of landless poor
- What did the government of Rome do to keep the proletriat from rioting
- Gave them free food and games
- What was the problem with a large number of slaves
- There was the constant fear of slave revolts
- Who was the most dangerous slave revolt led by
- Spartacus
- What happened when Spratacus revolted
- The Romans were beat nine times before suppressing the rebellion
- Who stopped Spratacus's revolt
- Marcus Crassus
- What did the Romans do to set an example to others thinking about slave revolts
- They crucified 3,000 of Spratacus's followers
- Who was the oldest of the Gracchus brothers
- Tiberius
- Who was the youngest of the Gracchus brothers
- Gaius
- What was Tiberius's strategy for reform
- Take land from the rich and give it to the poor
- How was Tiberius killed
- He was clubbed to death and thrown in the river
- What was Gaius's strategy for reform
- Weaken the senate
- How was Gaius killed
- The senate declared him an enemy of the state and killed him and all of his followers
- How did army leaders change Rome
- They used their armies to stay in power and undermined the republic
- How did Marius become famous
- He stopped the invasion of the Germanic tribes in 105 B.C.
- How many times was he consul
- 7x
- How did Marius help the poor
- Allowed landless poor to enlist in the army for 16 years
- What was the good about Marius helping the poor
- He gave them food, weapons, share of loot, and perhaps land at the end of their services
- What was the bad about Marius helping the poor by employing them in his army
- Fought for their leader who rewarded them, not for ROme
- How did Sulla defeat Marius
- Both Marius and Sulla used their armies to occupy Rome and kill off the other's supporters and Sulla won
- What did Sulla have the senate do
- Declare him dictator for as long as he wanted
- Who were the optimates
- Patricians, wealthy, conservative Romans
- Who were the three main optimates
- Sulla, Cicero, and Pompey
- What were the populares and who were the important ones
- They were the liberals such as Marius and Caesar