Rome Takes Over

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HOW WE ORGANISE OURSELVES

Rome Takes Over

06. LEGISLATION

05. RELIGION

07. THE FALL OF ROME

04. LANGUAGE

03. ARCHITECTURE

02. PUNIC WARS

01. ROMANIZATIOn

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• It lasted 2 centuries (219 B.C.-19 A.D)

• The Iberian Peninsula underwent a big transformation process.

• New language, laws, communication networks, coinage and economy were introduced

• Romans came to the Iberian Peninsula as a military force to fight the Carthaginians.

Romanization

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The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash of interests between the existing empire of Carthage and the expanding Roman Republic. What was at stake was control of the trading around the Mediterranean sea. Carthage lost the three wars.

Punic Wars

Architecture

Romans were great builders They used a material called concrete for their constructions

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Architecture

Architecture

Latin became widespread with the arrival of the Romans in all territories the territories of the Empire. This meant that, in the Middle Ages, Latin could be used as a common language to communicate with people for distant places.

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Language

Christianity

Polytheistic Religion

• Christians were persecuted

• Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal

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• In the beginning, they believed in different Gods

Religion

• Their code of laws set the basis for modern legislation.

• The Twelve Tables were the most important code of laws.

• Lawyers were employed full-time and judges made sure rules were followed all over the Empire.

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Legislation

• In 285 AD, Emperor Diocletian decided that the Roman Empire was too big to manage. He divided the Empire into two parts.

• In 476 AD, the West Roman Empire fell. Germanic leader Odoacer defeated the last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus to become the first King of Italy.

• Spain was after ruled by the Visigoths.

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The Fall of Rome: Barbaric invasions

The Fall of Rome: Other Reasons

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