Notes

I'm back after being sick all last week. Today we took notes on Rome and talked a little bit on the project that we have to present after we get back from break.

Gracchus Brothers
They thought that the rich should give land back to the people they took it from because they were out fighting in a war and the rich have enough money. They don't need more land.

Is this fair?
In one way, yes. The rich just came in, bought the land and just walked off. The man was out fighting in the war and could not take care of the land. When the man comes back, he'll have nothing. Giving the land back would be good because he'll have a home again.

In another way, no. The rich came in, gave the remaining part of the family on that land, money, got the land and said "See ya!" The rich should give the land back because even though they have lots money, losing it is still bad. If they just gave it back to them, it wouldn't be fair. It's kind of like they just game them money for no reason. If I bought land, I'm going to keep it.

 Latifundia-

a large landed estate or ranch in ancient Rome or more recently in Spain or Latin America, typically worked by slaves.

 

Punic wars

The three Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome took place over nearly a century, beginning in 264 B.C. and ending with the destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. By the time the First Punic War broke out, Rome had become the dominant power throughout the Italian peninsula, while Carthage–a powerful city-state in northern Africa–had established itself as the leading maritime power in the world.

 

The Punic Wars (from Poeni, the Latin name for the Phoenicians) were waged on land and sea in three vicious rounds between 264 and 146 B.C.

 

First phase

-Rome was able to Carthage out of Sicily, but the North African city kept the rest of its empire.

 

Second

-The Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy, defeated several roman armies, and brought Rome to the brink of defeat. But the loyalty of the Roman armies, the perseverance of their own forces, and their greater manpower, for they were able to draw citizen and allied soldiers from all of Italy, while Carthage relied on smaller mercenary armies, enabled them to triumph. At the end, Carthage was disarmed and helpless.

 

Third

Carthage was captured. In a final act of vengeance, the Senate ordered the city to be leveed, its people sold into slavery, and even the ground on which it had stood to be solemnly cursed. But this was only an epilogue to the main struggle. Already in 202 B.C., Rome had won control of the western Mediterranean.