In the past few lectures, we have discussed the ways in which Rome expanded. We saw them first attack their neighbors and expand their empire across Italy. Next, we saw them turn their attention to Sicily resulting in the First Punic War. The First Punic War forced Rome to rapidly and effectively produce a navy capable of defeating the chief naval power of the Mediterranean, Carthage. With a navy and the control of important islands, Rome began to expand into the western and then eastern portions of the Mediterranean through the Second and Second Punic Wars and the Macedonian Wars. At the end of these lectures, I tried to briefly discuss some of the radical changes these wars and this expansion wrought. I would like to expand on these ideas during this lecture.
Medieval Europe 04: Monasticism
Medieval Europe 03: The Early Medieval Church (30-604)
Medieval Europe 02: The Gothic War (535-554)
Medieval Europe 01: The Barbarian Kingdoms (476-533)
Rome 29: The End of the Western Roman Empire?
Rome 28: The Goths
Rome 27: The "Germanic" Tribes
Rome 26: The Celts
Rome 24: The Rise of Christianity
Rome 23: The Crisis of the Third Century
Rome 21: The Nerva-Antonines
Rome 20: The Flavians
Rome 19: The Year of the Four Emperors
Rome 18: The Julio-Claudians
Rome 17: The Reforms of Augustus
Rome 16: The Age of Augustus
Rome 11: Marius and Sulla
Rome 10: Second Century Military Changes
Rome 09: Scipio Aemilianus and the Gracchi
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