Notes on Rome part 2:

• "Villa" culture - country villa out in the countryside. Lavish villages.
• Naples was a beautiful countryside that most villas were built on.
• Painted gardens on walls on villas.
• The climate was temperate.
• Subura - tenement neighborhoods of Rome. Unsanitary/health issues/safety issues such as fires.
• Gracchi Brothers: Tiberius and Gaius were tribunes. Argued on behalf of plebs over land matters. They were assassinated. This is the first account of assassination in the city of Rome.
• Optimares were the Patrician aristocratic senators.
• Social War (91-88 BC)- people began to revolt against the Patricians
• Caesar wants to gain power. He runs for a position in the Senate.
• Caesar wins the hearts of the common people in the street. He wins.
• He conquers Gull.
• Romance languages come from Rome. French, Spanish, Italian, Romania.
• The city of London was founded by the Romans
• Caesar crosses the river RUBICON and brings his army to the city of Rome.
• Pompey was considered one of the greatest generals.
• POMPEY & Optimares VS. CAESAR & his army.
• Pompey was decapitated by Egyptians. This angered Caesar greatly. Respect among generals was important
• Cleopatra is the last in line, Caesar has an affair with her.
• Caesar is hailed as dictator FOR LIFE.