Shirley Lowe, ECCE ROMANI

Directions: This is a GUIDE as you take notes in the Cultural Background section of your notebook. The important things to note are why a person was famous, what happened in a certain time period, what did a person contribute to Roman history, etc.

753-510 B.C.-THE MONARCHY
Romulus and Remus
The Seven Kings
L. Junius Brutus
Horatius
Mucius Scaevola

510-31 B.C. - THE REPUBLIC SPQR
The Plebeian Struggle
Coriolanus
The Gauls Sack Rome
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
Appius Claudius Caecus
The Punic Wars
Regulus
Hannibal
Scipio Africanus (the Elder)
Cato the Censor
Overseas Expansion and Trade
The Gracchi Brothers
The Civil Wars
Spartacus
Pompey
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Cleopatra
Mark Antony

31 B.C.- 476 A.D.-THE EMPIRE
The Battle of Actium and Augustus
The Pax Romana
Vergil
Martial
Boudicca
Tacitus
The Romanization of the Provinces
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Trajan
Hadrian
Marcus Aurelius
Constantine
The Empire Splits
The Decline and Fall

Courtesy of "Study Sheets for Latin Cultural Drill Tapes," by Dr. B.F. Barcio, L.H.D.
Pompeiiana, Inc. Indianapolis, IN