Rise Of Rome

Finally, I decided to look at Rome through the republic and empire. The rise of Rome was almost a millennia from 1000 to 27 B.C. Starting in 264 B.C. the Romans decide to go to war against Carthage. This was the first of three wars called the Punic Wars and by the end of the third Punic War in 146 B.C. Carthage was destroyed and Rome was victorious. This us yet more of the same warmongers that are seen governing and expanding empires. This being the state of facts even though at this time Rome was still a republic and had not yet become an empire. During the Republic there were multiple uprisings against the establishment and the Senate. In 133 B.C. Tiberius Gracchus was elected tribune in Rome and from there proposed land legislation that would limit the holding of public land by any individual. Tiberius’ intent for this act is recorded in a document called “Appian of Alexandria, The Civil Wars”. In this document that was written in 100 A.D. by Appian of Alexandria, a historian, states that, “What Gracchus had in his mind in proposing the measure was not wealth, but an increase of efficient population. Inspired greatly by the usefulness of the work, and believing that nothing more advantageous or admirable could ever happen to Italy, he took no account of the difficulties surrounding it.” (Appian of Alexandria, The Civil Wars, Sources, 83). In the history textbook it is stated that, “When he sought to be re-elected as tribune, riots erupted among his …show more content…
It is also seen that rulers saw themselves as superior above all other rulers and that their morality is the only morality that would be