The roman legion-
the army/police force
A legion (5000) people in one
- In it because they were proud to be romans and wanted to defend it
- Eventually when Rome started to fall apart they did it for the pay
- Not very loyal and weren't very good
A century (80) people in one
- Took the Greek idea and improved on it
- Infantry is the ground troops (men walking on foot)
- Horse back (cavalry)
Hannibal riding on
elephant back- had to cross the Alps to surprise attack from the North
Women have to run
the farms when husbands are at war (lyn and phil)
Aristocrats buy the
land off to own the farm and control it
Latifundia (great
estate) from buying up all this land from people who were in a pickle
To cope with the
loss of their lively hood they ALL moved to Rome
Now there is a huge
section of poor people in Rome begging for work
Two brothers :
Gracchus
Saw that the rich
were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer
Came up with a
solution- went to the Senate
- You should not be punished for going to war
- Their solution was to give some of the land back to the people
The assembly passed
a law to give back the land
- The Senate attacked Tiburis(brother) and beat him w/ a chair then threw him into a river
- The law got over turned
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