Fall+of+the+Roman+Republic

=Fall of the Roman Republic 78-31 BC =

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Principal Focus: Through an investigation of the archaeological and written sources for the fall of the Republic 78 – 31 BC, students learn about significant developments, forces and relevant historiographical issues that shaped the historical period.

Students learn about:

1 **Political developments in the late Republic**
 * legacy of Sulla
 * Pompey: significance of military and political career
 * significance of the consulship of Pompey and Crassus in 70 BC
 * role and significance of Cicero
 * First Triumvirate: aims, roles and responsibilities of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
 * activities and breakdown of the First Triumvirate
 * political crises: role of the Senate; use of the army for political purposes; urban violence
 * role of optimates, populares
 * Caesar and Pompey: political competition and responsibility for outbreak of the Civil War 49–45 BC
 * significance of Caesar’s dictatorship

2 **Wars and expansion**
 * Pompey’s extraordinary commands and the Eastern Settlement
 * Caesar’s military activities in Gaul, Germany and Britain
 * significance of the Mithridatic and Parthian wars

3 **Fall of the Republic**
 * impact of Caesar’s assassination
 * formation, activities and breakdown of the Second Triumvirate
 * rivalry and Civil War between Mark Antony and Octavian: role of Cleopatra VII; Battle of Actium