history

• in 509 bce rome became a republic
• 44BCE julius ceaser was assasinated
• 31 BCE OCTAVIAN DEFEATED HIS RIVALS FOR POWER
• 27BCE OCTAVIAN WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF AUGUSTUS BY THE SENATE
• 69CE POMPEII WAS DESTROYED
• 476CE THE LAST EMPEROR ROMULOS AUGUSTUS WAS DEPOSED
• THE ROMAN EMPIRE MOST OF EUROPE AND A PART OF ASIA AND NORTH AFRIA
• THE ROMANS WERE GOOD ENGINEERS AND BUILDING SOPISTICATED ROADS AND AUDEQUETS AND HEATING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM
• AUGUTUS WAS THE FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME
• ROMAN LAW FORMED THE BASIS OF LEGAL SYSTEMS FOR MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
• 559 TO 530 BCE REIGN OF CYRUS THE GREAT
• 540 BCE CYRUS THE GREAT CONQUERED BABYLON
• 521 TO 486 BCE REIGN OF DARIUS 1
• 515 TO 516 DARIUS INVADED IN CENTRAL ASIA AND CAPTURED TAXILA AND SETTLED IN THE INDUS VALLEY
• 490 BCE THE GREEKS DEFEATED THE PERSIANS AT THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
• 480 BCE THE GREEKS DEFEATED THE PERSIANS AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS
• 330BCE ALEXANDER THE GREAT DEFEATED DARIUS II
• ANCIENT GREEKS SHARED A COMMON LANGUAGE AND alphabet , religion and culture
• rival greeks city states had different political systems e.g athens was democratic while sparta was a military based society
• in 1947BCE GREEKS defeated persian invaders,
• the important greeks philosopher aristotle was tutor to alexander the great
• between 334 bce and 331 bce, alexander the great of macedon conquered the persian empire
• alexander 's troops never crossed the river ganges
• two great poems illiad and odyssey
• the king appears powerful
• low taxes
• rich government from taxes across a vast empire
• low level of corruption
• strictly controlled officials e.g the kings ears
• increased trade for more wealth and many
• fast roads system eg the royal road
• single currency controlled by the government
• weak rulers , less central control
• governors became too powerful
• governors sometimes at war with each other
• taxes rise to crush the revolts
• people become poorer
• people become more discontented
• revolts become more common
• roman children were taught basic arithmetic to read and write in latin and greek