World History › Section E · The ancient Mediterranean › Topic E.4
The Roman Republic
A small Latin town on the Tiber built a republic of elected officials, a powerful Senate and citizen assemblies, then used it to conquer Italy and the Mediterranean. Conquest, in turn, produced the strains and the private armies that tore the republic apart.
In this topic
- From legend to republic
- Worked example: reading Livy on early Rome
- How the republic was run
- The Struggle of the Orders
- Conquering Italy
- The Punic Wars
- Worked example: why did Rome beat Hannibal?
- Master of the Mediterranean
- Strains of empire and the Gracchi
- Generals and their armies
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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