CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome

 Images to Accompany Discussion 3

The Conquest of Italy

• Rome and her neighbors. Inset: Early Rome (with hills)
• Map of Italy showing various ethnic groups
• Ceramic stratigraphy in Rome: The Third layer shows refilling from the 5th - 4th centuries BCE, after the Gallic sack.
• Map of Italy showing Roman conquests through 280 BCE
• Greek colonies
• Bust of Pyrrhus

The Punic Wars

• Carthage: aerial view
• Reconstruction of part of the harbor at Carthage
• Roman and Carthaginian territories, 218 BCE
• Map of the Punic Wars
• "Snowstorm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps". W.G. Turner, 1812.
• Plan of the Battle of Cannae, 216 BCE.
  (1) cavalry forces meet; (2) Roman cavalry routed, Roman infantry advances; (3) Carthaginian cavalry moves to aid against allied cavalry, Roman infantry attacks Hannibal's center, African forces attack Roman flanks as Spaniards and Celts fall back; (4) Carthaginian cavalry attacks Romans from the rear.

The Conquest of the Greek World

• Map of the Hellenistic World
• Drawing of a phalanx in motion.

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