Fall of the Roman Republic
Trace how Roman political violence — the murder of the Gracchi brothers, civil wars between Marius and Sulla, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and assassination on the Ides of March, and the final war between Octavian and Antony — destroyed the Republic and led to one-man rule under Augustus, and debate whether the fall of the Republic was inevitable or a series of choices
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Could your child explain the chain of events that destroyed the Roman Republic — from the Gracchi to Caesar's assassination to Augustus — and discuss whether it could have been avoided?
Trace how Roman political violence — the murder of the Gracchi brothers, civil wars between Marius and Sulla, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and assassination on the Ides of March, and the final war between Octavian and Antony — destroyed the Republic and led to one-man rule under Augustus, and debate whether the fall of the Republic was inevitable or a series of choices
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- Describe at least three key events in the collapse of the Roman Republic in chronological order
- Explain what 'crossing the Rubicon' meant and why it was a point of no return
- Construct an argument about whether the Republic's fall was inevitable or could have been prevented
“Could your child explain the chain of events that destroyed the Roman Republic — from the Gracchi to Caesar's assassination to Augustus — and discuss whether it could have been avoided?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Ancient Greece & Rome
- Age range
- Ages 12–14