Describe the course of the Punic Wars. Who was involved? How did they get started? What were the highlights of each? And what were the ultimate consequences of these wars for Rome?

choose ONE of the questions below and answer with 1000 words

1. Describe the course of the Punic Wars. Who was involved? How did they get started? What were the highlights of each? And what were the ultimate consequences of these wars for Rome?

2. Rome had a complex relationship with the barbarian tribes to the north of it. Describe these tribes. Give examples of both the positive and negative aspects of their relationship with Rome. What role do these tribes play in the fall of Rome? How do these tribes relate to the peoples of the European Middle Ages?

3. Both Augustus and Diocletian made significant reforms to the administration of the empire. What were their principal reforms? What were the primary differences between what the two men instituted?

4. Edward Gibbon famously blamed the fall of Rome on Christianity in his seminal work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Was he right? Describe the relationship between Rome and Christianity from the first century to Rome’s fall in 476. Conclude with an argument as to whether Christianity strengthened Rome or weakened it.

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