REL 464 - The Inter-Testamental Era

Module 9 - Phoenicia, Carthage and Rome

This week we go back in time to the period 753-300 BC, to pick up the early history of Rome and Carthage

Key Topics

1. Phoenicia and the Phoenicians
2. Tyre
3. Sidon
4. Carthage
5. Himilco the Explorer
6. Hanno the Expplorer
7. The Etruscans
8. Tarquin, the Etruscan King of Rome
9. Rome - history, from the foundation of Rome, to the start of the Punic Wars
10. Patricians
11. Plebeians
12. The Republic of Rome
13. Roman Society - how Romans lived
14. Roman Religion
15. Roman Politics and Government
16. The Senate
17. Consuls
18. Roman warfare, and the army
19. The Roman Road system
20. Trade and Sea-faring in the Mediterranean

Scripture and Apocrypha Readings

• No Scripture Reading this Week

Textbook Readings

The text book does not show Page numbers very well - they are inside the logo on the top of the page - but the Maps are numbered clearly. It is easier to find sections by following the Map numbers

• Rome's Emergence as a World Power, Introduction - Rome gains control of the Italian Peninsula, pages 190-192, map 95

Course Notes

• General Time-line for this Period
• Time-line for Carthage
• Carthaginian Leaders
• Hanno's Voyage

Useful Links to get you started

Go here for InterNet Links

Discussion Board 9

Thread : Whom would you most like to have been : A Roman legionary, a Roman centurion, a Roman senator, a Roman Matron of the patrician class (mother of a family), a Roman farmer of the plebian class, a Phoenician merchant, Himilco the explorer, or Hanno the explorer ?
Describe the life-style of this person, and say why you chose him/her rather than any of the others

Replies to 2 of your classmates' Threads :
If possible, choose Threads which deal with different people
What are your thoughts about the people chosen, and their life-styles ?

Reading Report for this Module

Write accounts (3-10 sentences) of each of the Key Topics
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then submit it to the relevant SafeAssign box on the BlackBoard site for the course.

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