Classical antiquity

A brief description of main characteristics of Classical Antiquity (Ancient Age) in the Iberian Peninsula.

1. CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

2. It started 3.000 years ago with the invention of writing .

3. It started 3.000 years ago with the invention of writing .

4. It finished with the fall of the Roman empire in year 476 AD.

5. It finished with the fall of the Roman empire in year 476 AD.

6. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Summerians : they invented writing .

7. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Sumerians : they invented writing .

8. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Babylonians : they invented numbers .

9. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Babylonians : they invented numbers .

10. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Phoenicians : they invented textile dyes .

11. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Phoenicians : they invented textile dyes .

12. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Egyptians : they built great pyramids .

13. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Egyptians : they built great pyramids .

14. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Greeks : they developed mathematics and philosophy .

15. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Greeks : they developed mathematics and philosophy .

16. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Romans : they created laws .

17. MAJOR CIVILISATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Romans : they created laws .

18. IBERIAN PENINSULA (NATIVE VILLAGES) IBERIANS They were the first people that lived on the Iberian Peninsula . They lived in the coastal Mediteranean regions . They practised farming . They had their own writing system . They lived in fortified villages.

19. IBERIAN PENINSULA (NATIVE VILLAGES) CELTS They occupied the north region of the Iberian Peninsula . They were metal-workers . They built their houses with stone and adobe.

20. COLONIZING CIVILIZATIONS PHOENICIANS They went to the south of the Peninsula in search of metals . They founded the cities of Gadir and Malaka (Cádiz and Málaga )

21. COLONIZING CIVILIZATIONS GREEKS They went to the north-east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in search of metals . They founded some cities in Girona.

22. COLONIZING CIVILIZATIONS CARTHAGINIANS They went to the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands . They were interested in trading . They founded the city of Cartagena.

23. COLONIZING CIVILIZATIONS ROMANS Roman empire started in year 27 BC and finished in year 426 AC. They competed with Carthaginians for trading control in the Mediterranean Sea, causing the Punic Wars. In the second Punic Wars, Romans started having the control of most of the Iberian Peninsula.

24. ROMANISATION It is the name to the adaptation to the roman way of life . People of the Peninsula adopted Roman language : Latin . They founded new cities : Tarragona, Mérida and Itálica. They built roads , bridges and aqueducts . They divided the Peninsula into provinces . They built amphitheatres , circuses and thermal baths .

25. ROMAN SOCIETY Society was organised into free people and slaves . Free people : PATRICIANS ( rich people ) and PLEBEIANS (por people ). Slaves had no rights .

26. ROMAN ART They were great builders . They built many buildings : temples, basilicas , amphitheatres , circuses , theatres and termal baths . They made mosaics on the floors with tiny pieces called “ tesseras ”.

27. ROMAN MOSAICS