Ancient+Rome

= ﻿**__Activity one [:__** = = [[file:Activity one.doc]] = =__ ﻿Activity 2 [= __= =[[file:Maddy's Ancient Rome Tour.kmz]]= =__ Activity 3 :) __= **Part One ** **1) The city of Rome was founded by wealthy, twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, in 753 B.C.E. Their uncle abandoned them and a she-wolf took them in. Romulus killed Remus and took control of leader of Rome. ** **2)There were the Patricians and Plebians. They were both groups of Roman Citizens, but they had different rights like marriage, but there could not be an intermarriage between the Patricians and Plebians. The Patricians were the only ones allowed to hold office. In later years the Plebians became more powerful. In 471 they created the Council of Plebs. A new law allowed intermarriage. In 278 B.C.E the council recieved the right pass laws for all Romans. ** **3) Phoencians controlled Carthage in earlier times. The Romans sent an army to Sicily to intervene in a local dispute. The carthaginians considered this an invasion of their territory. In 241 carthage gave up all rights to Sicily Hanibal began the second Punic War when he retaliated against Roman attempts to get spain to invade Carthage. Hannibal led an army of 30,000-40,000 men. Carthaginians under Hannibal were not successful in controling the Roman cities. Rome invaded Carthage and beat Hannibal in 201 B.C.E a peace treaty was signed. 50 years later Rome went to war and destroyed Carthage in 146 B.C.E and called it Africa. ** **4)He seized power in Rome in 47 B.C.E. HE made land reforms and gave land to the poor. HE gave the people that had helped him the status of a Roman Citizen. In 44 B.C.E he was assasinated by a group of senators. ** **5)The family icluded all memebers of the houshold that live together. The father of the family ruled the household. Women had power in their own families and many ran buisnessess and managed estates. worshipping ancestors was very important to the family. ** **Part 2! **

**1)Roman Republic: 509-30 B.C.E ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Roman Empire: 30 B.C.E-476 C.E ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">2)Primus Inter Pares- means "first among equals" Being a "first among equals" gave the illusion the the emperor was the most prestigious and most important of the Roman Senate, but they were equally important. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">3)-Attempted to reform public morals by promoting family life ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-encouraged the growth of buisness ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-Extended citizenship to more provinces. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">- **Began the practice of declaring emperors gods, and of picking their own successors. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**-**Established fire and police departments for Rome. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**-**Established a strong money system <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**-** Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was born in the Roman province of Judea during the reign of Augustus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**-**Built and maintained the empire’s infrastructure <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**4)The Pax Romana is when Rome controlled the entire mediterranean region and beyond. Because of this there was no war!** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**5) They were really bad emperors. They killed theri families** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**Part 3!** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**1)Diocletian divided the Roman Empire because he believed that dividing the empire would strengthen it.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**2) Constantine's mother converted to Christianity He was part of Edict of Milan and converted to Christianity on his deathbed** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**3)He reunited the Eastern and Western Empires, although it did not last. He rewrote Roman Law.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**4)Western ended in 476 C.E when the last emperor Romulus Agustus, was deposed by a barbarian.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**Eastern lasted until 1453 when the empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**5)(Economic)There was a gap between rich and poor, Workers were sold as the land was sold. large estates became self-sufficient. (Military) Armies were servants to Rome and made and unmade emporors. They relied on Barbarian troops but they werent loyal to Rome. They werent interested in defending Rome. (Political) Democracy did not exist. Citizens lost their voting rights. Most emperors did not inspire respect or loyalty. Murders, forced suicides, and civil wars frequently accompanied the transition from one emperor to the next. (social) Population decline, hunger, plagues, war. People didnt dedicate themselves to public service and intellectual pursuits. People spent their leisure time watching Chariot races and gladiatorial contests. New faiths were coming out and they were being questioned.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**6)Christianity-it started in the Roman province Judea. Christians if a citezen of the Roman Empire, could travel freely through the empire** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**Literature- Playwrights; Plautus and Terence, Poets; Virgil (70-19 B.C.E) Horace (58-8 B.C.E)** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00bf60; display: block; font-family: 'Lechter Condensed'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**Architecture & Engineering- A large part of Rome's success was due to the importance Rome placed on building and importance Rome place on a building and maintaining the empire's infrastructure.**

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