Transcript ANCIENT ROME NOTES

How much do
you really know
about Rome?
How did Rome
become so large?
750 BC – Groups of
farmers and
shepherds moved
from the North into
the Italian Peninsula.
These people settled in several small villages
that grew together to form Rome!
As the city of Rome
grew its army became
stronger and began to
conquer neighboring
civilizations.
THE ROMAN ARMY
WAS THE MAIN
REASON THE EMPIRE
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL!
The Roman Army
successfully
conquered
Ancient Greece
around 100 B.C.
A lot of Greek
culture was
taken by the
Romans.
The Roman
Army was very
powerful and
defeated one
enemy after
another!
Soldiers were
trained to use
spears, swords, and
slings in combat.
SOLDIER
WITH SPEAR
CATAPULT
The Roman Army was divided
into legions (army units).
Each legion had about 6,000
soldiers in it!
The commander of each legion
would lead his army unit into
battle by riding in on horseback.
legions
Definition:
Army units; 6,000
soldiers in each legion
Category:
Political
Examples:
Roman Army
Sentence Summary
The Ancient Greeks and the Ancient
Romans are similar in that they
both ______. They are different
_______.
Sentence Summary
I was surprised that . . .
Roman Soldier
• Follow the directions on the handout
• Use colored pencils or crayons
Roman Eagle
Compare a democracy in Greece
& a democracy in Rome.
VS.
• As Rome grew, it
established a form of
government that was very
similar to the direct
democracy of Athens. The
Romans established a
representative democracy
(called the Roman Republic).
In a representative
democracy, the citizens
voted for representatives
who make the laws.
• In the Roman Republic, citizens
elected representatives to serve
as government officials of
different ruling bodies.
The most powerful
ruling body was
the Senate, which
is where the most
qualified officials
served
JULIUS CAESAR
WAS A POWERFUL
MILITARY GENERAL
THAT WANTED TO
TAKE CONTROL OF
THE ROMAN
REPUBLIC.
CAESAR WANTED TO BE
EMPEROR, OR RULER, OF ROME!
HE WAS SUCCESSFUL AND TOOK
CONTROL OF THE ROMAN
GOVERNMENT!
ON MARCH 15TH 44 BC,
CAESAR WAS
ASSASSINATED BY HIS
FRIEND BRUTUS AND
OTHER SENATORS
BRUTUS
THEY FEARED HIM
AS A DICTATOR
representative democracy (republic)
Definition:
Citizens vote for people
(representatives) who
make the laws
Category:
Political
Examples:
Roman Republic;
United States
Julius Caesar
Definition:
Powerful military
general who ended the
Roman Republic by
becoming a dictator
Category:
Political
dictator
Definition:
A leader who has complete
control of the government
Examples:
Julius Caesar
Adolf Hitler
Category:
Political
Fidel Castro
Sentence Synthesis
Use two of the following words in one
sentence:
representative democracy
Roman Republic
Senate
Julius Caesar
dictator
*Your sentence must show meaning!
Why were aqueducts
needed?
• As Roman towns got
bigger, it became too hard
for the people who lived in
the towns to get drinking
and washing water.
Because the rivers were
not clean, people who
drank river water often
got very sick or died.
• By the time of the Roman Empire, most
towns had at least one aqueduct to bring in
fresh water, and big cities like Rome had ten
or more.
Roman Social Structure
Patrician Plebeian
Only the children of
the rich received an
education in the
Roman Empire.
Both boys and girls
that went to school
were taught to
read and write in
Latin.
For entertainment the Romans went to:
- Plays
- Gladiator Battles
Colosseum
in Rome
Most gladiators
were slaves or
plebeians. They
were the lower
class of society.
The gladiators would fight in brutal
matches against themselves and animals
such as lions, tigers, and bears.
gladiator
Definition:
Slaves or plebeians that
would fight brutal
matches
Category:
Cultural
aqueduct
Definition:
Used for transporting
clean water from a
distance
Category:
Cultural
Power Thinking
Review
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Who/What provided hope for
some plebeians? How did this
change the Roman civilization?
JESUS WAS
BORN IN
BETHLEHEM
WHEN ROME
WAS ITS MOST
POWERFUL
JESUS WAS A PROPHET, OR
TEACHER, THAT TAUGHT…
1.ONLY ONE TRUE GOD
2.LOVE OTHERS AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF
3.DEFEND THE POOR
AS JESUS’ FOLLOWING GREW,
ROME WAS AFRAID THAT HE
WOULD LEAD A REVOLT.
ROME ARRESTED
JESUS AND
CRUCIFIED HIM.
Rome Converts to Christianity
A famous Roman Emperor,
Constantine, converted to
Christianity.
What’s the Point?
Constantine’s conversion led to the majority
of the Roman Empire becoming Christian.
When this happened, the Roman Catholic
denomination of Christianity was created!
Constantine
Definition:
Roman emperor who
converted to
Christianity
Category:
Political
Religion (his decision)
3-2-1
• 3 things you learned
• 2 things you thought were
interesting
• 1 question you still have
WHAT happened
to the Roman
Empire?
By 400 A.D. the Roman Empire had
become so large that is was nearly
impossible to govern or control.
The Roman Empire fell due to:
1. Emperor could not control all of the people (the empire was
too big)
2. The Roman Army could not protect all of the empire (the
empire was too big)
3. Ethnic groups started to break away from the Roman Empire
and form their own countries and governments (the empire was
too big).
Pattern Puzzles
1. You will be given an index card.
2. Read the index card and decide
which frisbee it should be placed
in.
3. Place your index card in the
correct frisbee.