Transcript Ancient Rome - Westmount High School

Ancient Rome
Dossier 2.
Relationship between Rome and
Conquered People.
● Rome influenced countries it conquered but
also was influenced by them as well.
● Rome enjoyed a sense of peace,
infrastructure, trade network, and a rich
culture.
● Roman Peace = “Pax Romana”
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it increased the number of people (population) and
increased the quality of life of the citizens.
Infrastructure
Romans built wherever they went. They built
roads and aqueducts.
Roman Roads
The Romans had a huge empire that needed to
be connected. They used the roads for:
- Trade
- Transport
- Communicate
Nearly 90000 Km
Appian Way.
The appian way (312 BC)
● first paved roadway in history
● connected Capua to Rome
● still exists today.
Aqueducts.
Built to transport water between cities and
water sources. Water used for institutions,
homes, and bath houses.
● Rome had 12 aqueducts
Pont du Garde. (France)
Aqueducts are composed of:
- covered trenches
- tunnels
- pressurized pipes
- walls
- arcades
Pont du Garde allowed an aqueduct go over
the Gardon River.
Trade.
● Traders followed the army and used the
roads that the legionaries built to export and
import products.
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provided Rome with:
■ Natural resources
■ Finished products
■ slaves
Slaves.
● Slave labour made producing products
cheap. Slaves sometimes rebelled BUT
dealt with harshly.
Conquered Peoples.
● Gave Rome taxes ($)
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used to pay for the army and
the government, public
buildings, and to pay for
“bread and circuses”
● Bread and Circuses:
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food and shows
The emperor used them to
keep public opinion on his
side.