Transcript Ancient Rome

Chapter 10, Lesson 2 & 3 Notes
 Roman sports arena that held popular events,
sometimes involving professional fighters such as
gladiators. Gladiators often fought to the death.
 The Colosseum could seat 50,000 people.
 Best seats were saved for the wealthy and important
citizens.
 The colosseum had machinery below the arena floor
that made it possible to lift animal cages or equipment
to the surface.
 Believed in the protection of the legal system.
 Although people spoke many different languages,
people throughout the Roman Empire also spoke a
common language, Latin.
 Roman citizens were divided into two groups:
1. Patricians – were wealthy and powerful citizens.
2. Plebeians – all other citizens which included
farmers, soldiers, and merchants. 90% of all people
were plebeians.
 Republic - Citizens had the right to vote or choose
their leaders.
 Those that were elected to represent the people are
called representatives.
 Roman representatives that served in a governing body
was called the Senate.
 Not everyone that lived in Rome was a citizen.
 Slaves and foreigners were not citizens.
 Women had few rights.
The could not vote.
2. Could not hold public office.
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Woman could:
 Own property
 Testify in court
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 Tribunes were men that were appointed by the Senate
to protect the rights of the plebeians.
 Any tribune could stop any action of the Senate by
shouting, “Veto!” Veto is a Latin word that means “I
forbid.”
 The Punic Wars were three wars that were fought
between Rome and Carthage.
 The wars lasted 120 years.
 Romans won all three battles.
 Carthage was a powerful city-state in North Africa.
 Hannibal was a general of Carthage.
 Scipio was a Roman general.
 At that time, Hannibal use elephants to cross the Alps
(mountains) and surprise the Romans. Scipio attacked
Carthage and defeated them again.
 Roman ruler who was victorious in conquering other
lands.
 He was stabbed to death in the Senate because others
feared he would destroy the republic by taking total
power of Rome.
 The Appian Way was a road that Ancient Rome built
that stretched more than 350 miles.
 Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher who was known as
a fair ruler.
 He is considered the last of Rome’s Five Good
Emperors.
 Pax Romana means the 200 years of Roman peace
which brought growth and prosperity to Rome.
 Roman towns needed water supply to keep the people
clean and give them a water source for them to drink
from.
 Most of the water was used in public baths, for
ordinary citizen or private baths for wealthy citizens.
 The water did not reach the 2nd floor of houses, so
dirty water and waste was thrown out into the streets
from the windows.
 The Roman Aqueduct in Nimes, France dates back to
the 1st century A.D.