Ancient+Rome



Ancient Rome PowerPoint part 1

1. Rome was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus who were taken in by a she-wolf. Romulus killed his brother, Remus, for control over Rome.

2. There were two groups of citizens in ancient Rome the Patricians and Plebians and they both had different rights. The patricians were more powerful at first then the Plebians became more powerful.

3. Carthage were led by Hannibal and defeated the Romans but they weren't succesful at maintaining control and were deafeted by the Romans

4. Julius Ceasar is important because he gave land to the poor, extended the Senate to 900 members, He began a number of public works projects and military campaigns in the east.

5. The family lived together. The father rule the house. Women ran businesses and ran estates. They worship ancestors.

Ancient Rome PowerPoint part 2

1. Roman Republic - 509 BCE - 30 BCE Roman Empire - 30 BCE - 476 CE

2. it means first among equals. for example, and emperor is the most prestiguos of the roman senate but all senators are equally important

3. Agustus encouraged the growth of business, maintained the empire's infrastructure, declaring emperors gods, established fire and police departments, established a strong money system, extended citizenship to more and more provincial, "he found rome city of bricks and left it a city of marbles"

4. It means Roman peace, Roman had complete control over the mediterreanen region. This peace lasted nearly 200 years

5. Caligula had horrible rules and Nero was a murderer.

Ancient Rome PowerPoint part 3

1. Dioclitean - he splitted it so it would become two powerful counties.

2. He was the first Christian Roman emperor.

3. he managed to runite western and eastern empires but did not last, rewrote roman law

4. 476 CE, Odoacer killed Romulus.

5. Economics - gap between rich and poor, workers sold their land to get rich, lower classes couldn't buy good so trading declinedand large estates became self sufficient. Military - armies were servants of Rome. Reliance on barbarian troops. not loyal to rome. not counted on to fight their fellow barbarians. Political - declined on patrioism, Democracy did not exist in reality, Murders, forced suicides, and civil wars frequently accompanied the transition from one emperor to the next. Social - Population declined due to hunger, plagues and war. declined in intellectual culture, people spent their leissure time watching entertainments instead of public services, religuos divisions.

6. Christianity, architecture and Engineering