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 Examples:

soldiers in each legion Roman Army

Category:

Political
 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 Examples:
(representatives) who
make the laws Roman Republic;
Category:
United States
Political
 Julius Caesar

Definition:

Powerful military Category:

general who ended the Political

Roman Republic by
becoming a dictator
 dictator

Definition:
A leader who has complete Examples:

control of the government Julius Caesar

Category: Adolf Hitler

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 Both boys and girls
the rich received an that went to school
education in the were taught to
Roman Empire. 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:

Category:
Slaves or plebeians that
would fight brutal Cultural
matches
 aqueduct

Definition:

Category:
Used for transporting
clean water from a Cultural
distance
Power Thinking
Review
P1 – Roman Daily Life
P2 –
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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:

Category:
Roman emperor who
converted to Political
Christianity 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.