Rome+2

Created by: Sarah Bennett and Shannnon Raven
=Geography =

toc The city of Rome is located in the central western portion of the Italians peninsula, on the Tiber river in the region of Italy. Where ancient Rome was located effected it because the township was built on very low ground. The low ground made it difficult for growing crops and keeping them alive. That's why it was hard for people to come and live there when the town was not fully developed yet. The town was not isolated from other countries because of the low ground making it more visible to other countries. This made it difficult to protect themselves from other countries. In war times the city had to be fully prepared so they do not get attacked and ruin the whole city.Rome was located near many areas of water such as the Mediterranean sea. Also Tyrrhenian, Ionian, and Adriatic Seas and Tiber and Po rivers, and Lakes Trasimeno and Como. The sea was one of the main exports and imports for the town. The sea helped them sell their products and create money for the town to buy food for the building and crops. When trading and ships were down it was hard for the town to survive with the lack of food. Rome was also located near some mountains such as the Quirinal, Capitoline, Palatine, Esquiline, Aventine, Caelian, and the Viminal hills.



= Time Period = Ancient Rome emerged as a civilization on the Tiber river on the center of Italy in the 10 Th century B.C. They created their town around 11 Th B.C. and that is when crops were starting to grow and the town was emerging. Rome was at it's peak around 100 B.C. Its town was doing lots of trading which was creating more money to grow more food and create the whole cycle of the town. Soon after the town was starting to fall because the town had been attacked so many times that people were dying and then people were leaving, creating the death of the city. In the end the whole city lasted around 500-600 years.



= Government =

Ancient Rome had a republic government. A republic government is where the town people vote for their king and majority rules. It is basically a public affair. At least half of the town people have an impact on the government. They also believed that each city-state had a god watching over them, that lived in the towns temple. Rome had some basic laws such as things like an eye for an eye. The rulers controlled everything and what they say goes. Their code of laws where called the twelve tables. In ancient Rome the courts. The courts there are like huge amphitheatres it is seated by classes of the town. The seating order goes soldiers, slaves, middle class citizens then high class citizens and then the wealthy.



Woman in ancient Rome had no rights over their children or themselves. The women had to stay home and look after the children. The boys would go to school but the girls had to stay home and learn household chores. The fathers would choose the girl's husbands for them at a very young age. The girls would get married at 12 or even younger. Men in ancient Rome would go to school. In the early Republic, there were no public schools, so boys were taught to read and write by their parents, or by educated slaves, called, paedagogi. The wealthiest families could send boys and sometimes even some girls off to private schools to learn the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and sometimes Greek. They started private school at the age 7 and the teachers were called litterateur.

= Rise and Fall =

Ancient Rome lasted for more than one century. The decadence of ancient Rome started at around AD 190. What caused their civilization to fall was the leaders, monetary problems and military problems. The problem with the leaders was that some of them weren't able to do the job as an empire and they couldn't keep the civilization strong. The monetary problems were that they had financial problems all together. The other reason for monetary problems was the raise in taxes, the taxes got raised to frequently as well. The civilization also had military problems. There were tribes such as, the Goths and vandals threatening ancient Rome The civilization of Rome conquered other civilizations. = =

The civilizations that they conquered were Brittan, many civilizations around the Mediterranean sea, places like the Asia-Minor, the tip of Africa (Carthage), Greece, the two islands west of Rome and some other territories down south. Rome got conquered as well by other civilizations. Ancient Rome got conquered by river Rubicon and Visigoth Odoacer and his men in the year AD 476. Although Rome did fall it had a golden age. People believe that the golden age was the age of Augustus who is known for the golden age of roman literature, for during this time flourished the greatest poets of Rome Under Augustus.

= Technology =

Technology Ancient Rome had the most advanced technology of its time but, some of it was lost during the turbulent eras of late antiquity and the early middle ages. Ancient Romes achievements in technology eventually got rediscovered or improved. Many of their technology achievements where in areas like civil engineering, construction materials and transport technology. Ancient Romes had a structured calendar that the whole city followed by. The calendar consist of 10 months.



Each month was either 29 days or 30 days. Months that were only 29 days were called hollow months that were considered unlucky and months that were 30 day were called full months that were considered powerful. Ancient rome had many innovations. For irragation they used Big bridge like structures called aqueducts. The aqueducts made it possible for people of ancient rome to stay clean and drink clean water. They also invented concrete, wooden barrels, bronzevalvs, water pumps and manymore.

= Art and Architecture =

Art and Architecture In Ancient Rome art played a pretty big role throughout the township. In the late 19Th century an exhibition space was brought in to enable the township to have performances of dance, art shows and lots of singing and gatherings. Ancient Romes main form of art was painting. The Romans painted many large murals on the walls of the emperors palace and on vases. The Romans made homemade paint brushes and paint. The brushes were made out of twigs, wood reeds or rushes. They also made shaped wood ivory pencils for writing and drawing. The paints were also made from all natural ingredients like soot for black, red and yellow from ochre, white chalk and green form green soil. The special paints were the blue from copper and glass but purple was made from a special seashell found near there waters along the shore. Roman architecture was very large and many Coliseums for the towns performances and shows.



The buildings were made of stone with very large pillars and big open rooms for the people to live in. The wealthy side of town had huge homes that were very expensive and hard to get. Usually the gods and goddesses live inside them as well as the king. Romans also had temples that were all open where the town people went to worship the gods and goddesses on a regular basis. The temples were very big in height as well as space. The temples were the main buildings in town. Through the towns art and architecture we can learn stories about the battles and previous gods and goddesses that had happened there before. = Social Classes and Slavery =

Social Classes and slavery In Ancient Rome the town was based on the social classes. When the town came together for the seating of plays and ruling of the government. The seating order was soldiers, slaves, middle class citizens and at the top the high class citizens. The slaves were a big part of the civilization. The slaves would work on the farm long hours of the day gathering the food and supplies for the town needs. The most important crop that the slaves produced were wheat,olives,vines and grape used for making wines.



The town was built through the people coming together and creating it by hand. Some of the towns buildings were built by the forced labour by the slaves in exchange for little money in return. Some slaves are based on a specific race but in Ancient Rome all slaves and people are different races. Slavery went on for a very long time even after Ancient Rome. In Ancient Rome once the slaves had enough money to fend for themselves they could get out of working for others. And be able to get out of slavery. = = = Religion =

The ancient Romans were polytheistic so they worshiped many gods. religion played a very important role in ancient Rome. They believed in life after death so t hey believed in the immortality of the soul and had a complicated belief system about life after death. The ancient Romans believed that when one died, one was met by Mercury, the messenger god and son of Jupiter and taken to the river Styx, that flowed nine times around the underworld. There, they paid the ferryman, Charon, a fee to cross the river where they were met and judged by Minos, Aenaeus, and Rhadymanthas. Goverment and religion are linked togetether. They are linked together by the social classes. Government runs on a social based class. Religion runs on classes too. So when it comes time to vote something or the town prays togther they all have to pray or vote in there classes and that decides how much power they will have againts things.