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302 Travels to Ancient Greece and Rome

By the 302 fith grade



JewelryThey had ring brackets and

necklaces were widely worn. A lot

of there jewelry where made out

of glass or cheap bronze. Most of

the women had there ears

pierced for earrings. There

brooches held the clothing on

for it would not fall of. They allso used gold for jewelry but

the people that did had the

money for it.

Chores.Women in Ancient Rome did not take part

in the daily work life of the empire in the

same way as men.!Although women were

respected, their place in Roman Societywas the home.!They were expected to cook,

clean, sew and in general maintain and run

the household.! CosmeticsMost of the roman women used makeup. A

popular fashion was having pale skin it was

made of applying powder chalk or they used

white lead. And red ocher was for the

cheeks and lip color and eyes were madeup with compounds based on ash or

antimony. Some cosmetics were

poisonous. The women's dresses have a

inner and outer layers.

WomenvotingDuring the years of the Roman Republic,

women had no political rights. They were

not allowed to vote, directly address the

Senate, nor mill about in the forum.Respectable women who spent time in

public places were frowned upon.

Nonetheless, there were times when women

used the power of public protest to get what

they wanted. One was the

demonstration of women

against the law.

Questions I had on this topic-did the women get to vote and make therules?-What where the chores they did?- What jewelry and cloths did they where?

- what did they do as beauty?

THE WONDERFUL WOMEN OF ROMAN TIME

Thanks to these 3 info spots- ancient Rome eyewitness books- www.womeninworldhistory.com-www.hadrians.com

Gold rings with a

seal stonedepicting a bird

on a branch

Scent bottle carved

from preciousonyx

This wall painting

shows a girl pouringperfume into a phial

The precious stonon these earringssapphire, garnet ,

plasma a type ochalcedony

By Samantha



302 Greek Times

!Wave Raising Poseidon !By Naudia S.!

Poseidon is the

god of the sea,

h o r s e s , a n d

e a r t h q u a k e s .

Poseidon wasvery powerful.

Poseidon is one

of the supreme

gods of mount

Olympus. He is usually seen with a

trident. You should never get him

angry. But he was always a moody

person, he made a hobby of taking

his revenge on people who

angered him. Poseidon's name

means husband of the earth.

Poseidon was and honorable god.

His symbol is a trident,horses,

w h i t e p i n e t r e e s , e a r t h

quakes,bul ls ,oceans, spr ing,

dolphins, sea monsters and, tidal

waves. When he was in a good

mood he would make new islands.

When he was in a bad mood he

would shake his trident and cause

earthquakes and volcanos the

erupt. His roman name is Neptune. !

Powerful Zeus !Zeus is the king of all gods. He is

the ruler of mount Olympus. His

father is Cronus, his mother is

Rhea. He is married to Hera, his

sister. He is the god of sky,

weather, law, order, and fate. He Is

the youngest out of all his brothers

and sisters. His daughter is Athena.

He Is known for punishing people

for lie. Zeus was mighty and wise.

Zeus is not a faithful husband he

loved many mortals. He was also

known for protecting the weak and

punishing the meanies.

By Naudia Santiago

Why was Zeus so important?!Why was poseidon so important?

http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html!http://www.zeus-publications.com/zeusgod.htm!http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Zeus/



BOOM POW

THUNK!Natalia Segal!!History !!Wrestling was the first competition

to be added to the Olympic games

after the foot race. Wrestling was

added in 700 BC. Wrestling was

represented by the Greek god

Hercules.! !The first recorded Olympic

wrestling match was in 708 BC.

Wrestling was used as a military

exercise without weapons. They

wrestled in a “ Keroma,” a muddy

and sticky arena. The wrestlers

were covered in olive oil and then

covered in powder to make themeasier to grasp. !!Wrestling was called “pale” in

Greek. Three points had to be

scored in order to win the wrestling

match. A point is scored when one

wrestler’s back, hip, and shoulder is

touching the ground at any time.

Another way is for a wrestler to feelpain or fear. !!One important wrestling position is

when one of the wrestlers is on his

belly with the other wrestler on his

back, trying to strangle him. The !wrestler on the bottom would try to

grab an arm of the one on top and !turn him over onto his back. The

wrestler on top would try to

complete the choke without being

flipped backwards.! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When wrestlers broke the rules, thereferee would whip them until they

stopped. In today’s wrestling, whippingwould not be allowed.!!!



Rules !!No one was allowed to kick or hit

on purpose. No one could pull out

the eyes or hair of the other. No

biting was allowed. If one wrestler

was out of the Keroma, that would

count as a point for the wrestler

who pushed the other wrestler out.

A referee decided wether or not

twisting was allowed.!Famous Wrestlers!!Milo Of Cranto was the most

famous wrestler from ancient Greek

times. At one set of games, no one

challenged him, but as he walked

to the arena he slipped and fell and

was bothered by the crowed as

they yelled that he should not be

crowned because he fell. !

Milo Of Cranto!

!Milo of Cranto.!Leontiskos of Messene was also a

champion. He was not known for his

good wrestling skills, but for hisflexible finger bending skills. He wasable to bend his fingers back so far,up to the point that his opponent wasdisqualified. Leontiskos won twochampionships with this technique.!

Leontiskos of Messene !!!Just two wrestlers wrestling



Gods & Goddesses: the Great, the Powerful,!

the Greek !By Alexa Soto !

Ares !!ares was the god of war, he was the !son of zeus and Hera he was also!one of the 12 Olympians. His other name is

roman and it is mars. Ares enjoyed war. Peoplelooked at him like he was blood strained. Poor

ares was hated by both his parents from hisbehavior and the attitude that he brought to them

and his family. " !!Athena! !Athena is the

daughter of zeus butshe has no mother.

She is !courageous and

brave but she onlyfights to protect othersand her home.she is

the god of thecity's ,handicraft and

agriculture. Athena"was zeus favorite

and he allowed her touse all of his !weapons and that also included his thunder

bolt.Athena also made ... Thepot ,flute,chariot ,plow,,ship,rake, and she also

made bridle witch helped men tame their horses!!

Zeus!Zeus was the god of the entire sky. He is also god

of the rain !and his Weapon is a thunder bolt witch he usesnot often. He also punishes those people that lie

and break promises.he is also known for helpingthe weak and punishing the wicked.he was

married to Hera and had 12 kids (Olympians ).!

!Sources !Httpww.greekmythology.com !Httpwww.myth web.com/zeus!Http://musicofzeus.com

These were the three maingods that I'm working on I think

they are the most powerful

Were there many gods? Did the Romans

and Greek have a place in there life forgods?did they worship them? Were there

just as many gods goddesses?did theyvisit them?!

This is a famous statueof Zeus that I tried to

make he was also theking of gods and hisfavorite child was

Athena



! Some people think that the gods descended from

Gaia (the earth) and Uranus (the sky). "And some peoplethink they are like us in lots of ways. They listened to music,fought, fell in love, had party's, and mirrored humancharacteristics in many ways. But they also were a lotdifferent. They could tell the future, could shoot somethingwith a bow and arrow from huge distances, and pretty muchdo anything. Read to find out some other things they could do.!!!Zeus (Jupiter) was the king of the gods.He was the god of the sky and thunder.His symbols include the thunderbolt,eagle, oak tree, scepter and scales. Hecould control the weather.!!Hera (Juno) wasthe queen of thegods and the

goddess of familyand marriage. Hersymbols includepeacock,pomegranate,crown, cuckoo,lion and cow.!!Poseidon(Neptune) was thelord of the seas, !earthquakes andhorses. Symbolsinclude the horse, bull,dolphin and trident. Brother of Zeus andHades.!!Demeter (Ceres) goddess of agriculture,nature, and the seasons. Symbols !

!include poppy, torch, wheat and pigs. HerLatin name, Ceres, gives us the wordcereal.!!Athena (Minerva) "was the god of

wisdom, handicrafts,defense and strategicwarfare. Her symbols arethe owl and the olive tree.She rose from her dad,Zeus's head fully grown andin full on battle armor afterher dad swallowed hermom, the Oceanid Metis.She invented the chariotand made the first ship.!Apollo was the god of light,knowledge, music, poetry,

prophecy and archery. Symbolswere the sun, lyre, bow andarrow, raven, dolphin, wolf,swan and mouse. Twin brotherof Artemis. He is one of my

favorite gods.!!Artemis (Diana) "was the goddess of thehunt, archery, the moon, and allanimals."Symbols include the moon, deer,

The Great Gods of Greece!Who were they?!

By Nolan

Symbols for Poseidon,Demeter, Zeus, Hera and

Athena.



hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree andbow and arrow. She had theability to send plague orinstant death to mortals, butcould also heal them. Twin

sister of Apollo.!!Ares (Mars) "god of war,violence and bloodshed.Symbols include the boar,serpent, dog, vulturespear and shield. All theother Olympian godsdespised him (exceptAphrodite). His Latinname, Mars, gave us the

word martial.!!Aphrodite (Venus) "was the goddess oflove and beauty. Symbols include thedove, bird, apple, bee, swan and rose.Married to Hephaestus, she had manyaffairs, most notably with Ares.!!Hephaestus (Vulcan) was the masterblacksmith and craftsman of !the gods. He was god of fire and the

forge. Symbols include fire, anvil, ax,donkey, hammer, tongs and quail. HisLatin name, Vulcan, gives us the wordvolcano. He is one of my favorite gods.!!Hermes (Mercury) was the messenger ofthe gods and guided souls to theunderworld.God of travel, business,sports and thieves. Symbols include thecaduceus, winged sandals and cap, storkand tortoise. He invented the lyre.

Second youngest olympian, just olderthan Dionysus.!!Dionysus (Bacchus) was the fun-lovinggod of wine and celebrations. Patron godof art and the theatre. Symbols includedthe grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther,

leopard, dolphin and goat. He was theyoungest Olympian.!!Hades (Pluto) god ofthe Underworld, brother

of Zeus and Poseidon.He is not one of thetwelve Olympians,because he spendsmost of his time in the

Underworld, not onMount Olympus.Some people doconsider him one ofthe twelve (I am oneof them).

Info from- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_Greek_mythological_figures!http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/gods/explore/ exp_set.html !Ancient Greece- Eyewitness Books

The symbols for Apollo, Artemis,Dionysus, Ares, Hephaestus,Aphrodite, Hades and Hermes.

Lingering Questions!• Who were some other minor

gods? What did they do?!• Did gods have pets?!• What other ways were they

like us?!• Did they go to school?!• What were they like when

they were kids? Did they

know they wee gods? Did

they have powers?!• We're there always the

same12 gods?!



What is the aulos

The aulos is made of one

cylindrical tube it is really similar

to a recorder with holes on the

side and a mouthpiece.

Originally the aulos was built of

reed or bone, but in time it was

slowly being made of wood or

ivory. At the player's end of the

mouthpiece is the

the Holmos is a bulb of

lathered wood or ivory

used to hold the reed up

while you are playing the

instrament. The auloswas used with one or two

reeds though one reed

was more common than

two reeds. Throughout the

ancient Greece period the

aulos had three to five

holes. The number of

holes got bigger later in

the Roman time.The holes

were used to copy the

tone caused by a flow of

Claire Greece music

Recorder Heritage



air pushed through the

instrument like a recorder.

The holes were covered in

a lot of combinationsusing the fingers to

change the pitch of the

nosie coming from the

instrument . The aulos

was played in pairs with

one player projecting two

auloi from his or hermouth at the same time.

The pair are not

connected but they are

held by the player one in

each hand at an acute

angle. They were held

with the thumb on the

bottom for support and the

fingers on top. The male

players often wore a

Greek phorbeia. This was

a piece of clothing that

surround the neck with

a strap on top. of the head

and it covered the cheeks

and lips with small

openings for the

mouthpieces to fit into.

www.answers.com/topic/ aulos

http://

atschool.eduweb.co.uk/

sirrobhitch.suffolk/portland

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%20greek%20civilization%20home%20page

%20v2/docs/12/aulos.htm

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GREEK WOMEN ROCK !By Tatiana Rizzo !

In ancient Greece, women had no rights. They were the propertyof their husband. They had to ask their husband's permission to

leave the house or to talk to a neighbor who came visiting. As time

went on, rights for women remained the same.!How were greek women treated?!

!Women were treated differently in different regions and poles (city states),

though always considered inferior to men. In Athens they were very limited,

and women of nobility were basically just emprisonned in their houses.

Ordinary women were allowed to go outside to fetch water from public

springs. In Sparta women were honored because they gave birth to new

soldiers for the polis, and had several rights Athenian women did not have, they could

own private property for example, and were usually managing everything cause their menfolk were always off to war. SO it depends on the region and the polis.!!

Sources- Woman!!http://rome.mrdonn.org/comparison.html!

http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/women_in_ancient_rome.htm!http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/greece.htm!

Why do they have to have permishion from there husband to leave and talk to a neighbor when they visit?!How did the women in the past Chang from today?!



Welcome to the

Land of the

Dead !By Anthony Ayala !!Hades the god of the underworld

was swallowed at birth by his father,

the Titan ruler Cronus, he swallowed

Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera,

Chiron but Zeus did not get swallowed

he was in a cave in tell adulthood

Cronus ate zeus but Zeus had a plant

that made Cronus throwup Poseidon,

Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Chiron and

hades so the gods vs Titans it toke 11

yeas and the gods won zeus is the

king of the god's hades has a three

headed dog his symbol is theCerberus helmet of invisibilityThe

underworld is hidden in the earth. It is

the kingdom of the dead and ruled

over by Hades. Hades is a greedy god

who is greatly concerned with

increasing his subjects. Those whose

calling increase the number of dead

are seen favorably. The Erinnyes are

welcomed guests. He is exceedingly

disinclined to allow any of his subjects

leave.Upon death a soul is lead by

Hermes to the entrance of the

underworld and the ferry across the

Acheron. There is a single ferry run by

Charon to take the souls across the

river. Only those who can pay the fare,

with coins placed on their lips whenburied, receive passage. The rest are

trapped between two worlds. The

souls then enter through the gates.

Cerberus will allow all to enter but,

none to leave. The souls then appear

before a panel of three judges,

Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Aeacus,

who pass sentence. The very good go

to the Elysian Fields. Others are

singled out for special treatment.

Sisyphus and Tantalus being prime

examples of the later.The Titans, also

known as the elder gods, ruled the

earth before the Olympians overthew

them. The ruler of the Titans was

Cronus who was de-throned by his

son Zeus. Most of the Titans fought

with Cronus against Zeus and were

punished by being banished to

Tartarus. !



The Titans!!During their rule the Titans were

associated with the various planets.!!Gaea!!Uranus!!Cronus!!Rhea!!Oceanus!!Tethys!!Atlas!!Mnemosyne!!Metis!!Iapetus!!Coeus!!Crius!!Phoebe!!Thea!!Prometheus!!Epimetheus!

Lingering Questions!How did Hades get his powers?!How old are the Olympian gods when

they stop growing?!Is Cerberus a real 3 headed dog or is it

like 3 people turned into a dog with 3

heads?! !

Sources"!!http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/

Haides.html"!!!http://www.men-myths-minds.com/Hades-

greek-god.html!!!http://hunter.apana.org.au/~gallae/

pantheon/myth/hades.htm!!

Hades by George O'Connell!! !

! !



!Magnificent music!

By Jaeleen M.!

!What's a Aulo?!!! The aulos made of a

single cylinder tube. It looks

like a recorder with holes in

the top and a mouthpiece.

The aulos was made of reed

or bone, but eventually it

was made of wood. The

aulos was used with one or

two reeds, but one was

more common. Through the

ancient Greek period the

aulos contained three to five

holes. The number of holes

raised later. The holes were

used to make the tone. It is

made by a flow of airpushed through the

instrument. The holes were

covered in combinations,

using the fingers, to change

the pitch. The aulos was

played in pairs. The autos

had three or four finger

holes and used double

reeds made of cane that

were held by the pipes by

the sockets. When played in

pairs the pipes were held

one in each hand and

sounded like the two aulos

was just one. It is the most

important of the Greek reed

instruments. A aulos has

two pipes, both with double-

reeds, and 4-5 finger holes

per pipe. !This a aulo and it looks like

a recorder and I though it

was the thing that gets the

snakes in your control. !!That's a Lyra !!

The Lyra originally called

Chelys, because of the turtle

shell used as the sound box.

When Orpheus was killed by

the women, the lyra was

thrown into the sea, and

washed up at Antissa, where

it was found by fishermen.

No one knows how many

strings the original Lyras

had. When time past the

Lyra was a seven stringed

instrument. Then an eight

string came along. Then

there were Lyras with strings

from 9 to 12. The strings

were made of animal guts.

The strings and it can be

tuned up a-e-a or a-d-a.

Whoever is playing the Lyra

does not tap on the strings

but touch them with his nail

from the side or it can be

played with a bow. There

are many kinds of lyras in

Crete, and they come with

different kinds of bows.

Some Lyra has three steelstrings. !

This is a Lyra and to me it

looks like a bull. !!Web sites:

www.crystalinks.com !!http://m.search.eb.com/topic! !www.musiccentre.ca/

influences/instrument.cfm?

type=aulos



! The Olympics !

By York !!!Javelin: a sport where you throw a spear

like thing called a javelin to win you have

to throw your javelin the farthest And

most accurately!Running: starts with a 240 meter track

then there's the the starting blocks a

stone bar with grooves for your feet all

the racers start there and wait for the

signal to go (false starts will get you

disqualified)!!Long jump: a sport where you have to

jump as far as you can without a running

start and getting extra momentum using

to weights called halteres cheating will

result in a fine or flogging (type of

whipping)!!

Wrestling: a sport where two opponents

fight.there is no eye gouging or biting

there's also boxing where the fighters

wear gloves sometimes with metal studs

then there's pancratium where you can

do pretty much everything in a fight to the

death fist fight and people have been

known to die in the competition !!Discus: a sport where you have to throw

a 5 and a half pound disc called a discus.

Can be made of lead,iron,bronze,or even

marble. You try to throw your discus the

farthest! !!!!!Chariot racing: in this equestrian sport the

track is a giant oval and there can be up !to 40 racers in one track and accidents

are very common not just because its a

tight fit at the turn posts but because

theres always some cheaters loosening

bolts on the chariots wheels. The person

who enters the race is the owner of the

horse not the rider so they could have the

rider be a young boy who's lighter than a

man!



Greek Olympics

!! ! ! !!!!All of the runners had to start at the exactsame time. If a runner started earlier thanthe start of the gong,they were eitherwhipped or forced to leave the games.There were several different types of racesin the Olympics. One of them was thestade. The runners sprinted one length ofthe stadium. The second race was thediaulos. Runners sprinted two lengths of thestadium. The longest race was thedolichos,which was the longest race at

twelve lengths of the stadium. Themost difficult race was one suited infull armor. Runners wore bronzehelmets and carried heavy wooden or

bronze shields. They looked awkwardand funny. The crowds laughed andcheered as the racers lumbered by.!!! !!!!!

The javelin was used in hunting and war. Itwas a long wooden spear as tall as a man.One end was pointed. Throwers held on toa leather strap wound around the javelin.When they threw it the strap unwound. Thismade the javelin fly straighter. Whoeverthrew it the farthest won the contest.!

The discus was shapedlike a Frisbee. It couldbe made of lead, iron,bronze, or even marble.It often weighedapproximately five and ahalf pounds. Athletesheld the discus in onehand. They then tossed

it as far as they could. The judgesmeasured the distance of the starting pointto the landing point. Whoever threw thediscus farthest won.!

running Javelin

Ancient Greece & the Olympics !You wouldnt want to be a Greek athlete

Discus

By Caroline Fegan



Did you know that tons of people watched

gladiators fight each other for entertainment?

The colosseum was finished in AD 80. The

building is measuring 188m by 156m and it is 48

meters tall. In the colosseum there were 80

entrances, 76 numbered gates and 4

unnumbered gates, the 4 were grand entrances.The colosseum was covered in awning, awning

was used to block out the sun. A team of 1000

men were used to put up the awning. The

colosseum is 4 stories high and the lower seats

(better) The entrance to the colosseum was

free, there could be between 50,000 and

80,000 Romans in the colosseum. In the

colosseum there were 36 trap doors. And there

were more than 20 types of gladiators. !

This is a helmet worn by a gladiator at the

colosseum. Gladiators wore helmets like the

picture above. And then they wore armor on the

rest of their body. !

Lingering Questions!

How many gladiator fightswere there in thecolosseum?!What weapons did the gladiators use in thecolosseum?

Questions answered!• How long did the colosseum

take to build?!• How did half the colosseum

get destroyed? Aidan Miltner



The colosseums floor was sand witch soaked up

the victims blood. The paving underneath the

colosseum is gone now so you can see the

hidden cells. Games and battles in the

colosseum could last for a day or more. There

was secret passageways so animals and other

men could come out onto the battle field. When

the people got bored the gladiators had sea

battles in the colosseum. The first gladiator fight

took place in 264 AD, the battle was in a cattle

market. They chose gladiators by picking 3

unlucky slaves to fight to the death, sort of like

the hunger games. !Fun Facts!• Gladiator games started 300 years before the

colosseum was even built. !• If the games were held every five years it was

because the Romans wanted to honor the

victims death.!Our resources! Ancient Rome Book!Colosseum.com! A view on cities.com!

This is a picture of the colosseum. When thecolosseum was built the walls were all even, but

one side of the colosseum got destroyed so

that is why one side of the colosseum is higher

than the other. !!This is a

picture of a gladiator.!!Charlie O'Neill!!

Well, to sum it all up, the colosseum was a veryinteresting yet bloody and violent place. Wewould not like to see any events nor participate in any events in the colosseum.



Please say this title in a deep and powerful voice !The Great and Powerful Gladiators!

!!What were gladiators?!The first recorded gladiator fight occurred whenthree pairs of gladiators fought to the death in264 bce. The gladiator games became verypopular. As they got more popular the gamesneeded a better and more comfortable place towatch and fight. Gladiator were usually unfreecriminals. Some gladiator chose to volunteer forthe fame and excitement. A small number ofwealthy men competed in the arena but they didnot live very long. All gladiators swore a Solemnoath "I will endure to be burned, to be bound, tobe beaten, and killed by the sword. Theentertainment took form of combat and fightingand they also had wild animals trying to killthem to. If one of the gladiators felt he wasdefeated he would raise his left arm with onefinger extended, this was a way to beg formercy. The crowd voted for death of for the onebegging for mercy to live, they would signal thiswith thumbs up he lives, thumbs down, off withhis head, the defeated gladiator knelt down tohis knees and then his life was headless.!!The starting point!The men would star with there weapons. Theexited roman crowd was ready for the fight.Both of the men fired it would be there last dayever but for one they live to see the world onemore time. The gladiators start the fight they jab

swords swing axes theres one thing on theremind attack, attack, attack. Both gladiatorsburning in the hot sun sweating, bleedingwaiting for death, suddenly one is trapped in anet the one trapped is fighting back with all hismight then the other one comes up and takeshis life, smelling victory and a little of bloodcrying maybe tears of joy maybe because of theguilt that he just killed someone. Killing becameentertainment in ancient Rome.

The Colosseum!Emperor Vespasian founder of Flavian dynasstarted construction of the colosseum in ad 72It was completed in ad 80 the year afterVespasians death.

This is a photo of a gladiator beingtrapped by his opponent and his opponentis about to die but he will try and fightback.

There is a lot of camosion going on inthis photo one gladiator is being attackedby a chariot, and the chariot rider is beingattacked by another gladiator.

Web sites!Imperations Lvds gladiators!Kid cyber !Ancient civilizations.!

Lingering questions !Who were famous gladiators? !We're they making money with tickets?!

By Isak Albo, the Awesome Person



Roman Cooking?

Greek Cooking?

oman Dining?

Wining and Dining in Ancient Greece

and Rome

awn was the beginning of theays work, so when nightme, The rich men and women

ould "party" and dine. Theomans would drink manyrieties of wines, red or white,ey added a tiny bit of water soe wine was light in color. The

ne cups were decorated withral and cheery patterns.

ormal jugs are used forrrying wine and water,pending on how much the

wner could afford, the juguld be made out of pottery,ass, bronze, or silver."

I may have mentioned cups before,y are a very big part in dining in

eece and Rome. There is a speciald of cup used at an occasional evented an symposion. It's formed like the

ad of a ram and the rim is thinlynted with an scene of of guests livingr lives to the fullest.

By Nicole Walchirk

You may think Pizza wasmade In Rome, but it wasactually made in Greeceand then got handed overto rome when somegreek chefs immigrated.

Greek Ingredients?

Roman Ingredients

Squid was so popular with a

slice of bread and goatcheesed, baked all toperfection. People becamemore and more excited tohave that famous meal allthe time!

Figs for a sweet tooth! Olives forbite! Birds bodies for an entrée?Other than the unusual culturefoods, roman cooks would be themost sophisticated in the cookingand business. This seems sillybut will tell you, the way you useforks today, the ancient Romans "was a wooden spoon! The mostpopular in the kitchen! Funny,huh?

Popular foods from Rome And Greece are above

Something smells fishy in heAm traditional fish sauce wamade in Rome called, garumwas super stone in taste andhad lots of fish and salt, its lolive oil and wine! Very heav

reek Dining?

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Greece's gruesome army !Spartans was the most feared cityof its time because it's untouchable

army and military. They wouldrecruit boys at the age of 6 and 7 and would learn to read and writeand not just to throw spears anduse a shield. They were treated withonly what they needed and that was clothes and food.With the

young Spartan reaching 12 histraining increased with morevigorous tasks and harder challenges. 8 years later they havereached the age of 20 they areallowed to join the army (And byallowed I mean forced to) the group

you trained and did tasks with become almost your brothers and youwill most likely be put in the samespot for the army or military. When

you reach the age of 30 you areprovided with land and slaves andfood to live out the rest of your

days. The weapons you will use inthe army are very limited you willuse a spear called a Dory 2 short swords for close combat in tight

spaces and a shield that is called aHoplite. !!Search engines:Google

!Web sites:www.chroniclesandmyths.com!Wikipedia.org !

Inquiry questions!. Who were the Spartans ?!. What wea ons did the use?!

By Merlin Ryan

Lingering questions!. What did the spartawhen they were a bre



They walk in, the crowd exploding asthey lock in mortal combat. These are the gladiators. The gladiators where romanwarriors that fought to the death in the

coliseum arena. ( see article by AidanMiltner. ) People greatly enjoyed seeing the gladiators fight. They though of it asa sport. A very gruesome, bloody, graphic sport.!! The warriors started fighting mainly in the 1st century BCE to the 2ndcentury CE. Julius Ceaser greatly

enjoyed watching the murderous sport.The gladiators where skilled fighters onlythey where usually slaves. They wherestrong but very heartless.!! There where three types of warriors. First the retarius was a fighter that fought with a net and trident. Hewasn't well armored. All he had was a full

arm guard to deflect blows. Next thesamnite was well armored and had a gladious ( a short sword ) and a largeshield. Last the Thracian was a very light armored fighter with just a helmet, smallshield and dagger. They where All veryskilled fighters though, besides how wellthey where equipped. !! Sometimes if a fighter did not havea opponent, they would let lions or tigersinto the ring so the warriors could strikedown a worse apponent. Or die a worsedeath. Most times one gladiator would dieand the other would stand victorious. But !

sometimes if both the fighters whereexhausted and couldn't fight any longer,or if one fighter is down, he can hold uphis first finger. If the crowd holds a

thumbs up the man will live. If a thumbsdown he will be killed.!! In conclusion the gladiators wherevery brave, ruthless fighters. Andstrength and honor is what made them thefighters they where. !

Wikkipedia, " you wouldn't want to be a roman gladiator" and http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/arena.html

Romes Ruthless Warriors!

Two Gladiator Helmets

Carson Slaughter



!Act it up in Rome !!People from rome commonly copied drama fromGreece and the most talented actors of plays fromRome we're most commonly Greek. The first showswere put on at religious festively. Tickets for these playshad no cost. All the Romans of every sort enjoyed theplays. The audience thought the actors were makingwrong and women couldn't sit in the front because peoplethought they would want to run away with a actor. They mostlydid there comedies based on Greek plays. People from Romewho watched the plays liked comedies more then they liked tragedies. People fromrome also made their own ways of performance. They made mime performances.

Theaters in Rome usually didn't have roofs 9000 people could fit in there for actingarena in France. There are. Lots of mosaics that represent the world of theater like theone in Pompeii where acting is going on so is dancing and so is costume changes there

is also a different one with different designs in Naples. Actorswore masks but mimes didn't. In Rome you had to be a man tobe in a roman play unless it was miming. Miming has changedovertime because it used to be that mimes would talk. Theactors would wear feelings masks to show what was happeningin the plays but thats not all the masks represented a charactersthat were men wore brown masks and characters that werewoman wore white ones. Usually behind white makes were

men though because of the rules against woman beingactresses. Masks"did not weigh much but they were steamy

inside. Overtime masks became more detailed and interesting. Normally a rich personwould pay for the play to give it as a gift to his/her fellow citizens. Every town had athing called a forum a forum is an arena. When plays were gong to happen they made aplatform and put it in the arena for the play. In plays back then actors would"play manyroles because of this their costumes were not very elaborate. When people were inaudiences of roman plays and they disliked plays they saw they would say mean thingsto them from the audience and sometimes even threw things!!Unlike coliseums the theaters of the play would be in a semi Cecile shape in conclusionI would want to go to one of these plays but don't worry actors I won't throw anything at

you.

Mosaic from Pompeii

Acting masks

Sources !Eyewitness book ancient Rome- page 36!http://rome.mrdonn.org/theatre.html!

http://www.crystalinks.com/rometheaters.html

Questions I had Lingering

questions

What kind of

acting did they

do?

What has chang

overtime on rom

acting?

Who was the most

famous actor?Who made the

costumes?



302 Greek times

Music Strings Us Together

! Music wasan important part of Ancient Greece

daily life. The Ancient Greekswere music lovers.Music was their life. Athenianchildren were taught music for their

education. They usually learned lyre. A

wooden stringed instrument that theyplayed with a plectrum. Musicians worespecial cheek-straps while they were playing

instruments. Greek men enjoyed drinking parties. Women were banned from theparties unless they were working or

performing. They would sing or dance. Or even both. "Studies in musicology has proof stringing together modern Greek folk song to ancient Greek music. Despite the change from to

refreshing prosody,

the ancient Greekrhythmical formationslive on in modemGreek folk melody.The researches of

ProfessorsThrasyvoulosGeorgiadis andSamuel Baud-Bovy

demonstrate that the 7th to 8thtime, found through Greece, in

other than the heroic hexameter in which theroyal epics were recited. The word syrtos is

known to have been made as early as thefirst century A.D., from an ancient Greekinscription. In addition, dance formationrepresentations on vases, figures andterracottas show dancers linked either

hand-on-shoulder or hand-in-hand with the

instrumentalist in the center. "Greek folk song, either diatonic or colorful,like Byzantine music, is monophonic and

modal in structure. In other words, without any harmonic accompaniment its melodies

By Kiara and Brynn

These are Music no tes.

What was

music life

in Ancient

Greece?



302 Greek times

are based on a different sequence of intervals than that of the major and minor modes of Western music. As is true of any

monophonic music, the Greek folk song isperformed on the!natural!rather than on theWestern!tempered!scale. Certain songs of northern Epirus, sung in polyphony without any instrumental accompaniment, constitutean exception to the bulk of Greek

monophonic and modal folk songs. A formof "low two-voice singing" is alsoencountered in certain songs fromKarpathos. These songs, where one singsmelody and the other takes up a vocaldrone, is symptomatic of

the!tsabouna!(island bagpipe).!!From the point of rhythm, the Greek folksong is divided into the periodical and freerhythmic types. The periodical ischaracterized by a free flow of various

rhythmic patterns (table songs) while thefree rhythmic is characterized by the regular redo of a given dance tunes.!!

Along with singing and clapping, the Greekpeople have since the early days used everyavailable combination of instruments to

provide the musical accompaniment for their singing and dancing. Apart from any chancecombinations command by the moods of therevellers and instruments at hand, certaininstrumental combinations bagged thestatus of !ziyia!(paired groups); the pear-

shaped Macedonian!lira!and thelarge!dachares(tambourine),!violi!and!laouto!on the islands and the!zourna!and!daouli. It

By Kiara and Brynn

The instrument this man is playing iscalled a lyre a Greek Harp.



302 Greek times

is to popular musicians who play instruments

for open-air village fairs that the Greek owes

his sense of traditional music. Those self-

taught players bore upon themselves theentire weight of Greek musical tradition not

only of the performer, but also of the

instrument maker. More often than not,

the players performed on instruments of

their own form. A good player's

instrument remains under continuousform he adds, removes or alters a spare

part but constantly dig away to improve

the sound of his instrument. Hence, the

great differences found in the

dimensions, decorations and even shapes

of their instruments; each bearing thepersonal stamp of its player maker.!!Gypsies have always held a special place

in the musician's world. Early on, locals

would not stoop to the profession of

musician, thus instrumental music fell intothe hands of gypsies. As musicians, gypsies

decisive influenced the progress of an

instrument style as well as, in some

instances, the structure of folk melody

Gypsies were also responsible for the

frequent change in a given melody from a

hard core to a melodic style.!

By Kiara and Brynn

To find out about more music in AncientGreece you can go to these websites:www.ancientgreece.uk.co http:// www.lyravlos.gr/ancient-greek-music-en.asphttp://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/ A0858488.html

Did Ancient Greece invent music? Howdid they find out about music? Where didit come from?



!In ancient Greece, Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea. He traps his father and became kingHe is married to Hera. Zeus was hiding In a cave when he was born and he has power oflighting from mother earth. Cronus was bad because he ate his children. He ate Poseidon,

Hades, Hera and Hestia. Zeus defeat Cronus and freed his brothers and sisters. Zeus was theyoungest he was king good king of lighting and he was brave and has whitheh air and a coolbeard. A good book to read about Zeus is God Of Lighting and awesome I recommendeveryone to read it. I hear he has a lot of girlfriends. Don't tell Hera, he'll get busted! !!Lingering Question !1.why was Zeus raise by Gaia?!2.when was Zeus born ?!3.how many girlfriends he has ?!!Sources"!!http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html!!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus!!http://www.thanasis.com/mmar99.htm

Zeus: The Great God of Lightnin

By Jahaziel Graciano!

!

Inquiry Question!Who was Zeus and why was he important?



Music !!Can you believe that the

ancient Greece people weremusic lover!" Music is very

important to the Greeks as it isto some of you. "Music "wasperformed at "gatherings,

festivals, the theatre, sportingevents and even on the

battlefield. Athenian kids weretaught music in

there"education, they learnabout some of the instrumentslike "lyre, a wooden stringed

instruments !!Why can't women Usemusic ?!!The women were bannedto"occasions with music unless

there job was to dance, sing forthe men.Here a youth and a

women dancer get dressed inpreparation for entertaining at a

a party or gatherings and more.!! What were some

instruments? !!In this picture you can see the

people playing a storage jar iscalled a double-aulos. It's liketo tubes/ pipes with vibrating

reeds that go in your mouth.When they play music they

were ropes to hold a biginstrument!the kithara, was a string

instrument, more complicatedthan the lyre. It had a box-type

frame with strings stretchedfrom the cross-bar at the top to

the sounding box at the bottomit was held upright and played

with a plectrum. The stringswere tunable by adjustingwooden wedges along the

cross-bar.!!

the hydraulis, a keyboard

instrument , the instrumentused water to supply a make a

flow of pressure to thepipes."Essentially, the air to thepipes that produce the sound

comes from a wind-chestconnected by a pipe to a dome;

air is pumped in to compresswater, and the water rises in

the dome, compressing the air,and causing a steady supply ofair to the pipes.!! What music sounded

like? !!There music was once divided

into its Styles of " forms...It wasnot permitted to exchange the

melodic styles of theseestablished forms and others.

Knowledge and informed judgment penalized stuff that

happened to them ". Therewere no whistles, unmusicalmob-noises, or clapping for

applause. The rule was tolisten silently and learn; boys,

teachers, and the crowd werekept in order by threat of the

stick. . . . But later, anunmusical anarchy was led bypoets who had natural talent.!

!

!!!!!!!!The pots, were a way toshow a topic, theywanted to show becauseit meant it was importantto them

Magical music by destiny

wikipedia and Britannica and !the daly life ancientgreece!!Do they still use these instrumenHow did they make theinstruments?!Where any famous singers ? !What was the First instrument ?

!This is the Lyre,Box lyres werewidespread in the ancientMiddle East!



! Cerberus is a giant three-

headed dog who guards theentrance to the underworld. He is

the child of Echidna and Typhon.Cerberus's brother, Orthrus, is atwo-headed hellhound. Cerberus isemployed as Hades loyal watchdog.!! Harpies are winged birds with

the head of a woman. These

chicken-bodied ladies used to

guard the table of Phineas, who

had performed sins. They were

driven away by the argonauts.

They then moved to theunderworld to help Hades. !! Typhon is the son of Gaia

and Tartarus. He is called the

father of all monsters, and for

good reason. He is a giant monster who was born to destroy

the gods. Instead

of a

Typho

Lingering Questions! What sacrifices didpeople give to gods?!How did Cerberus getemployed by Hades?! Where we're templesplaced?! Why did Zeus letEchidna live?

CerberusHarpy

head, he has one hundred hungrydragons. His bottom half is vipers.His wife is Echidna, the mother of allmonsters.



! Medusa used to be aPriestess to Athena. Medusa

was very beautiful until shestarted dating Poseidon in Athena's sacred temple. Athenawas so mad she turned medusainto a snake headed monster. If you stared into Medusa's eyes

you were turned to stone. Later a warrior named Persus cut off her head.! ! Orthrus was a two-headedhellhound. He was brothers with

Cerberus. Orthrus once helpedEchidna and Typhon. Orthruswas owned by the Geryon, whohad three bodies. Orthrus andEurytion guarded Gyrans redcattle.!! Echidna was a femaledragon with the head of awoman. She represented rot,slime, fetid waters, illness, and

disease.She was

half woman half serpent. Shehad blackeyes. She was

the daughter of Typhon andEchidna. Zeuslet Echidnaand her children liveso theycouldchallengefutureheroes. !

Sofia and Olivia

Orthrus

Medus

Echidna

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/harpies.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhon!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus!www.history.com!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthrus!Percy Jackson



302 Greek & roman times

Family tree of honor!What were the god/goddesses back story?!!

Pandora box ( don't worry it was already !opened ) !!

Once up a time, a long time ago, Zeus ordered

Hephaestus to make him a daughter. It was the

first girl made out of clay. Hephaestus made a

beautiful girl and named her Pandora."!!Zeus sent his new daughter, Pandora, down to

earth so that she could marry Epimetheus, who

was a gentle and lonely man."!!Zeus was not being nice. He was his revenge.

Epimetheus and Prometheus were brothers. Zeus

was mad at one of the brothers, Prometheus, for

giving people fire without asking Zeus first. "!!Zeus gave Pandora a little box with a big heavy

lock on it. He made her promise never to open the

box. He gave the key to Pandora’s husband and

told him to never open the box. Zeus was sure

that Epimetheus' curiosity would get him to openthe box, and that either Epimetheus or his brother

would open the box."!!Pandora was very curious. She wanted to see

what was inside the box, but Epimetheus said no.

""You know your father," Epimetheus said, talking

about "Zeus. "He’s a tricky one."!!One day, when Epimetheus was sleeping,

Pandora stole the key and opened the box.!!Out flew every kind of disease and sickness, hate

and envy, and all the horrible things that people

had never experienced before. Pandora slammed

the lid closed, but it was too late. All the bad

things were already out of the box. They flew

away,"!

!

Epimetheus woke up when he heard pandora

crying. “I opened the box and all these ugly things

flew out,” she said. “I tried to catch them, but they

all got out.” Pandora opened the box to show him

it was empty . But the box was not "empty. One

tiny bug flew out before Pandora could slam the

lid shut again."!!“Hello, Pandora,” said the bug. “My name is

Hope.” "Hope flew out into the world, a world that

now had hate, envy, sickness and disease- and

hope.!!!!PANDORA!

Pandora was the first mortal woman.!




!!!!!!

Now that's shocking !!

Zeus had a bunch of wife's. Zeus

had a very jealous wife named

Hera. He also had a whole

bunch of kids. Each of Zeus's"children had a special

magical power. But Zeus had

more power then anyone.

Zeus played tricks on people

because Zeus throw his own

voice to a other voice and

Zeus can shape shift to

people since Zeus is so

advice at everything that hecan shape shift into a animal.

Zeus's horse Pegasus holds

Zeus's lighting bolts. He was

not afraid of anything except Hera,

his wife. According to Greek myth,

Zeus was the king of all the gods.

Zeus had two brothers and three

sisters. There names were "Hades,

Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Hestia.

When there farther died the boys

Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades divided

the world up

themselves Zeustook the heaven,

Poseidon took the

sea, and Hades

took the under

world. The

Greeks loved to

tell stories about

the magical family

who ruled theheavens and of

corse one of

those family were

Zeus's family.!!!!!ZEUS!

Zeus' father used to eat his children. When Zeus was born, his mother

braved a stone and rapped it with blankets and gave it to Zeus father.

Where did his mother hide Zeus? I know, in a cave.!




!!!

Look at the sea, it's a

shadow, it's a whale, oh it's

just Poseidon !!Poseidon was the

king of the Sea.

His brothers zeus

and hades.!!Poseidon was a goodlooking guy. He had #blueeyes and #green hair. #Hewas #always on the move.#!

!Poseidon was very powerful. He couldmake islands appear!!

All the greek gods built atemple to honor Poseidon.They brought gifts to the

temple every day, hoping tokeep him happy.

Sometimes it worked.Sometimes it didn't.

Poseidon was very moody.!!Poseidon had a bunch of

wives. But his main wifewas not jealous, so

Poseidon did not have theproblems #that Zeus did.#"!! !

Poseidon had a bright yellow and green pitch fork that is a symbol of the fact he is the

king of the seas.!!!POSEIDON!

Poseidon married a nymph.

Did Juno . . . !!Hera was married to Zeus. She was the

queen of all the gods, and also the

goddess of marriage.#!!

Hera was very jealous of her #powerful

husband, Zeus. Hera was barley #nice to

the #children Zeus had by other

goddesses.!!

There are many tails about Hera's

jealously and revenge.#!!Other myths tell stories about Hera's

servant, Argus. Argus had 100 #eyes all

over his body. He was a great guard

because he never closed more than 50

his eyes at one time!#!!HERA!

Hera is scared of cows and peacocks !




! !!!!!Come to the

under world

with me .!!Hades and Zeus

were brothers.

Hades Roman

Name is Pluto.Hades had a seat

on Mount

Olympus, the

magical mountain

on which all the

main gods lived.

But Hades did not

live on Mount

Olympus he livedin the under world

instead. When the

three sons of

Cronus aka there

dad divided up the

world, Zeus took

the sky, Poseidon

took the sea, and

Hades took theunderworld. Zeus

became the king

of the gods.

Poseidon married

happily. Hades

was alone, living

in the Underworld.

Hades was NOT

the lord of theunderworld it was

his job to run then

land of the dead.

Hades was a

awesome ruler.

Parts of the

Underworld were

very nice. You

might think Hadeswould be terribly

lonely, surrounded

by the souls of the

dead. But he

wasn't lonely. Not

at all. His brother

Zeus visited, as

did his nephews

Apollo, Hermes,and Ares. Hades

had everything he

needed. He had

an invisible

helmet, which he

liked very much.

Hades has a three

headed dog that

he loves so much.The truth was,

Hades preferred

the Underworld. It

was home!!!!!!

HADES!Hades is the uncle to more than half the Gods.!

!!!!

!

Hera was jealous of Zeus because Zeusalways cheats on Hera. Hera was jealous ofZeus's power , how many wives he had andhow t he was. The mighty Zeus was scaredof only one thing, Hera.




Lingering questions -!- Natalia O: what happened after pandora opened the box? !

- Ibrahim G: why does hades wants to be alone?!- Natalia O : why didn't Hera just break up with Zeus? !

-Ibrahim G: how did Zeus get all of the lighting powers?!- Natalia O & Ibrahim G : where did he get his pitch fork?

We got info for this resources !http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/index.html!

http://www.ballpoint.org/greekgods/funfacts.htm!Ancient Greek book



A lot of people were into music and still

are like the ancient greeks but some of their instruments are different then our today and some of them are actuallyinspired from them.But here is awaywhere you can have a taste of themusical instrument that were important to the ancient Greek and still are so sit

back relax and listen to the music.!!!

The Lyre!!The lyre is one of the oldest string instrumentsknown to Greeks.But in most mythology storiesHermies the!god of messengering around olympus!delivering gods messages.He was the onewho created the lyre the beautiful!String instrument.And gave it !As a gift to Apollo the god of !The sun and the god of music.!When the lyre were first invented !They were made Turtle shells and !had 7 or 12 strings placed into them.That's thebeautiful instrument the lyre. !!Kithara !The kithara instrument is !Bigger and much more greater!Than the Lyre.The Kithara is also a stringedinstrument like the Lyre the Kithara wasactually the inspiration for the modern guitaristnow.At about the same size and the samestrings Kithara actually means "Guitar" greek.!!Aulos !The Aulos is an instrument !Like the modern clarinet we!Have today.But this instrument !takes a long time to master it.But !The challenge is that you have to!

Put 2 of these instruments in your !Mouth that's the point of mastering!It.But it also helps because there isa strap kindof like head gear that you put around yourhead and into your mouth to properly play thisimpossible to play instrument. !!Syinx !Is an instrument similar to !A flute.Made from bamboo!it is a woodwind instrument !but it is also like a modern!Harmonica.And you would blow !Threw the different pipes.!And each would make it's own !unique sound.!!!PanPipes!This is instrument is an instrument!that Pan the god (Sadder)made after !His true love nymph who want anything to beaway from him.So she turned her self intothe ,musical instrument the reed to relarse her

self and never see him again but he still playsher for his pleasure and cut the pipes to makea beautiful instrument.

The Magic of Ancient Greek

Instruments!By Amy Rychener!

What were some famous musicians?!Who are the people in charge of making tinstruments?!How did the Ancient Greeks celebrate withmusic?

This is the musiinstrument the ly

This is aPanpipecreated byPan

This is a Aulosa hard

instrument toplay

This is a lyre astringedinstrument

This aKitharasimilar to a !Guitar

http://gogreece.about.com/cs/ mythology/a/ blmythpan.htmhttp:// www.buzzle.com/articles/ ancient-greek-musical-instruments.html!DKeyewitnesMusicbook



!!!!!In ancient Rome, music, song, and dancewere really popular. Music was played inthe theater and performed at parties. It was also played in religious services. Manyof the Roman instruments were from

Greece. Wind instruments were the most common, from wind pipes to horns.!!!!

APOLLO: THEGREEK GOD OF

MUSIC! Apollo was the sonof Zeus and theTitan Leto, andwas the twinbrother of Artemis.

They were the twinarchery gods.!He was the god of light,

youth, beauty, poetry, and music. He wasoften seen with a golden lyre that he wasplaying. Apollo was usually represented by !

!!!!!

Roman artists as a young man with long gold hair in a knot above his head, carrying his lyre or bow and arrow.!!!FLUTE!Like a modern flute, ancient roman fluteswere played by blowing across a hole.There was a small bronze

figure decorating themouthpiece on the ancient

ones, unlike modern fluteswhere the mouthpiece isplain. It also had finger holes, yet they weredifferent from the modernflute because they were just

holes. The flute today has buttons that arepushed down, making different notes. Thefinger holes on the ancient flute were morewidely spaced, and there were less of

A ollo

Flute

Rock on, Romans!Who was the Roman god of music?!

How did ancient Roman musicians live?!Did a lot of people play instruments?!

How old were the different instruments?!How did the instruments evolve over time?



them. It has been restored by worn away

pieces, probably wrongly, and can't be

played.!!WATER ORGAN!The most complicated instrument used, the

water organ,was invented by a Greek in the

3rd century B.C. The water organ used a

pump to force water into a closed space,

compressing the air inside. A system of

hand operated valves released bursts of

this air in to a set of pipes, making notes or chords like a modern organ.

Unfortunately, even though we know a lot

about Roman music, we will never know

what the water organ actually sounded

like.!!SPIRAL HORN!The spiral horn was a very long horn,

curved into a spiral. It was called a Cornu,

and it was used in the army for signaling.

The cornu was also used at ceremonies.

The mouth of it was like a modern trumpet,as the mouthpiece had the same shape.

The rest of the cornu pretty much formed

a spiral shape, the end of it coming to end

above the player's head. It was quite simple

looking, as it did not have twists and turns

like a modern French horn or tuba.!!BRONZE CYBALS!Bronze cymbals had holes where there

once was a strip of leather or cord for

holding them. The ancient

Romans only played a

little bit of percussion

instruments, whichincluded the sistrum (a

metal rattle mostly used

for religious things) and drums that were

like tambourines. They are very similar to

modern crash cymbals, especially in looks,

except modern cymbals are shiny and gold,and ancient roman cymbals were bronze

and sort of rusty looking.

Sources:!!• Eyewitness Books, Ancient Rome!• Background knowledge from a different ancient Rome

book!!• htt ://school.eb.com/com tons/article-9272912!

Bronze

Cymbals

Lingering Questions:!How did ancient Roman musicians live?!Did a lot of people play instruments?!How old were the different instruments?!How did the instruments evolve over time?

!

-By Talia Eligator



Romans: Copycats

or not?!!

!

!Roman art came from Etruscan art,

and looks a lot like it. It also looks a

lot like Greek art, as well. Some

people even say that the Romans

conquered

the world,

yet copied

their art

completely

from the

Greeks. In

fact, most

people think

the Romans

are

copycats,

because of

how similar their art is to Greeks,

Etruscans, and even Egyptians. Butbasically, all the Romans were doing

was taking all of these different styles,

mixing them, and adding a little bit of

their own creativity and detail, making

a different kind of art altogether.

That's what Roman art is all about. !!Around 200 BC, the Romans began

conquering Greece. This made a huge

change in their style of art. When the

Roman soldiers went

marching through Greece,

they saw lots of Greek art intemples, crematories, and

other public places. The

Romans thought that the

Greeks were cooler than they

were, so they decided they

wanted some Greek art for

themselves. They brought

home a lot of Greek art they

saw, by either stealing it,

buying it, or, in some cases,

Ancient Roman Scul tur !

My inquiry questions!Was ancient Roman art

original? What was it

made of?

LINGERING QUESTIONS !I still wonder if anyone will ever clarify the truth; are

ancient Romans copycats? Do they have any art thatis just theirs?

By Gabi



being given it as a present.

They sometimes even brought

home Greek sculptors, often

slaves, to make more art for

them in Rome. This is one of the reasons

why people

think of

Romans as

Greek

copycats- the

Greeks DID

do a lot of

their

paintings. !!Roman art had

lifelike detailsdetails. The Romans

liked to show people's

natural character and people's

oddities. Their paintbrushes were

made from twigs, wood, and

sometimes even hair. For drawing and

writing there were wood and ivory

shaped sticks. Some paint was made

with an egg yolk. Other paints were

made from ground rocks, powdered

plants, and dyes. Red and yellow

were made from ochre a substance

like clay. White was made with chalk.

Green was made from

soil. Blue was glass

and copper mixed.

Black was from soot,

and purple from a

special kind of shell.

These ingredientswere mixed with lime,

milk, gum, or egg, to

make paint. !!As well as scripts and

books, Romans used

sculptures and paintings

called reliefs, that told their

victories in war. The Greeks

did this too, but they used symbols to

tell their stories, while the Romans

showed the real details which were

sometimes gory. These art stories

were like advertisements, they

persuaded and convinced people. They

announced victories, and showed that

Rome was great.

Ancient Roman Plate

SOURCES !http//www.historyofpainters.com/romanart.htm!

http//www.buzzle.com/articles/ancient-roman-art.html!Ancient Roman Art (book)

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