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Geography
Location
• Rome was built on seven hills.
• Rome was located near the west coast of Italy.
• Rome was also located close to the Tiber River.
expansion
• Many people thought that expansion in the Roman empire either helped or went against people.
• Tiberius Gracchus thought that expansion hurt the roman empire cause it drove small farmers off their land.
• Along with his brother Gaius the poor were able to maintain their land.
Climate
• Farming in Rome was great especially with their climate.
• The Romans happily enjoyed the Mediterranean climate cause it gave the dirt more soil.
• With their arable land they were able to grow crops such as vegetables,grains,and olives.
Punic wars
• As Carthage’s power grew in the Mediterranean Rome began to take its limits to Carthage’s expansion.
• A general from Carthage Hannibal decided to lead his army through the alps.
• Once they got through the alps Hannibal had lost half his elephants and one quarter of his army.
Religion
Judaism
• Judaism originated in the Middle East.
• Judaism spread beyond where they first developed.
• Jews lived in many parts of the Roman Empire.
Christianity
• Christianity is the official religion of Rome.
• All Christians spread among all non-Jews
• Paul helped to spread early Christianity.
Etruscan mysticism
• The Etruscans believed that gods gave them signs in nature.
• They tried to interpret lightning before they went into battle.
• Etruscan diviners used the stars to plan the layouts of their cities.
Greek Mythology
• Myths about the gods and goddesses functioned as their religion to the ancient Greeks.
• Greeks conducted elaborate ritual and sacrifices to please gods.
• Gods and Goddesses controlled all aspects of their life.
Achievements
Latin Language
• The roman‘s were able to establish a written and spoken language.
• They were able to make Latin speaking language.
• Today we are able to use Latin Roots to make new words.
Military organization
• What was so great about their military was they were able to move quickly.
• Not only were they able to move quickly they were able to attack quickly.
• The Romans with being able to move out and to attack they were the most feared empire.
Development of aqueducts
• Aqueducts was a great invention cause they were able to get water through them.
• The aqueducts were able to send the water through out the empire.
• The water that came through the aqueduct was fresh water.
Republican form of government
• The Roman’s were able to make a new system of government.
• This system of government allowed anybody to vote it did not matter if you were in the high class the middle class or the lower class.
• The cool thing about this system of government was that their was no class that dominated.
political
Political corruption
• One of Rome’s serious problems was choosing a new emperor.
• The Roman’s never created an effective system to determine who would be the next emperor.
• For this reason, the choice of a new emperor was chosen in an open debate.
Tiberius Gracchus
• Tiberius Gracchus was born into a well plebian family.
• Tiberius Gracchus was elected into tribune.
• Until one day he was killed in a assembly along with 300 of his followers.
Gauis Gracchus
• Gauis the youngest brother of Tiberius was elected into tribune for two successful years.
• He increased his power through the assembly.
• With Gauis attempting to appose with the senate broke into bloody riots.
Law and order
• Rome had many crime scenes that is why guards mostly guarded the wealthy.
• People who did crimes were summoned to court.
• The roman senate were the most powerful branch beside the ruler.
Economy
unemployment
• A farmer who had to pay workmen could not produce goods cheap.
• Therefore slave owners could sell their crops for lower prices.
• Thousands of these men filled the cities with no jobs.
Trade
• The Romans traded with many countries.
• Rome sometimes traded with countries along the Mediterranean Sea.
• Rome since it was in Italy mostly traded with Byzantium.
inflation
• The roman economy suffered inflation beginning after the reign of Marcus Aurelius.
• Once the roman's stopped conquering land gold decreased into the roman economy.
• Yet gold was being spent by the the Roman’s to pay for luxury items.
Excessive military spending to defend the empire
• Maintaining an army to defend the boarders from barbarian attacks was a constant drain on the government.
• Military spending left few resources for other activities.
• In the latter years of the roman empire frustrated Roman’s lost desire to fight for empire.
Social structure
Urban decay
• Wealthy Roman’s lived in houses with marble walls and intricate colored tiles.
• Most Roman’s were not rich.
• They lived in small smelly apartment houses called islands.
Role of men
• The roman families are patriarchal, this means that their families are surrounded with men.
• The father or grandfather in a roman family is called a paterfamilias.
• His place in the house hold is the king in the old monarchy.
Role of women
• Roman women had an advantage over women in Greece.
• In Rome a lady could own personal property.
• Although Roman law required that women must have male guardians thought their lives.
Patrons and clients
• Another important tradition in Roman society involved patrons and clients.
• Patrons were patricians or wealthy plebeians and clients were poorer plebeians.
• Patrons offered assistance to clients in return their political support.
Conclusion
• What I think that was most important thing I learned about Ancient Rome was the network of concrete roads. I think that was a great achievement because it helped people travel and trade. Another thing is that they we were able to use this idea in today's world.