ANCIENT ROMEBy: Jalen Walker

Rome’s Geography Geography of Rome is characterized by the Seven Hills

and The Tiber River. Rome city situated on the eastern banks of river Tiber has a geographical position of 41° 54' N and 12° 29' E. Rome lies to the west of the Apennine Mountains that forms the backbone of peninsular Italy.

The Tiber River flows from the Apennine Mountains south-westwards to the Tyrrhenian Sea after passing by Rome. This river of length 405 km has played a significant role in shaping Rome's history and culture.

Rome’s Geography Geography of Rome is characterized by the Seven Hills

and The Tiber River. Rome city situated on the eastern banks of river Tiber has a geographical position of 41° 54' N and 12° 29' E. Rome lies to the west of the Apennine Mountains that forms the backbone of peninsular Italy.

The Tiber River flows from the Apennine Mountains south-westwards to the Tyrrhenian Sea after passing by Rome. This river of length 405 km has played a significant role in shaping Rome's history and culture.

Rome’s religion Religion in Ancient Rome put together

several cult practices and embraced more than one belief. The Romans were polytheistic. Foreign gods were imported which had great cultural influence on Rome.

Rome’s acheivements The Romans achieved world fame with

their incredible army. It defeated almost everybody. The twelve tables of law was a great institution of Rome. Rome built the coliseum to fight in an arena.

Rome’s political system It forms a republic to rule the Ancient Rome. It had 2 consuls,

senators, Plebeians, women and slaves. The consuls were chosen by the Rome citizens. They needed to get permission from other consuls. The senator are from very rich and powerful families. They are the full-time policians in the Republic of Rome. The Plebeians are the poorer citizens. They are mostly farmers, merchants and craftsmen. Through they have the right to vote, they are always controlled by the nobles. The lowest class in the society of Ancient Rome are the women and the slaves. They don't have any rights. They don't have any freedom and they are not allow to vote.

Rome's innovative republican government provided the basis for which much of the world now operates its political systems.

Rome’s economics Most people in the Roman world were farmers. Some of

the people who worked on farms were slaves, but most of them were free. They grew wheat and barley and olives and grapes and apples, onions and celery. Mostly they sold what they grew in markets in the towns, and bought food in the market to eat, as most farmers do today. And they paid taxes, as farmers do today. Roman farmers paid their taxes partly in money and partly in food.

Rome’s social structure Plebeians were like slaves but they were

farmers. Consuls were the most important people.

Quick Facts Shakespeare’s plays were set in Italy . Opera is an Italian creation. The Romans mastered plumbing. The Romans emblem is a she-wolf

suckling the two brothers Romulus and Remus.

Rome has a population roughly 3million people.

Rome paragraph Rome was nice and beautiful place to

live. The Romans were polytheistic. Rome made human and animal sacrifices for their gods. Julius Caesar was Rome’s hero. The twelve tables of law were important and famous to Rome. Rome invented a spoken language called Latin.

My Quick Quiz 1.Did Rome have a strong and powerful

army? yes or no 2.Did they trade weapons and crops? yes

or no 3.Did Rome believe in many gods, were

polytheistic? yes or no 4.were they the first to create their own

written language? Yes or no 5.Did Rome invent the alphabet we use

today? yes or no

Bibliography Websites/Resources www.Rome.info/facts.com www.Ezinearticles.com www.forbeginners.info.com www.crstalinks.com www.historyforkids.org www.Roman-Empire.net

Answers for Quick Quiz

1.yes 2.yes 3.yes 4.no 5.yes