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//__** Ancient Rome (Monarchy,Republic,and Empire) **__//


 * //__ Dates: __//**
 * //__ Established in 753 B.C.E __//**



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Goverment-

Roman representives at the senate Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Maccari-Cicero.jpg The Goverment of Rome was very complex and some of the ideas they used we used today. During the begging Rome was ruled by kings elected from Roman tribe. So it was a monarchy. Eventually it was turned into a mix of a Democracy and a Republic but was described as the Republic and Consulus. When Julius Caesar was ruling Rome he was turning the goverment back into a monarchy. That was why he was assasinated because the Senate belived Casear was turning Rome back into a Monarchy. Rome was much like our government. The people of Rome did not want one man making all the laws so they made different branches of government. The Government had certain jobs for people much like we have and much of the rest of the world. Contrary to popular belief many Roman government ideas came from Ancient Greece. The Romans saw that Greece had many great goverment ideas so they took the ideas and tweaked it into their way. This is the basis of the Ancient Rome government.

Sources- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome http://www.abc-clio.com

Religion
 * Religion played an important part for the Romans.
 * The Romans worshiped the same gods as the Greeks, however, they called them by different names. For example, Poseidon is called Neptune by the Romans.
 * The Romes borrowed the mythology for the Greeks. This is why Roman Gods are very similar to Greeks.
 * There were a number of colleges of priests, but there were also other religious officials. The most important were the augurs and haruspices.
 * Feriae, or also know as festivals, were to ensure that the Gods stayed satisfied.
 * Saturnalia was a festival to honor Saturn, the Roman god of harvest. Slaves enjoyed this festival because they often switch places with their masters for a day.
 * Emperors were also known as the chief priest because they look over other priests,
 * Much of the religious responsibility fell in the hands of the emperor.
 * Emperors were regarded as God's representative on Earth.
 * It was believed that Emperors became gods when they die.

Sources: "Roman religion." //World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras//.

ABC-CLIO,2011. Web. 21 Sept. 2011

Source : Hadrian." Image. Musée du Louvre Paris/Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. //World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras//. ABC-CLIO,2011. Web. 21 Sept. 2011.  __Economy__  - Ancient Rome never advanced into a big complex economy.  - The Ancient Roman economy was based on agriculture and slaves.  - The Staple crops were olives, various grains, and grapes. and with that the made and sold wine, olive oil.  - Exchanged goods with parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.  - All of the high volume objects were shipped by ship and they were things like food, precious metals, stones and building supplies.  - They mined stones to be used to build buildings.  Roman Coins.

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Art and Architecture- __What Influenced Their Art__ - They were influenced by Places they ruled over like Greece, Egypt, and Africa. They mixed these culture influences into one form of art. - They were also influenced by there leaders because they usually made painting and sculptures of their emperors. - Also, they were influenced by their religion. They often sculpted and painted gods and godesses. __Art Forms__ - One art form was murals, which are large wall paintings. - Architecture was another type of art form. An example of Ancient Romean architecture is the Coloseum (pictured below). Bridges and buidings were also made as a form of architecture. - They also made statues and portarits. Portraits are sculptures of only a person's head and shoulders. - Most statues were life-like and made to look like Ancient Roman gods, goddeses and emperors. - Other forms of art were paintings and poetry. __Style__ - Art and architecture were used to declare a person's power. - Romans thought they were signs of the land they ruler over. - Ancient Roman Artisans usually depicted emperors gods, goddesses and common people. - In Ancient Roman art, they almost never had "perfect humans" like the Greeks did.

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Technology-

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Roman technology was thought to be the most advanced culture in the world. They had some of the best scientists and mathmitcians. The Romans were big believers on taking the best of other culutures and making it their own and better. The culture was one of the first to build the type of architecture that they built. They used their new inventions which changed the construnction style and made it much more useful. The technology s upported Roman civilzation and made the first highways,clay,concrete and very good engineering. During Ancient Rome they were thought to be one of the best advanced culture in the world.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome http://www.abc-clio.com/

Social classes-


 * Gladiators show a more brutal part of the Roman Empire.
 * Gladiators were usually slaves captured from other areas.
 * The two main classes were the Patricians and the Plebeians.
 * Patricians were known as the upper class, who were in charge of the Religious and the government part of Rome.
 * Plebeians were the middle class and the lower class of Rome.
 * The Patricians and the Plebeians had many conflicts with one another.since the Patricians had more power

Source: "Life in Rome, the Seat of Empire (People & Organizations)." //World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras//. ABC-CLIO,2011. Web. 21 Sept. 2011.
 * //__ Summary of your civilization's achievements: __//**

The Roman Empire's achievements are never ending. We still use many of their achievements. The Romans created a beggining of many languages such as Latin, English, Italian,French, and Spanish languages used across the world today. They also created profound liteature that made history. The Romans invented hundrens of extremely useful inventions that help our world today. Romans made buldings, roads, goverment, well established society and much more. Their military and goverment was one of the best in the world of all time. They were smart and made many tactics that we use today for military and goverment basis for many other cultures today. Lastly the great, Julius Caesar who changed the world and by creating and leading a culture to victory. Overall Rome had many achievments in the world and changed our lives today.