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Social Structures • Plebian• Partitions• Priest• Emperor

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Plebeians• Common people of

Rome.• 90% were

plebeians.• They were hard

workers, farmers and artists.

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Partitions

• They were upper class.

• Took great pride in being in a noble family.

• Part = father

Priests• A priest is a pastor

of a church.• They held religious

ceremonies.• Today we also have

priests in our church.

Emperor• The leaders of Rome.• They were in charge of

what happens in the empire.

• Julius Creaser and Augustus were emperors.

Achievements• Aqueducts• Concrete Roads• Circus Maximus• Latin Langue

Aqueducts• They were used to

transport or hold water. • Today we use them to

store water up in case we have a drought and need water.

Concrete Roads• Concrete roads were

used to travel easier, instead on bumpy rocky roads.

• Later on an Trajan emperor named restored almost all of Italian roads.

• Today we have concrete roads leading to every were.

Latin Language• Main language in Rome.• Today some people study

the language.• Today I n many words there

are Latin roots. • Gladiators wars were held

there to please emperors and gods.

• It was the best place to meet a girl/boy friend.

• The losers were feed to the lions.

Circus Maximus• Gladiator wars were

held there to honor the emperors and the gods.

• The losers were fed to the lions.

• Also it was the best place to meet a boy/girl friend.

Geography• Punic War • Geography settings• Tiber River• 7 Hills of Rome

Punic Wars• The 1st Punic War was

that the Mamertines attacked the Messina city.

• The, the 2nd war was against the Romans and Carthage.

• At the end of the 2nd war over 6500 men were lost it was the worst in history.



Geography Settings• Rome has many hills

and mountains.• It was built on 7 hills.• The land is suited for

farming.• Lastly Rome is a

peninsula.

7 Hills of Rome • Cermalus, Cispius,

Fagutal, Oppius, Platium, Sucusa and Velia are the 7 hills of Rome that were built on.

• At on point in time all 7 hills could be seen.

• But today only Cermalus.



Tiber River• The river is 250

miles long.• In Roman times the

river was green and lush.

• But today the river is arid or also known as dry.

Economy• Money/Coinage• Farming• Unemployment• Inflation

Money/Coinage• Coins were made out of

bronze, silver and gold.

• On the coins were the emperors achievements.

• Also the coins were good for the use of trade.

•Gods/Goddess were stamped on the coins.

Farming• Some farmer doing very well,

thanks to the emperor because he would give out grain to this homeless and someone.

• Other farmers were doing bad because they couldn’t afforded slave to harvest more produce.

• When farmer lost their jobs they would go out and look for new ones but all the slaves had those jobs.

Inflation• When Rome stopped

conquering land people started looking for gold.

• As gold became more popular the coins had less value because they are made out of gold.

• Today in the united States American money is less valuable than foreign money.

Politics• Magistrates• Senate• Assemblies• Trajan

Magistrates• The magistrates were

the main officials of Rome.

• Two council severed as the top magistrates of Rome.

• Each member had the right to block each others decisions.

Senate• Senators were the

second branch in the Roman republic.

• They advised the council men, and also controlled state finances and passed laws.

• In each group there was 300 men.

Assemblies• There were two branch

that made up the 3rd branch.

• The two groups represented the democratic side.

• In tribal assemblies the plebeians were in charge.

Trajan• Trajan restored almost all of

Italian roads.• He also built bridges so

carts and roads could cross the rivers.

• Last, he had administrators sent to help people with financial problems.

Religion• Roman Beliefs• Jewish• Christianity• Rise in Christianity

Roman Beliefs• Romans believed in

polytheism.• They would make

sacrifices and rituals to please the gods.

• One Rome story is that two twins named Romulus and Ramous were raised by the she wolf.

Christianity• Christians only played

instruments to worship there gods.

• They also buried their dead next to family member to be reunited in heaven easier.

• Last, they only sculptured religious portraits.

Rise in Christianity• When barbarians were

attacking more people were turning into pacifists or Christian that was making it hard to defend Rome.

• Lots of money was being used to built churches and monasteries.

Jewish• Roman’s would execute

Jewish people because they thought they were different just because of their religion.

• Believe in the star of David.

• Today people treat other people the same way and not by their religion.

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Conclusion• In my opinion I think

that the Tiber River was the most important feature in Rome. I think this because Rome was founded on it and all of their water supplies came Rome that river. With out the river Rome could not survive.



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