Geography

Punic Wars:

• The Punic wars took place in the country of Sicily.

• The Punic wars started by a fight in the Mederatrianion sea with the Sicilian soldiers and the Mamertimes.

• While the Punic war was going on the Romans believed that they would be able to stop the expansion of Carthlage.

Location:

• The Mediterranean Sea is located on the Southern side of Rome.

• Rome is close to the city of Greece and to the right of Italy.

• Sicily is located at the far end of Rome, Greece, and Spain.

Expansion:

• When the Romans had raised the taxes they would give all the money to the military.

• When the money was given to the military the money was spent in a lavish and selfish way.

• All the money given to the military was mainly given so they could build more buildings that weren’t needed.

Resources:

• All the fruits and vegetables that the Romans had bought at the market was grown by the Roman farmers.

• The Romans also had a plumbing system that brought water to their homes that was carried by aqueducts.

• Many of the Lavish goods that the Romans owned was traded from another country because they had unique and different items never seen before in Ancient Rome.

Religion:

Christianity:

• The Christians believed that no one should be forced to die even for protection.

• Christianity gave many of the Romans a good and peaceful life.

• Many of the Christians were persecuted or treated unfairly due to their belief of Christianity.

Roman Catholic:

• In the Roman Catholic church the official language of the church is Latin.

• The Roman Catholic only believed in one God known as Jesus Christ.

• In Ancient Rome the practice of Catholicism was practiced mainly in temples an churches.

Sacrifices:

• In Rome many of the Christians made religious sacrifices for their beliefs.

• A lot of times Romans weren’t sacrificed to survive they were sacrificed to die.

• Many of the Romans and Christians believed they were being treated unfairly due to their religious beliefs.

Jewish:

• Many of the Romans would execute the Jews due to their belief in Judaism and they also disliked the Jews.

• The Jewish key belief was in the star of David.

• Romans believed that God was Jewish so they crucified him to die for our sins on the cross.

Achievements:

Aqueducts:

• Aqueducts helped with the process of indoor plumbing.

• They helped with the transport of water to stores, homes, and bathing facilities.

• Aqueducts also helped with the cleaning of the water.

Concrete Roads:

• Was a fast and simple way of transportation.

• After the development of the concrete roads the invented the highways.

• Concrete roads and highways shortened down the amount of traveling time it took to get to your destination.

Greek Ideas:

• Greek ideas was the main reason for the invention of architecture to build temples and buildings.

• The Ideas expanded the way we learn and read.

• Greek ideas also came up with the invention of Roman arts.

Latin Language:

• Latin was the official language of the Roman empire.

• In the Catholic church the official language that is spoken is Latin.

• Today in the Catholic church we use the root words from the Latin Language.

Politics:

Nero:

• Nero supported many of the Roman poets ,musicians, and artist.

• Nero was scared that his younger stepbrother would take the thrown so he poisoned him and watched him die.

• While he had the thrown he had never started a war or a civil war.

Violence:

• In Ancient Rome there was a very high crime scene.

• Many time in Rome a lot of the kings or leaders were executed due to their bad choices or if they made choices that others didn’t like.

• In ancient Rome if you killed somebody you will face sever punishment or you will be killed.

Hadrian:

• Hadrian helped with the reforming of the legal system in Ancient Rome.

• Hadrian was a terrible ruler who only cared about himself and spend money on things that weren’t needed.

• Hadrian had his soldiers executed

Political Education:

• A lot of the rulers or leaders in Ancient Rome were very well educated.

• Many of the leaders or Kings in Rome had come from a very wealthy family.

• If you were part of a wealthy family you would always go to school for a long amount of time instead of a poor family who sometimes never went to school.

Economy:

Unemployment:

• In Ancient Rome there was a large lose of jobs.

• Many people could not survive without jobs so they had to sell them selves into slavery.

• Many of the men and women in Ancient Rome had to trade their lavish and valuable goods so they could get food and other necessary goods to survive.

Inflation:

• Many of the prices on food and goods had gone up.

• Many of the farmers in Ancient Rome had lost their farms due to the lack of food being bought by the markets.

• No one in Rome could find a job that would be hiring so they had lost everything they owned.

Trade:

• When people traded they traded on concrete roads.

• They also traded out at sea.

• When they traded they would trade things such as furniture, vases, and valuable goods so they could get more things that they needed.

Farming:

• In Ancient Rome many of the farmers crops weren’t being bought.

• If an emperor needed a piece of property that a farmer owns he would just kick the farmer off the land without any warning.

• If you were a farmer you had to rely on the way the economy was for you to make any money at all.

Social Structure:

Family Life:

• In the Roman society many of the men went to work daily.

• If you were a child in a rich family you would always go to school.

• If you were a poor women you always went to work.

Rich Family:

• If you were the wife of a wealthy family you would never have to go to work.

• Men in a wealthy family would always go to work if needed.

• Everyday the women would go to the market to buy lavish foods and desserts for dinnertime.

Poor Family:

• In a poor family all the women had to go to work.

• The men in Ancient Rome also always had to go to work.

• If you were child and part of non-wealthy family you would probably not go to school.

• Many poor Roman families had to sell themselves and their families into slavery just to survive.

Children:

• If you were part of wealthy family you would always have a tutor to help you succeed in school.

• If you weren’t considered as a rich family you would never be educated very well.

• If you were part of a rich family you would never have to work if not needed, were if you were a part of a poor family you always had to work.

What I learned:

The most important thing I learned about in Ancient Rome was the Social structure and government. I believe that social structure was important due to the different way each class had been treated. I also believe that social structure was important due to the way the people lived, survived, and the way they found and made money.

I also believe that government was important because of the way Rome was run and by the leaders that Rome had consisted of. I was most intrigued by the way Rome was run because I didn’t believe in all the choices that the leaders or kings had made. I also believe that the rulers of Ancient Rome had as big part to do with the way Rome was built. Many of the rulers in Rome had viewed the way to rule the empire in a different point of view.

This is what I believed was the most important idea in Ancient Rome.