Learning Intention:
• Understand what an Empire is
• Understand key facts about the Roman Empire
Make a spider diagram of what you already
know about Ancient Rome.
What I know about Ancient Rome?
Copy this into your book.
Empire – A group of countries
controlled by one government or
person. This could be an Emperor
(male leader) or Empress (female
leader).
e.g. The Roman Empire and the
British Empire.
• Consider how large the Roman Empire was.
• Complete the missing words exercise.
• Find out what we call these countries today.
Complete the following paragraphs:
As the population of R_________ grew l_________ the Romans needed to
t________ with many countries for f________ and other g________. The
Roman a________ gradually began c________ (or defeating) other countries.
These countries were known as the p_________.
People in many of the provinces were given a form of Roman c_________ if
they agreed to f_________ for Rome. In this way the Romans i_________
their armies and made a_________ (or friends) of people who once had been
their e________.
Use these words to fill in the blanks:
allies
food
citizenship
increased
trade
Rome
conquering
goods larger provinces
armies fight
enemies
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Understand what a Republic is
See the differences between Senates and
Plebeians
Pros
In theory, everyone has
a say
Lots of good ideas
Cons
Senates with money,
could block decisions
Might be difficult to
come to 1 decision
Not ruled by one person No final choice on what
– may have evil
to do
intentions
The money for being in Though it may not be
government is spread
spread evenly
out
 Under
the Republic, 2 elected
groups shared the government
 The senate was composed of leaders
made up of the rich families
 These were the law makers
 There were 300 places available
The
other section was run by
the poor Romans
This was called the Assembly
In the beginning they had very
little power
They could vote but the Senates
could block their decisions
 The
people were farmers and herders
 Rome became a rich city from trade
 Rich men, called senators ran the
government
 Poor men called plebeians had little
power
 However, the senates did not always
control the army.
 Army generals often did not listen to the
senators.
 Plebeians
lived in apartment houses
called flats
 Usually they would live next to or
above their shops
 They were usually quite big and
pleasant
 Some would even have running
water!
 The entire family would live there
 The
whole family lived in these houses
 They were often made with red tile roofs,
with rooms arranged around a central
courtyard
 Windows faced the courtyard
 They had beautiful paintings on the wall
 They had many rooms too:
 Office, bedrooms, kitchen, dining room,
garden, toilet and a private bath