Name:_____________________ Date:____________________ Class Period:_____________

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Name:_____________________ Date:____________________
Class Period:_____________
Ch. 8, The Rise of the Ancient Rome, Section 2: The Roman Empire, p. 240-246
A. Ruling an Empire
I.
When ______________ came to power, ____________ control had already spread far
beyond __________.
II. Under ______________, __________ gained even more __________________.
III. ______________ controlled all the lands around the _________________________.
B. The Power of Augustus
I.
Augustus showed great _____________ for the _____________ and was careful to avoid
acting like a ___________. He did not want to surfer the same fate as __________________.
II. Wanted to share power with the ________________ and restore the ________________.
III. Romans were so grateful for Rome’s _______________ and _____________ that they
gave ________________ as much power as he wanted.
C. Governing Conquered Peoples
I.
Romans took some _____________ after a conquest, but most of the conquered people
remained ___________.
II. To govern, the Romans divided their _______________ into ________________.
a. province:______________________________________________________________
III. Romans did not usually force their _______________________ on conquered people.
IV. Many of the ________________ people adopted ____________ ways.
D. The Five “Good Emperors”
I.
For 82 years after Augustus’ death, ___________ history was a story of ___________,
______________ and _______________ emperors.
II. The two worse were ______________ and _____________.
III. In A.D. _______, Rome entered what is called the age of the _____________________.
IV. Perhaps the greatest was ______________.
V. Last of the “good emperors,” ______________ chose his son ___________ to follow
him.
E. The Empire in Decline
I.
During the reign of ______________ things started going badly for the _____________.
Name:_____________________ Date:____________________
Class Period:_____________
F. The Greek Influence on Rome
I.
Many ___________ visited Greece to study Greek ___________,
____________________, and ideas about _______________.
G. Religion
I.
__________ religion influenced _____________ religion.
II. Romans practiced __________________
a. polytheism:____________________________________________________________
III. Many Roman _________ and _______________ had ___________ counterparts.
H. Building on Ideas
I.
The Greeks developed studies such as __________________, _______________, and
________________. The _____________ benefited from the study of these subjects.
II. Roman ___________________ and __________________ blossomed.
I.
Architecture and Technology
I. Early Roman _________ and _______________ copied the ______________ style.
II. Romans studied and copied Greek __________________ and _____________________
III. Later, they developed their own _____________ and _____________________ styles.
J. The Roman Style
I.
Romans made advances in the use of the __________
a. arch:__________________________________________________________________
II. Romans developed an important new _______________ material- ________________.
K. The Colosseum
I.
The greatest ______________ building was the _______________.
a. Colosseum:____________________________________________________________
L. Roads and Aqueducts
I.
The ___________ allowed Roman _____________ to travel to all parts of the ________.
II. Romans were famous for their ___________________.
a. aqueducts: _____________________________________________________________
M. Roman Law
I.
A ruler named _____________ created a code of ____________ from Roman ________.
II. Roman _______ passed on to other ________________, including our own.
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