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Ancient Rome: Learning Outcomes
1. Rome is located on the continent of Europe; Rome is located on the Tiber River.
2. The Italian Peninsula is shaped like a high-heeled boot. Rome lacked good harbors so many people traveled
and traded on land.
3. Be familiar with the Romulus and Remus myth of Rome.
4. The Etruscans took control of Early Rome and their form of government was a monarchy (king or queen).
5. The Romans rebelled against the Etruscans and formed a new government called a republic.
6. A republic is a form of government in which citizens elect leaders to make all government decisions.
7. The Romans had two social classes: Patricians and Plebeians.
8. The Plebeians were lower class citizens of Rome with little say.
9. The Patricians were descendants of Rome’s earliest settlers.
10. Veto is to refuse or reject a law.
11. A wealthy group of people are called aristocrats.
12. Julius Caesar took control of Rome, made himself dictator, so the government became a dictatorship.
13. A dictator is a ruler with complete authority.
14. Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by the Senate who feared he was becoming too powerful.
15. After Julius Caesar’s death, Octavian fought Antony to control Roman lands and became a ruler of an
empire. Octavian is the same person as Augustus Caesar.
16. Augustus Caesar was Rome’s first true emperor.
17. The Roman government would persecute Christians in public to establish a sense of order and to set an
example of what might happen to those who chose to break laws.
18. A legion is a group of soldiers in the Roman army.
19. Roman roads allowed for cultural borrowing to happen between provinces and legions could move quickly
from place to place to protect the empire.
20. Roman roads were created first for the military/legion. Then, the roads were used by other people.
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A Roman coliseum is an area that looks like an amphitheater, stadium or large outdoor theater.
An aqueduct is a system of bridges and canals that carry water.
An arch is the curved part of an opening, as a doorway.
A craftsperson is known as an artisan.
The early Roman Empire required that all people worship the Roman gods.
Constantine, an emperor of Rome, issued the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity an accepted religion.
The transfer of political power is generally because of conflict between people and/or the death of a ruler.
The Roman’s culturally borrowed several things from the Greeks such as religion, art, architecture, and
language (cultural borrowing).
*Be able to compare Rome to ancient Greece (will need to review Greek Unit/Learning Outcomes)
*Be able to compare a Republic to a Democracy (Government Comparison)
* Be able to list the reasons why the Roman Empire fell.
* Be able to correctly label the following on a map:
Balkan Peninsula
Rome
Mediterranean Sea
Tiber River
Alps
Europe
Africa
Italian Peninsula