Ancient Rome
unit objectives
1. Be able to place the items listed on your map instructions.
(map worksheet, geography bingo)
2. Describe Roman culture, values and history during the Republic.
Etruscans
Greeks
Latins
Romulus & Remus
The Aeneid
patricians
plebeians
republic
Cincinnatus
consuls
dictator
Senate
Tribunes
assemblies
gravitas
Twelve Tables
polytheism
Jupiter
Juno
legions
provinces
The Forum
Julius Caesar
(video “Rome, The Ultimate Empire”; Chp. 6.1 f-i-b; Ch. 6.2 notes; Republic matching; class notes)
3. Describe Roman culture, values and history during Imperial Rome.
Caesar Augustus
Pax Romana
Colosseum
gladiator
Circus Maximus
Caligula
Nero
the Silk Road
civil service
census
the dole
the Baths
Constantine
Constantinople
Eastern & Western Roman Empire
“The Fall of the Roman Empire”
(video “Rome, The Ultimate Empire”; Chp. 6.2 notes; class notes)
4. Describe the legacy of Rome.
Hellenistic
Greco-Roman
classical
Virgil
Livy
Tacitus
realism
bas-relief
fresco
mosaic
the Coliseum
the Pantheon
aqueducts
concrete
Latin
Romance language
(video “Rome, The Ultimate Empire”; Chp. 6, sec. 5; crossword )
5. Compare ancient Rome and ancient Greece in the following areas:
environment, history, values, culture (including religion, government,
art, science, economy, social structure) and legacy.
(video “Rome, The Ultimate Empire”; class notes)
6. Compare ancient Rome to the United States. What lessons can we
learn from Rome?
(Letter to our leaders)