ancient+rome

=__**  ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ Powerpoint#1**__= =**__Questions:__**= =**1.What is the story of how Rome started?**= =**2.Describe the political and social order in early ancient Rome.**= =**3.What happened in the Punic Wars?**= =**4.Why was Julius Caesar so important?**= =**5.Describe Roman Family Life?**= =** __Answer__s: **= =** 1. The Etruscans greatly influenced the city of Rome. They built temples, shops, roads, and homes and influencedother aspects of Roman culture as well. **= =** 2. Both Patricians and Plebians could vote. **= =** 3.The Romans sent an army to Sicily in order to intervene in a local dispute. The Carthaginians considered this an invasion of their territory. **= =** 4. He made land reforms and gave land to the poor. **= =** 5. Women had considerable power in their own families and many ran businesses and managed estates. **= =**__ Powerpoint#2 __**= =**__ Questions: __**= =** 1.What are the dates for the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire? **= =** 2.Explain the meaning of the Latin phrase primus inter pares. **= =** 3.Describe the accomplishments of Augustus. **= =** 4.What was the Pax Romana? **= =** 5.How do Caligula and Nero represent the problems of hereditary succession? **= =**__ Answers: __**= =** 1.Roman Republic(509 bce - 30 bce) Roman Empire(30 bce - 476 ce) **= =** 2."First among equals﻿" **= = 3.He had the power to call the Senate, veto the Senate’s laws, and make laws himself = = 4. Rome controlled the entire Mediterranean region and beyond = = 5.Brought southern Britannia (what later became Great Britain) under Roman control, as well as several kingdoms in the East = =__ Powerpoint#3 __= =__ Questions: __= = 1.Who split the empire into two halves, and why? = = 2.Explain the relationship between Emperor Constantine and Christianity. = = 3.Describe the accomplishments of Emperor Justinian. = = 4.When did the Western (Roman) and Eastern (Byzantine) empires officially end, and why? = = 5.Explain the economic, military, political, and social reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. = = 6.Name and describe at least three contributions of Roman civilization to world history. = =__ Answers: __= = 1. Western (Roman) Empire = = Ended officially in 476 CE when the last emperor, Romulus Augustus, was deposed by a barbarian, Odoacer = = •Eastern (Byzantine) Empire = = Lasted until 1453 when the empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks = = 2.His mother, Helena, Had converted to christianty = = 3. manaempires for a time, but this did not last = = 4.Lasted until 1453 when the empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks = = 5. •Gap between rich and poor • = = Armies were servants of Rome = = Patriotism became based on loyalty to an emperor, not to Rome = = ﻿ •Decline in intellectual culture = = 6. •Romance languages =