Ancient+Rome

Activity Two Google Earth Tour Watch this video to see the Ancient Rome layer in Google Earth __[]__ Watch this video on how to create a KMZ file (you will need to hand this in and upload to your wiki. __[]__

For this assignment you will have to tour ancient Rome on Google Earth and make a kmz file containing any five locations in ancient Rome and provide a description of why you selected the locations you did.

Worth 15 Marks

Activity Five Roman Rap __[]__

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<span style="color: #f47310; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**ACTIVITY ONE:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1) Hygenia was the goddess of health. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2) Condiments such as 'garum' or fish sauce were used to disguise the flavour of meat when it was past its best. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3) Melted beeswax was poured into shallowcavities in wooden tablets to create a writing surface that could be re-used. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4) Romans thought that sickenss was from gods, witchcraft and curses. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5) Honeysuckle was given to treat an enlarged spleen. - - - - - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1) Gladiators were matched to make things exciting and entertaining. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2) The spear was used for far away combat. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3) The dagger was used for close combat. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4) Romans gladiators were armed in a variety of styles, to mimic mythical figures and Rome's past enemies. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5) The Murmillo takes his name from a greek word for a type of fish.

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<span style="color: #f47310; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**ACTIVITY THREE:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Powerpoint #1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**1) What is the story of how Rome started?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It was founded by twin brothers (Romulus and Remus) in 753 B.C.E. They were from a wealthy family and abandoned by their uncle. A she-wolf then raised them. Romulus then killed his brother and took over as the leader of Rome.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**2) Describe the politcal and social order in early ancient Rome.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Patricians-wealthy, aristocratic. Plebians-less wealthy landowners, merchants, farmers. Both Plebians and Patricians could vote and marry but intermarriage was not allowed. Only Patricians could hold office.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**3) What happened in Punic Wars?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The Romans sent an army to Sicily to intervene on a local dispute. Carthaginian thought they were invading their territory. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Hannibal retaliated against Roman attempts to get Spain to invade Carthage. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- 50 years later Rome went to war again and destroyed the Carthage and claimed it as a Roman province called Africa.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**4) Why was Julius Caesar so important?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He began a number of public works, projects, and military campaigns in the east.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**5) Describe Roman Family Life.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When all family members lived together, the father had most power, women had some power because they ran businesses and managed estates, and the ancestor worship was extremely important.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Powerpoint #2

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**1) What are the dates for the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Roman Republic - 509 BCE - 30 BCE <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Roman Empire - 30 BCE - 476 CE

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**2) Explain the meaning of the Latin phrase //primus inter pares.//** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It means "first among equals" The emperors tried to maintain the facade that they were elected officials and not dictators.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**3) Describe the accomplishments of Augustus.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He established fire and police departments for Rome, established a strong money system, built and maintained the city's infrastructure, encouraged the growth of business, and extended citizenship to more provincials.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**4) What was the Pax Romana?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pax Romana means Roman Peace. Rome had complete control. They had almost no warfare. Peace lasted nearly 200 years. More and more provincials were granted official Roman citizenship.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**5) How do Caligula and Nero represent the problems of hereditary succession?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The emperor is not chosen by the people. The right is given because of birth/former emperor.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Powerpoint #3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**1) Who split the empire in two halves, and why?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Diocletian believed that dividing the empire for administrative purposes would strengthen the empire. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**2) Explain the relationship between Emperor Constantine and Christianity.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">His mother Helena had converted to Christianity. He converted on his deathbed. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**3) Describe the accomplishments of Emperor Justinian.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Powerful emperor of the Eastern Empire, reunited the Eastern and Western empires for a time, and he rewrote Roman law. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**4) When did the Western (Roman) and Eastern (Byzantine) empires officially end, and why?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Western: officially ended 476 CE when the last emperor was deposed by a barbarian. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Eastern: lasted until 1453 when the empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**5) Explain the econimic, military, political, and social reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The gap between rich and poor, armies made and unmade emperors, decline in patriotism, population decline. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**6) Name and describe at least three constributions of Roman civilization to worl history.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Christianity: started in Judea (Roman province). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">romance languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Romanian. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">architecture: aqueducts, bridges, dams, harbors, roads.

<span style="color: #f47310; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**ACTIVITY FOUR:**

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