Ancient Rome

There were 177 emperors after Augustus. There were four more in his direct line, the Julio-Claudians, 81 emperors of the west and 97 emperors of the east.

Rome was never a little settlement. The foundation of Rome involved the unification of a number of independent settlements on what were to become the seven hills of Rome. Therefore, it was a sizable city-state from the beginning. The date given by the Roman tradition for the foundation of Rome is 853 BC. The city of Rome was never invaded. It was sacked four times, but it was not invaded or taken over. What was invaded was the western part of the Roman Empire. Its invasions started in 406 AD. The conventional date used by historians for the fall of the western part of the empire is 476. The invaders eventually took over the lands of this part of the empire, but did not take the city of Rome.

wine,vegetables and grains

The Forum Romanum was a forum civilium (civic centre), not a Forum Venalium (market). It was the centre of political, judicial and public life. It had temples, public buildings, tribunals , the comitiium (the place where the assemblies met), the speaker's Rostra, the senate house and the tabularium (records hall).

The Fora Venalia (plural of Forum Venalium) developed along the river Tiber, near the port, and expanded in the campus Martius . The oldest one was the Forum Boarium (for cattle) and was at the end of the valley between the Capitoline and Palatine hills. The Forum Vinarium (for wine) was near the Aventine Hill. The Forum Holitorium (for vegetables) and the Forun Saurium (for pork), were in the campus Martius. The Forum Piscarium (for fish) was between the Forum Romanum and the Subura

Many tribes, cities, pirates, federations, kingdoms and internqally over a thousand years. When did you have in mind?

A) Copy question

B) Translate question

C) Answer question in Latin

D) Translate answer

1A) Quis surgit?

1B) Who rises?

1C) Cornēlia surgit.

1D) Cornēlia rises.

2A) Quī dormiunt?

2B) Who is sleeping?

2C) Sextus dormiunt.

2D) Sextus is sleeping.

3A) Quid faciunt servī et ancillae?

3B) What are the slaves and slave women doing?

3C) Servī et ancillae coquere et lānam trahunt.

3D) The slaves and slave women cook and spin wool.

4A) Quid servī ē rīvō in vīllam portant?

4B) What do the slaves carry in the country house?

4C) Servī ē rīvō.

4D) The slaves carry water.

5A) Cūr Cornēlius īrātus est?

5B) Why is Cornēlius angry?

5C) Cornēlius est īrātus quod servī et ancillae sunt nōndum adiuvāre.

5D Cornēlius is angry because the servants and slave-woman are not yet helping.

6A) Quid Aurēlia Cornēlium docet?

6B) What does Aurelia teach Cornelia?

6C) Aurēlia docet Cornēlium observat servī et ancillae.

6D) Aurēlia teaches Cornēlium to watch the slaves and slave-women.

7A) Quid Cornēlia facere parat?

7B) What does Cornēlia prepare?

7C) Cornelia parat cibus.

7D) Cornelia prepares food.

8A) Quid Cornēlia nōn facit?

8B) What does Cornelia not do?

8C) Cornelia nōn reprehendit servī et ancillae.

8D) Cornelia does not scold the slaves and slave-women.

Marc Antony was a Roman general, politician and triumvir. He engaged in a power struggle with Octavian for supreme control of Rome. He allied himself with Cleopatra a queen of Egypt and their combined forces were defeated by Octavian. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, our western culture would have been vastly different. He is, in the popular mind, only remembered as the lover of Cleopatra and his abilities and good qualities are unfortunately overlooked.

it could then trade from its colonies in Greece, gaul, Spain and northern Africa

The Romans developed concrete. The Romans were not the first to use concrete, but they developed a new and better type of concrete by using pozzolana, a type of volcanic rock found at Pozzuoli, a suburb of Naples. Roman concrete was so good that it also set underwater and was used to build the docks of ports.

Roman concrete was as strong as modern concrete, but was less fluid and could not be poured into moulds. It had to be layered by hand. The Romans also discovered that by adding horse hair, the concrete was less liable to crack while it set and that blood made it more frost resistant.

The Romans also laid concrete in arches and vault to exploit the great load bearing capacity of these structures.

Roman upper class women behaved according to the conventions of the Roman upper class and took great care of clothing, skin care, make up and hair styling and dyeing, which was very expensive and which displayed their wealth and status.

You do not specify which Tiberius you are referring to. Tiberius was a common name.

Naevius Sutorius Macro, the head of the Praetorian (imperial) Guard, ordered the murder of the emperor Tiberius after reports of his death turned out to have been premature. Caligula, the grand-nephew of Tiberius, had hastily taken over power on hearing the mistaken news. Macro sided with Caligula and had Tiberius smothered under a huge heap of clothes

The famous Tiberius Gracchus and his supporters were clubbed to death by thugs hired by the senators

Pillars, arches, and statues have been standard features in Roman architecture over the ages but a lot of other features have changed often over time. Another consistency in Roman architecture would have to be that natural stone was used often and rarely painted.

slaves normally couldnt do anything but do something that they were told on the hand women couldnt vote or hold a political office. if a women wanted to do that she would have to break the law or get around it somehow.

No, if I'm not mistaken, they were the middle to lower class citizens, the normal masses in ancient Greece and Rome. And in the ancient governments, the term was used to refer to the general assembly of people the voted on the issues brought before them and represented the general population.

Yes, the Spartans were defeated by the Romans. Sparta had been in a slow decline for centuries before the Romans arrived. Roman commander Flamininus invaded Laconia and laid siege to Sparta around 195 BC. By the 2nd century BC it was nothing more than a province of Rome.

More precisely, he restored Cleopatra VII to the Egyptian throne. Cleopatra had been co-ruler with her father, Ptolemy XII. After his death she became co-ruler with her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, whom, in accordance with Egyptian customs, she married. Not long before Caesar arrived in Egypt, Cleopatra was deposed in a palace coup masterminded by Pothinus, the adviser of Ptolemy XIII, who was effectively his regent (the young king was only 13). Then she was exiled to Syria. When Caesar arrived in Egypt, he agreed to settle the dispute between Ptolemy XIII Cleopatra VII and summoned both to Alexandria, the capital of Egypt. Since this meant the return of Cleopatra to Egypt, Pothinus sent the Egyptian army to attack Alexandria, which was besieged for several months. Caesar was rescued by Mithridates of Pergamon, who came all the way from north-western Turkey. The two men fought the Battle of the Nile where they defeated the Egyptian army and Ptolemy drowned in the river. Following this, Caesar restored Cleopatra to the throne, who, to follow Egyptian tradition, shared it with her youngest brother Ptolemy XIV, whom she also married. This very young brother had little, if any, political influence.

Although there are some z words in Latin, in the classical times the letter z was only used to represent the Greek zeta. Here are some Latin z words: zamia, which means damage or loss, zephyrus, a warm, west wind, and zodiacus, which means the zodiac. Pretty slim pickings for an ABC book without going into proper names.

Roman culture has affected many aspects of the modern well. For example, our celebration of holidays. Saturnalia, which was the Roman celebration that honored the deity, Saturn inspired our celebration of Christmas. Romans also influenced our definition of family and marriage. The Roman Republic influenced the way our government has been set up. It set up a social hierarchy class system which is still in use.

Yes and no. An amphitheater is an oval or circular building with rows of seats for spectators. It's usually used for sporting events, but concerts, expos of all types can be held in one. The Colosseum therefore is an amphitheater. However, there is only one Colosseum and it is in Rome. "Colosseum" is a nickname for the Flavian amphitheater. However many cities name their sporting arenas or expo halls "The Colosseum" for their own purposes, even though it is technically a misnomer.

Romulus and Remus were only important to the Roman culture. They were the mythological founders of Rome. Their story served to give the Romans identity.

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The Romans did not have a word for Roman shades of blinds because they did not have them. Roman shades or blinds derive their name from the fact that they look a bit like the wooden shutters the Romans had.

Sicily was owned by both, at separate times, though.

Sicily was a colony of Greece, even though it is geographically closer to Carthage, who owned part of it. Then, the Romans fought for it and won.

THE END!

Stone or maybe marble

The Romans mostly sacrificed domesticated animals; cattle, sheep and pigs. In a very archaic ritual goats and dogs were sacrificed.

Since sacrifices were offering to the gods, they could also include incense, milk, honey, wine, oil, and flour cakes. Violets were used for rituals for the dead ancestors.