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Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a civilization that started as a small community in the Italian Peninsula around 10th century BC. Located in the city of Rome, it became one of the largest and most powerful empires of the ancient world.
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What were ancient roman vases used for?
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
The Romans used vases for the same reasons we use them. They held flowers, or other decorative items, or they were objects of art themselves. There was a dice game that they played with a glass vase, where the players had to pitch the dice into the vase from a certain distance. Highest score won.
What were popular fruits in Ancient Rome?
Apples, apricots (they were introduced form Armenia) cherries (they were introduced form Turkey) figs, filberts, melons (they were introduced form Africa) olives, pears, peaches, damson plums (they were introduced from Syria) quinces and pomegranates (they were introduced from Africa). Lemons were introduced in the 1st century AD.
The period of decline started 55 years after the death of the last "good emperor." It was caused by a 50-year period of military anarchy historians call the Crisis of the Third Century. The Romans were torn by civil wars and suffered invasions by peoples who took advantage of this and played a game of cat and mouse. When there were invasions in the east they had to redeploy some of their troops from the west. The same happened when there were attacks in the west. The emperor Gallienus developed a cavalry force which acted as a rapid deployment force and could reach the places under pressure quickly.
At the end of the third century and in the early fourth century the emperors Diocletian and Constantine restore order in the empire. The period of decline stopped.
What major people shaped Rome?
The Romans developed the Roman Empire. It was the Romans who, through several wins in wars and several conquests, built their empire.
I'm not sure about this answer, so you should do the research. The answer is the Tiber River.
How did Romans build their houses?
The house or apartment you lived in depended on status and wealth. The poor of Rome lived in small cramped apartments that were a combination of cement and wood. The roof of all houses were made with timbers holding a covering of titles or thatch. The apartments were multistory so if a fire broke out it would jump from apartment to apartment buring the whole area. The rich lived very well. The villas I have seen in Rome and Pompeii of the rich were built around an open atrium with all the rooms opening to it. Inside there was an space to receive visitors and this may also have a fountain. On either side of the visitor area was bedrooms and other rooms. The kitchen was to the back and separate from the main house to keep it from catching fire if one broke out. Slave cells ( these were a small room or cell with a bed) were also in the back and some wealthy also had cells of a brothel. I was in one villa in Sicily that was 65 rooms with inlaid floors of mosaics. It included a gym.
What impact did virgil have on ancient rome?
Virgil was considered, and still is, the greatest poet of Latin literature. In Rome he was considered the writer who had set the highest bar. His most famous work, the Aeneid, elaborated the legend of Romans' ancestry through Aeneas and was very patriotic and a boost to Roman pride.
Could ancient Rome have stayed in power of their geographic location has been different?
Yes it would. Roman civilisation begun before Rome had an empire. Moreover, the strategic location helped with he growth of the empire around the Mediterranean, but it did not determine it. The formation of the empire was a complex set of events and processes and the geographical position was only a contributory factor. Moreover, there was not a design of creating an empire. Most of the stages Rome's expansion into the Mediterranean beyond Italy were due to accident, rather than an empire-building drive. This kind of drive emerged after Rome took over most of the Mediterranean.
What type of government existed ancient Rome between 509 BC and 27 BC?
In 600 BC Rome was still a monarchy, which lasted for 144 years (753-509 BC). In 509 BC the Romans overthrew the last king because he was a tyrant. They decided to do away with the monarchy and established the Roman Republic, which was designed to prevent power from going into the hands of a single man to avoid a return of tyranny. The Republic lasted for 482 years, until it was replaced by rule by emperors in 27 BC.
What were the roles of women men and children in ancient Rome?
Woman were housewives and did all the cooking and cleaning unless they had servants. They were expected to be loyal to their husbands.
Men were involved in government and politics, farming, hunting, sailing, and trading.
Girls were taught to cook, clean, weave, dance, sing, and sometimes reading and writing by their mothers.
Boys went to school and learned, reading, writing, math, poetry, and music. THey were also expected to be involved in sports or athletic events.
What were the patricians army defense ancient Rome?
The Roman army was not a patrician army. The early Roman army was a levied militia of peasant-proprietors. Later it was turned into a professional army of volunteers and the solider there the poor who found a chance to have a career, a pay and on retirement, a lump sum or a plot of land.
The patricians were the aristocracy. They provided many of the generals.
What animal pulled carts in ancient rome?
By the historical period, the Romans did not use chariots as fighting vehicles, relying on infantry and cavalry. The chariot remained as a ceremonial vehicle and for racing in the circus, and is depicted on monuments (usually a biga or quadriga - two or four horses) The chariot was pulled by horses, however there is a record of Pompey the Great using elephants in a triumphal procession after his conquest of the East.
What was the main type of transport the ancient Romans used?
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
In Roman times the transport facilities were the horse, the oxcart, the mule, carriages, both small and large, litters, carrying chairs, ships and the most popular of all, a person's own two feet.
The early religions did not provide an acceptable afterlife, and some people desperately wanted this to avoid oblivion, or a Hades where there was nothing. There were cults which did provide that, but they were isolated and accessible to rich travellers. So to meet the demand, cults arose which would travel to the people - Mithraism, Christianity, Isis, Jehovah, etc and later Islam, which spread throughout the world. Where they could not replace earlier religion entirely, they absorbed those practices into them, eg when Isis could not be stamped out by Christianity, it absorbed her characteristics and tiles into Mary mother of Jesus, and Jesus' birthdate was brought forward from 6 January to 25 December to absorb the popular Feast of the Saturnalia.
What jobs do they have in rome?
My sources say that most people are out of work. how ever lots of woman work as house maids. Kids go t public school. That teach religion. the most common job is being a musicaon. About 90 percent of the men there are musicians in clubs or bars late at night. Alcoholism is a major problem in rome.
What earlier civilization did Rome copy most of their gods from?
Every thing from Roman mythology has a Greek counterpart, except Janus who was the god of beginnings and endings.
Why did the plebeians rebel against the patricians in 494 bce?
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
The plebeians rebelled because they wanted their civil rights and the opportunities that came with them.
What 2 branches of government did Rome have?
The Roman Republic did not have branches of government as we understand them today. The Roman Senate's powers were not very clearly defined, nor was it an elected body. Basically is was a fairly regular meeting of representatives of the most important and noble Roman families who - certainly in their own mind - in a way represented 'the State'. Your family could only be 'elevated' to Senatorial rank, either by being elected as Quaestor (during the Republic) or later, by appointment of The Emperor. Executive power was firstly held by two annually elected consuls (who also proposed new laws and were the State's supreme judges) who were at the same time generals of the army for that year. In all, there were five executive ranks, and after the consuls:
- Praetors, who executed part of the consuls' duties. In peacetime those were mostly religious; during the many wars, they usually held military commands under the supreme commandership of the consuls.
- Censors, who were responsible for various censuses and were the 'overseeers of public morals'- although that had practically nothing to do with 'sex' at the time. Through the census they kept the State up to date on its population, its wealth and of the state of essential services. Although they were less powerfulful than praetors, the jobs were usually held by former consuls and the office had great prestige because of that.
- Aediles, two pairs of them each year, two plebean and two patrician. Like the questorship to be mentioned under 4, this was a job held by younger members of the important families who were trying to climb the slippery pole to consulship. Aediles were responsible for maintenance of public buildings and the organizing or Rome's festivals. This last responsibility was a major one: it could show your organizational skills, show how much money you could and would spend on them and if done well, it could put you very much in the public eye for later and higher office.
- Quaestors. who were responsible for overseeing the public finances and those of the armies. Strangely enough, this was considered the most 'junior' of the public offices.
All these office holders (all elected for 1 year, except for the censors who were elected for 18 months) acted largely independently from each other. A check only on the Consuls' activities was instituted in the form of the "Tribunes of the plebs" who could veto decisions and laws made by the Consuls. The office of Tribune had been instituted as a check on what the Patrician clans and families did in office: this was because most of the above offices could only be held by Patricians. A Tribune on the other hand could only be someone from a Plebeian family. Tribunes could also act as 'military Tribunes" and then hold lower command. It was a powerful office, not only because the Consuls' act could be blocked but also because a Tribune could independently propose laws and have them approved in self-convened public meetings 'as long as these affected only the Plebeians'.
Finally, in times of crisis a consul or former consul could be appointed as Dictator, mostly for a period of 6 months. He then could take all the decisions normally taken by any of the other office holders and he could appoint people in an office instead of having them elected.
Who had the right to veto each others decision in ancient rome?
During the Roman republic all the five types ofofficersof state had the power of veto.Officersof state of the same rank could veto each other's actions andofficersof state of higher rank could veto the actions ofofficersof state of lower rank. It was the actions not the decisions which were vetoed, and therefore, stopped.
Which trees were presented as crowns in ancient Greece and Rome to the victors of war?
If you mean a laurel, they were made of the leaves/branches of the Bay Laurel
What were the major contributions of Rome had on law architure religion and government?
The Romans have given us Christianity. It developed from a religion among a small group of Jews (who lived in Judea, which was part of the Roman Empire) into a mass religion in the Roman days. It spread around the Roman Empire. It became state religion. Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity developed during the Late Roman Empire. They were originally called Latin or Western Christianity and Greek or Eastern Christianity respectively. The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
The key principles of Roman civil law have provided the foundation or an inspiration for the law of many modern countries. These are: citizenship status and citizenship rights, equality under the law, the right to have a proper trial and to defend oneself, the right to appeal, that the burden of proof rests on the accuser and not on the accused, that it is the exact form of actions and not intentions or words which is punishable, and that a law deemed unreasonable or unfair can be repealed.
The Romans influenced European architecture, sculpture and painting until the early 20th century. They influenced the art of the Renaissance (14th-15th century) Baroque (17th-18th century) and Neoclassicism (18th-20th century, and is still sometimes used today). Palladian architecture was also based on Roman architecture. It was popular from the 17th century to the 20th century and was often used for public buildings. Latin literature was very influential in European literature until the mid-20th century.
