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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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When in rome does as the Romans?
It is my interpretation of the quote, "When in Rome do as the Romans do" to speak the language of the country which is mainly Italian. Latin is also spoken in Rome but only ceremoniously at the Vatican
Purgatory, according to the Inferno, God placed people who were never exposed to Christianity but were still virtuous in their acts in Purgatory.
Who were julio-claudian rulers?
The Julio-Claudian rulers were the first five rulers of ancient Rome. They were the first dynasty and all related either biologically or by adoption. They were Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula) Claudius and Nero.
What 2 groups formed the government in early Rome?
The two groups that ruled in Rome in place of a king were the Senate and the Roman People. (SPQR). The senate was the debating and consulting body, the 'Roman people" were the voting assemblies.
How many years passed between the founding of rome and the building of aquq appia and the via appia?
it id 441
Why did the Romans oppose early Christianity?
Some Opinions:
Christians predicted the demise of the Roman Empire, and refused to participate in state religion. The Roman Empire eventually became Christian, however.
Christianity denied that the Caesar was a god, thus earning the opposition of the Emperor because Christians didn't recognize his "divinity".
How many Roman army men were in a Roman century?
Chain of command for a legion: (Note: A legion was usually comprised of 10 Cohorts, each cohort was made of about 6 centuries, each century had 80 men plus the centurion)
Chain of Command:Legatus: Commander of the Legion, in charge of about 5,280 men.
Primus Pilus: Supreme Centurion of a Legion, Senior Centurion of the First Cohort, in charge of about 960 men.
Senior Centurion: Commander of a Cohort, in charge of about 480 men.
Primi Ordine: A Centurion in Command of a Century in the First Cohort, in charge of about 80 men.
Junior Centurion: Commander of a Century, in charge of about 80 men.
File Leader: Basically the leader of a file in a Century, not necessarily a Commander, but just a soldier who did have slight authority of about 10 men in a file.
Where did slaves in ancient Rome eat?
In the kitchen of their master's house.
Or when they were being transported-in the ship, in the same place where they slept and 'did their business'-all the slaves were chained together.
Why did the ancient Romans take there cats into battle?
they took them because cats could blow of the heads of the enemy and then they would turn into rainbows and then the Romans just loved rainbows so they would keep on killing people....
it was a mess
What is the history of the colosseum in rome?
The construction of the Colosseum was commissioned in 70 by the emperor Vespasian (reigned 69-79) and was completed in 80 by his son and successor Titus (reigned 79-81). Titus' brother and successor Domitian (reigned 81-96) added a fourth tier. Since there were the emperors of the Flavian dynasty, the actual name of the arena was Flavian Amphitheatre (Amphitheatrum Flavium). The nickname Colosseum his thought to have been derived from a colossal statue of Nero nearby which was called Colossus, after the Colossus of Rhodes.
The Colosseum was financed with the funds from the spoil of war of the victorious First Jewish-Roman War and was built Jewish slaves. In antiquity slaves were enslaved war captives. Josephus estimated that the Romans took 97,000 slaves from Jerusalem to Rome. It is not clear how many of them worked on the Colosseum. One estimate gives 20,000.
The Colosseum was badly damaged in 217 by a major fire which destroyed the wooden searings on upper levels. This was completely finished only in 240. There were further repairs in 250 or 252 and 320. It may have been damaged by a major earthquake in 443. there were more repairs in 484 and 508.
In 325 Constantine the Great banned gladiatorial games. However, this legislation and subsequent ones were ineffective. In 365, Valentinian I threatened to fine a judge who sentenced Christians to the arena and in 384 to limit the expenses of the games (something which had been done many times over two centuries). Theodosius I banned all pagan festivals in 393, but these games continued. Honorius legally ended these games in the western part of the empire in 399, and in 404. Valentinian III repeated the ban in 438. It seems that by this time the popularity of the gladiatorial games waned. However, animal hunts continued into the 6th century.
A small church was built inside the Colosseum by the late 6th century. The arena was converted into a cemetery. The vaults of the arcades under the setting were used for housing and workshops, some of which were rented until the 12th century. An aristocratic family, the frangipane, acquired the Colosseum probably used it as a castle and fortified it. In 1349 the upper part of the southern façade collapsed in an earthquake and the fallen stones were taken and sued as building materials. Over the centuries, like many other ancient Roman buildings, it was quarried for building materials. The interior was stripped of stone, and so was the marble of the façade. The bronze clamps which held the stones together were ripped away. A religious order moved into the northern third and in the mid14th century stayed there until the early 19th century. In 1749, Pope Benedict XIV declared the Colosseum as a sacred place where Christian martyrs had died and forbade its quarrying. He consecrated the building to the Passion of Christ and installed Stations of the Cross. He declared it sanctified by the blood of the martyrs.
There were many projects, to remove the vegetation which had grown the Colosseum, causing damage. In 1807 and 1827 he façade was reinforced with triangular brick wedges. The interior was repaired in 1831, 1846 and in the 1930s. The substructure was partly excavated in 1810-1814 and 1874 and was brought fully to the light under Benito Mussolini in the 1930s.
Why did the Romans create a tripartite government?
The Roman government is erroneously called a tripartite because someone is/was determined to read something into Roman government that was never there, such as a government made up of three components or branches like the government of the United States. The Roman government was a bipartite -- it consisted of two parts, not three. The two parts of the Roman government were the Senate and the Roman people. (SPQR) All the Roman magistrates were members of the senate and they were elected to their offices by the Roman people in the various assemblies. There was no separate justice department. The dispensing of justice fell under the authority of the praetors who were members of the senate.
What was the reality of the Roman Senate in the early Roman Republic?
The senate during the republic was the advisory body for the consuls. It was not an elected body. In the Early Republic it was dominated by the patricians who made membership of this body exclusive to themselves. With the Conflict of the orders between patricians and plebeians, the rich plebeians gained access to the seats of the senate.
Who made the 12 tables of ancient rome?
The Twelve Tables were created by the first Decimvirate, a body of ten commissioners who gathered the laws and had them inscribed on ten tables of brass. These tables were erected in the Forum and were binding on all the people. At the close of the year of this committee's office, a second decimvirate was appointed and they added the final two Tables.
How did the roman roads play an important role in the empire's success?
The Roman roads provided communication routes which linked the various areas of the vast Roman Empire and were crucial to link the provinces of the empire, and to facilitate their integration into the imperial system, the administration and the economy of the empire and its defence.
The Romans network of roads throughout their empire totalled the 400,000 kilometres (250,000 miles). They provided a communication system which facilitated travel, administration and trade. People could travel more easily. The roads were also used by government officials who were appointed in the provinces and had to travel there or were transferred from a province to another. They were important for the government-supervised cursus publicus or cursus vehicularis, the postal service of the Romans. In the Later Empire it had two branches, the fast one (cursus velox ) which used horses and/or mules (the veredi, saddle horses, and the parhippi, "pack-horses or mules) and a slower one (cursus clabularis) which used oxen-driven carts. There were messengers who carried the letters of the rich or government information and/or instructions and military messengers. It has been estimated that the messengers could cover about 50 miles per day. The roads were also important for the transport of goods for trade. There is evidence what goods often travelled on the roads for the very long distances, from a far-flung corner of the empire to another.
The Roman roads had mansiones (staying places, singular mansio) every 20 to 30 km (15 to 18 miles) which were refreshment and resting places for government officials. The resting places for rich travellers were the tabernae which were originally houses near the roads which were required by law to provide accommodation on demand and developed into more luxurious rest palces. Ordinary people went to the cauponae (private inns) near the masiones, which were seen as seen as being disreputable and as being were frequented by thieves and prostitutes.
About 20% of the Roman roads (80,500km, 50,313 miles) were the famous stone-paved roads. They had a military purpose. They made the movement of soldiers and the delivery of supplies to troops at the front or stationed in garrisons much easier and faster. They were also used for general travel and the transport of goods for trade. Their military nature was also shown in by the fact that they were usually built on a straight line, even when they crossed hilly areas. Traders also used these roads to transport their goods. They complained that the straight tracts over steep gradients made it very difficult for their laden wagons. After these complaints at least some of these tracts were redesigned to allow for less steep gradients.
Who was held prisoner here at Mamertine Prison?
Saint Peter, according to the Catholic faithful. Most historians however have found little or no solid evidence that Peter ever actually was in Rome; let alone, how he met his end there
Is a system that gave some conquered peoples such as the Latins full Roman citizenship?
It is the Roman Dictatorship
What did the Romans create in Britain?
They built roads, many of which are still in use today, hot water, sewers, so many things
Did people have to pay to get inti the colosseum in Rome in ancient times?
Sometimes, but if you did, the fee was minimal. Many times the baths were free for an entire year as a type of celebration. Often an emperor or a triumphing general would donate free baths to the people as part of a gift to them.
Did ancient Romans have cakes?
Yes, fish was a popular food. The wealthy even had "fish farms" on some of their estates which were near the sea.
The answer is yes, but they mostly ate swordfish.
Who was better Romulus or Remus?
According to the legend:
Remus died while they were deciding where to found Rome.
Romulus went on to found Rome, naming it after himself - and was an inspired military and political leader. He did however apparently organise the abduction of women from the neighbouring tribes, and one version of the story states that he killed his own brother - so it is difficult to say which brother was 'better'.
What people was not an emperor of Rome?
President Lincoln was not an Emperor of Rome, indeed everyone who has ever Lived except for the few people who were Roman Emperors were NOT Emperors of Rome. That is many many billion people, what is the point of asking a question like this?
How were roman sculptures realistic?
Roman sculptures of the republican period were bust which were faithful representational renditions of what the subject actually looked like and, in that sense, were realistic. The tended to emphasise the features of old age, which represented the wisdom of age of the leaders and also the republican ideal of dignitas, intergitas and gravitas.
The statues of the period of rule by emperors were different. The first emperor, Augustus, encouraged full body statues which copied Greek models of the statuaries of Hellenistic rulers. These statues were more idealised to help to create a personality cult centred on himself. He liked to be represented as a divine and as a military leader. He also started a trend for youthful depictions. The vigour of youth now became a symbol of leadership instead of the wisdom of old age.
