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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 sort of things would a typical roman house have had in it?
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What was Rome's religion called?
From the time of Caesar Augustus (during the lifetime of Jesus), the religion of the Roman Empire consisted of emperor worship and the worship of a pantheon of Gods headed by Jupiter and Hera (the homologues of the earlier Greek version, Zeus and Hera). After 325 A.D., when Constantine was the Roman emperor, the state religion was Christianity. And Christianity has predominated in Europe ever since (along with being the majority religion in North and South America, as well as Australia.
What effect did the Roman conquest have on language?
The effect on the English language of the Roman invasion and occupation is negligible. Only around 200 Latin loanwords are inherited from the Romans - although by the 6th century the Church will have brought many more. Many of the Roman words are place names (London, Bath), or words coined by merchants and soldiers: win (wine), candel (candle), belt (belt), and weall (wall).
What problems did rome have with Nero as an emperor?
Domestically, Rome had financial problems during Nero's reign as Nero was generous to a fault and one of the ancient world's biggest spenders. Internationally, Nero was blessed with good generals who put down foreign problems. Corbulo took care of things in Armenia, Paulinus overcame Boudicca and Vespasian was sent to handle the Jewish revolt.
What were the contributions to modern society from ancient Rome?
The main legacies of the Romans are religion, the alphabet, language, the calendar, law, architecture and literature.
Christianity 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.
Western European languages have adopted and adapted the Latin alphabet. The only letters in the English language which do not come from the Latin alphabet are J, U and W.
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are languages derived from Latin (Romance languages). Many Latin words or words of Latin origin have entered English via two routes. One was that Latin was the language of the church in the Middle Ages. The other was the Norman conquest of England. French became the court language and many French words entered into the English language. These words are usually of Latin origin.
Many international words in medicine, law and theology are Latin.
The calendar we use is the Gregorian calendar. It is named after the minor modifications made by the calendar instituted by Julius Caesar (Julian calendar) by Pope Gregory XII in 1582. Therefore, we basically use the Roman calendar. We also use translations of the Roman names for the months.
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, nobody is above the law, the right to have a proper trial, the right to defend oneself and to be represented, 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.
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They were treated terribly! They were auctioned off and fought to the death. If they were lucky. Otherwise, they had to work in dangerous situations on high mountains and cliffs. If they misbehaved, they got a lashing and were starved until they died!
(If you want to learn more watch 'Spartacus')
What did uneducated slaves do in ancient roman times?
Roman civilization, as all other ancient civilizations, was a slave based society. The slaves did whatever they were told to do or that they were trained to do. Their duties covered a wide variety of services--some were physical laborers, some had domestic duties and others had the more intellectual type of duties such as teachers, scribes and accountants.
Why wasn't the roman empire able to produce enough food?
The Roman Empire was able to produce enough food.
What was the setup of the Romans republic?
The Roman senate was originally established by Romulus (Rome's founder and first king) when he founded Rome. He selected 100 pater familias (fathers of the family/heads of the household) form the leading clans of Rome of the time to sit in a council of elders (senate comes from the word senex which means old man). This was the advisory body of the king.
In the Republican period the senate continued to be an advisory body. During the Early Republic the patricians (the descendants of the original pater familias) monopolised the seats of the senate. Later, the rich plebeians were co-opted into a patrician-plebeian oligarchy and gained access to the senate. At this point the senate was composed of former senior officers of state and of people enrolled by the censor, an officer of state who kept the roll of senators and could appoint new senators or expel current senators. His decisions were based on appropriate stats, merit, and a code of conduct. Later still, Lucius Cornelius Sulla doubled the size of the senate, made former junior officer of state eligible for a seat in the senate and increased their numbers, so that all senators were former officers of state.
What did the Romans invent that you still use today in construction?
One invention that helped with the creation of modern plumbing, irrigation, and sanitation was the Aqueducts. Other inventions of the Romans that are still in use today are concrete, newspapers, bound books, welfare, roads, the Julian Calendar, and battlefield surgery.
How did Renaissance give re-birth to ancient Rome and Greece?
Greek and Roman art became reborn in the period of time called the Renaissance. It was during this time that the Europeans began rediscovering their past which had been preserved by the Church and churchmen.
Titus Tatius, a Sabine king, co-ruled with Romulus for five years, until he was murdered for revenge by the people of the Latin city of Lavinium. He attacked Rome with his Sabine followers , but made peace and settled on the Quirinal and Viminal Hills. These Sabines were integrated into the Roman state and its political structures. Thus, the Romans saw themselves as the product of a fusion between Latins and Sabines. The citizens' name remained Roman, but the community was also called Quirites, a name derived from the Sabine god Quirinus, who also became a Roman god. Titus Tatius is not listed among the seven kings of Rome because he ruled only temporarily.
Just a slight addenda to the above. the term "Quirites" comes from this early time span and it is used as a form of address to Roman citizens. It's the Q in SPQR.
SPQR stood for Senatum Populesque Romanum which means The Senate and the People of Rome. The Q stood for the que in populesque, which is a particle added to populus (the people) which means"and" connecting the two nominative nouns. It has nothing to do with quirites. SPQR dated from a much later time, it referred to the government of the republic. As for the term quirite, my text does imply that it dates from the time of Romulus by the fact that it was derived from the Sabine god Quirinus and Latins and Sabines fused at the time of Romulus.
What are the rules of being an emperor in Rome?
Qin Shi Huangdi, united China with violence, crowned himself Emperor
Charlemagne, expanded so his realm so greatly (with war) that the Pope in Rome feared for his life, and crowned him the new Emperor of "Rome" in an attempt to make Charles like him more.
Augustus, inherited the entire Roman state from his adoptive father, Julius Ceasar, who had taken the positions of Dictator and Consul using brute force.
Napoleon, kinda like Ceasar, first served in the army, rose through the ranks. Somehow (this isn't my strong side of history) became leader of the Republic, then, proclaimed himself Emperor, the army was loyal to him, not france, not the revolution, so nobody could do anything about it.
It's all about war, of course, it could also be so that some dude 1000 years ago created the Empire and because of luck and intermarriage, you now rule. This is when empires tend to fall.
If is not really possible to answer this question if it does not specify what the following is. I will assume that it refers to democracy because this is seen the most important political legacy of the Greeks.
What is emperor Diocletian known for?
Diocletian unleashed the worse persecution of Christians in the history of the Roman: the Great Persecution.
Diocletian subdivided the Empire into four administrative units and created the tetrarchy (rule by four). He appointed fellow general Maximian as co-emperor in 285. Maximian took overall control of the western part of the empire, while Diocletian took overall control of the eastern part. Then these two men became senior emperors (Augusti) with the creation in 293 of two junior emperors (Caesars) who were subordinates of the Augusti. Diocletian also created the four praetorian prefectures of Galliae(Gaul, Britannia and Hispania), Italia et Africa, Illyricum (the Balkan Peninsula except for Thracia, in the southeast, next to modern Turkey) and Oriens (Thracia, the territories in Asia and Egypt). . Maximian took charge of Italia et Africa and Diocletian took charge of Oriens. The Caesars Constantius and Galerius took charge of Galliae and Illyricum respectively. One of the tasks of the Caesars was to defend the troubled frontiers along the rivers Rhine and Danube respectively, which had been under constant attack from outside.
Diocletian also designated four cities ans new imperial capitals: Nicomedia (in north-western Turkey), Augusta Trevorum (Triers in Germany near the river Rhine) and Sirmium (near Belgrade on the river Danube).
Why did the Romans change from Saturnalia to Christmas?
Actually, the ancient Romans did celebrate on December 25th. But to them this date was the birthday of Mithras, not of Jesus. December 25th was only chosen as the birthday of Jesus in the fourth century CE.
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How did the women feel in ancient rome?
Roman women felt with their fingers just as everyone else. Okay, that's my contribution to fun. Seriously though, its difficult to give you an exact answer as ancient culture was very different from ours. Most women felt that home and family were the most important aspects of their lives. They were not allowed to vote or hold public office and most of them didn't want to anyhow, as that would make them seem masculine or unfeminine. The ancient Romans (and all other ancient societies) had well defined roles for both men and women.
What is the conflict between plebeian and patrician?
The "Patricians" of ancient Rome were the rich aristocrats who dominated the politics and government of the city and empire. The "plebeians", or common people, though citizens, had little influence in government. Rome was never a democracy, even in the days of the Republic. The plebeians could not be antagonized beyond their tolerance, however, ...such as over-taxation or denial of basic rights. The Roman army consisted of plebeian soldiers. Without the loyalty of the army, no Roman government could stay in power very long.The Patricians were a corrupt regime that used their economic power to oppress the disadvantaged Plebeian.In an event that the poor Pleb fails to pay....TANAKA
Where would the Romans go to watch chariot races?
Roman spectators watched chariot races in a circus. Circus in Roman times meant racecourse, it did not have the same meaning as today's word, circus. In the city of Rome itself, the Ciurcus Maximus was the main racecourse.
What did the Romans call the word money?
Roman's had a few words for money, but the most commonly used term was argentum which literally means "silver" and is the origin of the French word for money, argent. Pecuniawas also used, and survives in the English "pecuniary" meaning financial.
Names for Roman currencies were the origin of the word for money in many modern languages. For example, denarius (a silver coin in ancient Rome) is the origin of the Spanish word for money, dinero, and aureus (a gold coin in ancient Rome) is the origin of Romance languages' words for gold (oro in Spanish, or in French, etc.) and the English "ore," meaning a precious mineral.
How did Rome's geography affect them?
Ancient Rome's geographical location turned out to be a good one for the purposes of expanding its trade and commerce interests. As it turned out Rome's central location in the center of the Mediterranean world aided in its territorial expansion. Rome's location has a favorable climate. Weather extremes did not affect it. It had no harsh Winters or tropical Summers. This then was no handicap for its engineering skills to enhance the city itself and the communities around it. The city was on the River Tiber, and as history has shown us, access to a waterway is a plus for trade & commerce. Unfortunately, where the Tiber enters the Mediterranean Sea, there is no natural port. This proved to be not a major problem as the Roman engineers built an artificial port at the end of the Tiber. It was called Ostia. The port was only 16 miles southeast of Rome. Now access to clean drinking water & access to river transportation is essential to the growth of any nation wishing to expand its influence. The Tiber River did this for the ancient Romans. The Tiber rose from 2 springs in the Apennine mountains. Fresh water was right at hand & to enhance the water supply the mountains provided the downward slope to have remarkable aqueducts bring water to the city. The course of the water lent a natural place for settlements to be defended.
As Rome began to see that expansion by either treaty or conquest could lead to wealth & power, its location was a plus. Rich nations lay to the east & west of Rome. Nothing could be better than for armies and warships to reach these areas of wealth than a central location. At the time, the Mediterranean World was the only world the Romans knew. Later of course areas in western Europe were discovered to be sources of wealth by conquest. Still, Rome's location was well within reach of these large territories such as Gaul. To sum things up, Rome's geographical location was as good as could be expected to form an empire.
What city was a peninsula in ancient Rome?
A city cannot be a peninsula. A peninsula is a protuberance into the sea which is surrounded by water on three sides, but is still attached to the mainland on the fourth side. A city can be built in a peninsula. Italy, Spain and Portugal, the Balkans and Turkey are peninsulas. Therefore, a large part of the Roman empire was in peninsulas and many cities of the Roman Empire were in peninsulas.
In ancient Rome the men who fought were either the military or the gladiators.
