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Date: ____ Period: _______
Ancient Rome Outline
I.
Historical Highlights:
A. Legendary Beginnings
1. According to Virgil’s Aeneid, their ancestor was the Trojan hero
____________, who fled from Troy and sailed to Italy.
B. The Roman Republic
1. The Romans ultimately established a _____________.
2. In 46 B.C., _______ ___________ seized control of the government;
he ruled for about two years before he was assassinated.
C. Growth of the Roman Empire –
1. The first emperor of Rome renamed himself ___________, which
means _________________. He became emperor after defeating the
forces of ______________ and ____________.
2. Augustus brought ____________ restoring _____________.
3. The Pax Romana allowed _________________ to spread.
4. Christians began to be persecuted in A.D. ______ when the emperor
_________ blamed them for a fire that gutted Rome.
D. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1. Germanic tribes invaded from the north, disrupting _______ and
________ the resources of the Roman army.
II.
People and Society:
A. Patricians
1. Patricians were members of Rome’s ________ and _________
families.
2. Being a Roman patrician was more a matter of ______ and
____________ than wealth.
3. They exclusively ran the ______ ___________.
B. Plebeians
1. Plebeians were _________ _______ who weren’t patricians.
2. After Augustus became emperor, he looked for able plebeians to help
___________ the ________.
3. Roman society had the largest, most comfortable ________ ______
of all ancient societies.
C. The Urban Poor
1. Of the 1 million people who lived in Rome in the Augustan Age,
about _______________ were __________ and _____.
2. The poor lived in some of the first ______ _________ ever built.
D. The Army
1. One way to escape grinding poverty was to ____ ____ _____.
2. There were two classes of soldiers: _________ who were Roman
citizens and _________ who were non-citizens from the provinces.
E. Slaves
1. The Romans captured people during __________ and used them as
___________ and ___________.
F. Women in Ancient Rome
1. Roman women enjoyed a much _________ and _____ _____ life
than their counterparts in Greece.
III.
Arts and Culture:
A. Architecture and Engineering
1. What impressed the Romans was _____ rather than _______.
2. They invented _____________ and perfected the ______ as an
architectural form.
3. One of the Roman’s greatest achievements was the network of
__________ that crisscrossed the empire.
B. Public Entertainment
1. Roman emperors lavished free entertainments on their citizens, in
part to _________ ___ ______.
2. The 50,000 seat _____________ showcased a variety of violent
events.
C. Law and Government – the main principles of Roman Law
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2.
3.
D. Art and Sculpture –
1. The Romans were sternly __________ when it came to their
sculptures.
2. Large murals, called __________, decorated the walls of wealthy
Roman’s homes.
E. Religion –
1. The Romans adopted the major ______ ____, giving them Roman
names.
F. Literature –
1. Roman writers borrowed freely from _______ ________ _______ to
create epic and lyric poems, comedies, and tragedies.
2. Roman literature illustrated virtues of the Roman character:
a.
b.
c.
d.