Download Rome geog and govt

Pre-class
• What does the phrase Semper
Fidelis mean? Where have you
heard it before? What language
is it?
• What does the phrase “Carpe
Diem” mean? What language is
it?
Pre-class
• Look at the map on page 127
• Why do you think such a small
city on the Italian peninsula
was able to rule such a vast
empire?
WELCOME TO THE
ROMAN EMPIRE
CARPE DIEM
“SEIZE THE DAY”
GEOGRAPHY
N
AU S
RLAN
SWITZE
L
O
M
A
R
D
Brescia
Milan
Turin
EM
VE
NE
-RO
M
SLOVENIA
Udine
TO
Padua
Trieste
Venice
Ferrara
AG
NA
Genoa
O
GU
R
IL
I U ZIA
F R NE I A
E
V IU L
G
Verona
IA
I LIA
TO
R
T
ON
B
AL
TIN OA DI GE
Bolzano
Y
A
C
LI
Bologna
T
SAN MARINO
IA
Pisa
M
Ancona
A
Florence
Perugia
Y
R
Leghorn
C
AN
E
C
US
H
T
CORSI CA
A
F R A N C E
Aosta
M
ED
TR EN
Como
AOS T A
UM B
R IA
C
A
Terni
M
PA
N
L'Aquila
IA
Pescara
ABRUZZI
ROME
Sassari
OL
M
CA
IS
MP
A
E
Campobasso
Foggia
A
P
N I
A
U
L
Potenza
NAPLES
Salerno
IA
B ari
Brindisi
LIC AT
A
Taranto
RD
IN
IA
BA SI
SA
Cosenza
Cagliari
BR
IA
Catanzaro
Trapani
Palermo
S I C
I L
Y
Messina
CA
LA
PI
D
TRI
Catania
Syracuse
ITALY
0
25
0
Cities
50,000 - 500,000
50
25
50
100 MI.
100 KM.
Regional Capital
Capital of Country
MALTA
Valleta
Lecce
• PENINSULA IN
THE MIDDLE OF
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
• ALPS BETWEEN
ITALY & EUROPE
GEOGRAPHY
N
AU S
RLAN
SWITZE
Como
AOS T A
O
M
D
EM
Brescia
NE
-RO
M
SLOVENIA
Udine
TO
Padua
Trieste
Venice
Ferrara
AG
NA
Genoa
O
GU
R
VE
Verona
IA
I LIA
IL A
I U ZI
F R NE I A
E
V IU L
G
Bolzano
Y
Milan
Turin
T
ON
B
R
R
T
SAN MARINO
IA
Pisa
M
Ancona
A
Florence
Perugia
Y
R
Leghorn
C
E
S
N
CA
H
TU
CORSICA
A
Bologna
LI
M
ED
L
A
-AL TO
TIN O
TR EN DI G E
A
A
C
F R A N C E
Aosta
UM B
R IA
C
A
Terni
M
PA
N
L'Aquila
IA
Pescara
ABRUZZI
ROME
Sassari
OL
M
CA
IS
MP
A
E
Campobasso
Foggia
A
P
N I
A
U
L
Potenza
NAPLES
Salerno
IA
B ari
Brindisi
LIC AT
A
Taranto
RD
IN
IA
BA SI
SA
Cosenza
Cagliari
BR
IA
Catanzaro
Trapani
Palermo
S I C
I L
Y
Messina
CA
LA
PI
D
TRI
Catania
Syracuse
ITALY
0
25
0
Cities
50,000 - 500,000
50
25
50
100 MI.
100 KM.
Regional Capital
Capital of Country
MALTA
Valleta
Lecce
• APENNINES
MOUNTAINS
• PO, TIBER &
RUBICON RIVERS
• MILD CLIMATE
• FEW GOOD
HARBORS
Early People
• LATINS SETTLED AROUND TIBER
RIVER; LATER OVERTHREW
ETRUSCANS
• GREEKS: SOUTHERN PENINSULA
• ETRUSCANS: NORTH OF ROME
– ALPHABET
– ARCH
LET’S TALK
ABOUT
GOVERNMENT...
What things did out government
“borrow” from Rome?
Pre-class
•Name the 3 Branches
of the United States
Governments and one
power each has.
HOW MANY BRANCHES
DOES THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT HAVE?
• EXECUTIVE
• LEGISLATIVE
• JUDICIAL
WHAT DOES THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
DO?
•
•
•
•
ENFORCE LAWS
COMMANDER-IN CHIEF*
VETO*
APPOINTS JUDGES,
CABINET, ETC.*
• FOREIGN POLICY*
WHAT DOES THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
DO?
• MAKE LAWS
• TRY & IMPEACH
OFFICIALS*
• APPROVE APPOINTMENTS*
• DECLARE WAR*
• TAX & CENSUS*
WHAT DOES THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH DO?
•
•
•
•
INTERPRET LAWS*
SETS PRECEDENTS
SERVE FOR LIFE
DECLARES LAWS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Pre-class
•Where does
your card go?
GOVERNMENT OF
ANCIENT ROME
• ROME STARTED
• THE U.S. IS A
DEMOCRATIC- AS A REPUBLIC:
GOVERNMENT
REPUBLIC
WHERE PEOPLE
ELECT THEIR
LEADERS
Turn to page 3 in your
packet and page129 of text
Use page 129 to find info about the Senate, Consuls,
Patricians, Plebeians, and Tribunes in your packet.
When you are finished be ready to discuss
similarities between Rome’s Republic and our
government!!!
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
• SENATE (300): SENATUS POPULUS QUE
ROMANUS
– CONTROLLED MONEY
– FOREIGN POLICY
– COURT
– NAMED DICTATOR
– ADVISED CONSULS
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
• CONSULS (2)
– RAN
GOVERNMENT
– COULD VETO
THE OTHER
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
• PATRICIANS
– LANDHOLDING
UPPER CLASS IN
ROMAN SOCIETY
– COULD BE
SENATORS
– WOULD NOT
MARRY
PLEBEIANS
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
• TRIBUNES
– REPRESENTED
PLEBEIANS
– COULD VETO
SENATE
– COULD VETO
PUBLIC
OFFICIALS