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ROMAN EMPIRE
By: Gabe Sander and Jordan Stack
THE RISE OF ROME:
ETRUSCANS
Rome is believed to be founded
in 753 B.C.E by Romulus
Etruscan civilization dominates
regions with Etruscan kings
ruling Rome.
In 509 B.C.E the Etruscan kings
were overthrown and Roman
Republic was established.
THE RISE OF ROME:
THE REPUBLIC
Government:
Had many branches and levels
II. Two consuls were head, unless in war a
Dictator was appointed
III. Senate, at first was made up of aristocrats,
but then became elected officials.
I.
THE RISE OF ROME:
FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
Caesar crosses the Rubicon- 49 B.C.E
Caesar is murdered by the Roman Senate-
44B.C.E
Gaius Octavian named Augustus and is
officially the first Emperor of Rome- 27
B.C.E
TIME
Augusta becomes first emperor of Rome in
27 B.C.E
Diocletian splits the empire in two- 284 C.E
Julius Nepos, the last emperor dies- 480 C.E
LOCATION
Stretched from what is now Spain to
Mesopotamia, most of Great Britain and
Northern Africa
Consists of 2.2 million square miles
Engulfed the Mediterranean Sea
CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
Emperor ruled from Rome
Senate was pretty much a club for rich
aristocrats
LEGAL SYSTEMS AND BUREAUCRACIES
 Rome was split into three types of Provinces:
Provinces with at least one legion ruled by
Senatorial Governor
II. Provinces that were difficult but did not
require full legion were ruled by Equestrians
Governors
III. The Egyptian province was it’s own case as it
was the personal property of the Emperor
I.
FORTIFICATIONS, WALLS, AND ROADS
Roads: Built to move military units around, 8
to 40 feet wide
Forts: Strategic Point, hold 800 men
Wall: Hadrian’s Wall, 73 miles long, 3.6
meters tall. 8 feet wide.
NEW GROUPS OF MILITARY
Soldiers were Roman Citizens
Came form all over the empire
Citizen Legions were drawn from non-
citizens or conquered people
TRADE
Infrastructure:
Sea routes covered the Mediterranean and
Black Seas
II. Roman roads covered the empire helping
trade
III. Most important port was Ostia as it was
the nearest major port to Rome
I.
TRADE
Currency:
First traded goods
II. Then lumps of metal, know as aes rude, that had to
be weighed
III. 269 B.C.E silver coins were introduced
I.
Name
as
dupondius
sestertius
Metal
bronze
bronze or copper
metal alloy
denarius
silver alloy
aureus
gold
Values
-2 asses
4 asses or 2 dupondii
16 asses, 8 dupondii or 4
sestertii
400 asses, 200 dupondii, 100
sestertii or 25 denarii
CITIES
Rome center of religion and political power
Rome was home of the Emperor who was
head of government and Pontifex Maximus
Rome and Ostia were large centers of trade
SLAVERY
Worked on farms, as laborers, carpenters,
and blacksmiths
Managed shops when owners left
Some treated like children of their owners
FAMILY LIFE
Punished if not married by 15-16
No public schools, children went private
schools, if they went at all
Rich people usually lived in a town house called
a domus. Many of them also had
a country house called a villa. But most people
living in towns and cities
rented an apartment called a cenaculum
THE FALL OF ROME:
INTERIOR
Inflation: Less gold was being brought in
from conquest so less coins were gold
making them less valuable
Military Spending: Large sums of money
when spent to hold off Barbarians
 Civil War: Allowed Barbarians to come into
Italy
THE FALL OF ROME:
EXTERIOR
Barbarians:
Conquest of new territories on the border of
the old territory
II. Adoption of agriculture in order to feed more
people from the existing
territory
III. Clearance of forest to provide more pasture
for the tribal livestock
I.
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