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By Andrew Newbound
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Romulus was a son of the god Mars and the priestess Rhea Silvia, a direct
descendant of Aeneas. He had a twin brother Remus. Their wicked uncle,
who had seized the throne from Rhea Silvia’s father, ordered them to be
thrown into the river Tiber, but their basket floated and brought them
safely ashore. There a wolf found them and suckled them.
Some time later a shepherd discovered them and took them to his home. When
they grew up, they killed their uncle. They decided to build a new city.
When Romulus started to build the walls, Remus laughed at their size.
Romulus was so annoyed that he killed his brother. So Rome was named
after Romulus and was founded on bloodshed. It was founded in 753 BC,
which the Romans believed was year one. Instead of AD or BC they wrote
AUC after the year, which stood for ab urbe condita, meaning ‘from the
founding of the city’.
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Roman Empire
Over Time
Roman Republic
Roman Empire
Western Empire
Eastern Empire
Inherited from the
Byzantine Empire
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 Alphabet (From Greek, to Etruscan and Finally to The
Romans)
 City Living
 Building
 The Arch
 Walls
 Aqueducts
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 Auxiliary – Additional troops provided by allies to the
Roman Army
 Centurion – The commander of a group of 80
legionaries
 Legionary – Highly trained foot soldier
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Long march
Build camp for night
Rest (Night)
Woken up by trumpet
Pack up camp
Depart
Ready for war
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Wake Up
Get Dressed
Get to work (Go to toilet)
At Work
Go to toilets
Socialize at the baths
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Leisure
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Circus (Races)
Amphitheatre (Theater)
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What did the Romans do for us?
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 Supplied water to Rome
 Romans believed
polluted water harmed
health
 Maintained Gradient (1
in 50 – 1 in 1000)
 Some on high arch
brides
 Others underground to
keep clean
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 Used to go over large
canyons etc.
 Receiving tank must be
lover than stating tank
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 Heated
 Water from aqueducts
 Social Places
 Marble
 Double glazed glass
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 Take the most direct
route
 370 of them
 Total of 50,000 miles
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 Aggregate – Pumice
 Cement
 Lighter than today’s
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 The Romans could build
piers to support bridge
arches in the beds of rivers.
An enclosure was made
with two concentric circles
of wooden piles. Then clay
was used between the piles
and the water in the
middle was pumped out.
The soft river bed was dug
out and the concrete pier
built.
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 The Romans didn’t
invent the arch but they
realized how strong it
was. Large stones shaped
like wedges were built up
on either side around a
wooden keystone until
the final frame was
locked into place at the
top.
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 Technology: The invention of concrete, roman roads,
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roman arches, aqueducts
Medicine: Public health programs including welfare
programs for the poor
Language: Roman language (Latin), the root of many
languages
Religion: Roman mythology and the Catholic faith,
Roman Law, including the law that states a person is
innocent until proven guilty (from the Twelve
Tables)
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 Living History
 What the Ancients Knew
 The Romans – The Rise and fall of an empire
 Life in Ancient Rome
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