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Rome
Chapter 9, Sections 1
and 2
I. Roman Culture
A. The Romans got many of their
ideas about art, architecture,
history, religion, etc. from the
Greeks.
B. Perhaps the
most famous
building in
Rome, the
Colosseum,
was a huge
public
entertainment
center.
C. Gladiators
were men
who fought
animals and
each other.
D. The Greek doctor Galen
brought Greek medical ideas to
Rome.
E. Ptolemy was a famous
scientist who studied and
mapped the stars.
II. Daily Life in Rome
A.
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Rome was one of the largest
cities in the ancient world.
Over a million people during
the time of Augustus
B. The forum was in the center
of Rome and served as a
marketplace and public square.
It was where the ancient
Romans went to do their
banking, trading, shopping, and
marketing.
C. Homes
1. Wealthy—large, fine
2. Poor—apartment buildings
of stone
and wood
D. Wealthy boys and girls were
usually hired a tutor to educate
them.
E. Slaves were common in the
Roman Empire. They suffered
many hardships and were
treated poorly.
F. Spartacus was a gladiator who
led a slave revolt.
Here is his story.
Spartacus was born a freeman.
He joined the army, but he ran
away. When he was caught, he
was sold into slavery to work as
a gladiator. Some gladiators
were freemen. But most, like
Spartacus, were slaves, who had
been sold to a gladiator school.
When these men were not
fighting, they were locked up in
the gladiator school, to make
sure they did not escape.
One day, in 73 BC, Spartacus did
just that - he escaped. Around 70
other gladiators escaped with him.
They armed themselves with knives
from the cook's shop. They found a
wagon full of gladiator weapons.
They stole those, too. They camped
on Mount Vesuvius. Rome sent an
army of 3000 soldiers to capture
the runaway slaves. Spartacus
attacked from the rear. The Roman
army was defeated. Rome tried
again. This time they sent 6000
men. Spartacus won that battle as
well.
When other slaves first heard that
Spartacus had escaped, some ran
away and joined Spartacus. But
when Spartacus and his men
defeated the Roman army, many
slaves ran away to join him. The
people knew Spartacus. He was a
gladiator. He was famous. Rome's
slaves felt if they could reach
Spartacus, Spartacus would keep
them safe. In a very short amount
of time, Spartacus and his
followers had swelled from 70 to
over 100,000 people.
Rome was terrified. The wealthy
Roman way of life was dependant
upon slaves. That is one reason so
many poor Roman citizens were out
of work. Slave labor was free. About
1/3 of the people in the Roman
Empire were slaves. Wealthy
citizens could not allow this revolt
to succeed, not if they wanted to
keep their lifestyle.
Catching Spartacus was not
easy. Spartacus and his
followers spent their first
winter with plenty of good food
that they stole from the
surrounding countryside. They
prepared for battle. They made
weapons. They drilled. The
gladiators taught others how to
fight like a gladiator.
Spartacus and his followers
were hunted for two years.
They defeated every effort to
capture them. When Rome
finally caught up with him, they
killed Spartacus and everyone
with him.
Read orally Pages 318, 319
III. The Decline of Rome
A. During the 200s A.D. Rome’s
leadership grew weak, and the
government grew corrupt.
B. With a weak government, the
economy worsened.
C. A plague, or a disease that
spreads widely, broke out and
killed many people.
D. In 395 A.D. a
decision was
made to split
the Roman
Empire into 2
separate
empires: the
Western
Roman Empire
and the
Eastern
Roman
Empire.
E. The hope
was that this
would make
the Empire
easier to
manage.
F. All efforts
would
eventually
fail, as more
and more
Germanic
tribes
invaded
Roman
Territory.
Read Page 323, 2nd and 3rd
paragraph
Assignment: Read pages 325 and
326 and answer the following
questions:
1.
What are some ways in which
the law and government of
the United States have been
influenced by Rome?
2. How has the Latin language
made an impact on the world?