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Ancient Rome Written and Illustrated by Phillip Martin Ancient Rome The twins Romulus and Remus were raised by a wolf. As the story goes, they founded Rome in 753 BC. The first king was Romulus. By 117 AD, the Roman Empire included all of Italy and the Mediterranean coast, even stretching on as far as Great Britain. Ancient Rome The Roman Republic was ruled by a Senate. The name meant “old man” and was an assembly of the city elders. Later emperors took over the leadership. As the emperors grew more powerful, the Senate had less and less influence. Ancient Rome The Romans architects built roads, temples, arenas and even aqueducts, to transport water for their public baths and toilets. Ancient Rome The Colosseum took about 10 years construct. The name means “giant statue”, a nickname since a huge statue of Nero was nearby. Roman architects designed a sun roof that could be stretched over the Colosseum to protect the spectators from the sun and heat. Ancient Rome By the early fourth century, Romans roads stretched over a network of 53,000 miles. Ancient Rome The Ancient Romans are remembered for many more contributions including concrete, newspapers, welfare, arches, the Julian calendar, Roman numerals as well as the root of the Romance languages of French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. Ancient Rome Hannibal attempted to invade Rome in 218 BC by crossing the Alps on elephants. It took the Romans seventeen years to defeat him. Ancient Rome The Roman Empire ruled over much of Europe for almost a thousand years. Eventually, the empire split in two. The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. The Eastern (Byzantine) Empire lasted another 1000 years in parts of eastern Europe. Ancient Rome The Romans had many gods and goddesses. There were hundreds of them! To learn about some of the main gods, visit this presentation on the Gods of Ancient Rome. For more Presentations check out these links on phillipmartin.info and pppst.com. To find art for your own Presentations, check out Phillip Martin Clip Art.