Ancient Rome

Roman Bath Houses

• Women used the baths in the morning, when the men were not allowed in
• Baths were not only needed for bathing, but men would meet up and talk business
• Romans would also go to the bath houses to releive stress
• Most Roman towns had at least one bath house

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• The bath houses were extremely popular because many lived in homes without a bathroom
• Every bather had to visit the unheated dressing room called the frigidarium first, where he or she changed his or her clothes
• The Romans actually only went to the bath to wash all over once a week
• The first baths in Ancient Rome were referred to as Balneum

Roman Laws

• In 509 B.C. the Roman goverment turned into a republic
• The laws claimed to have established helping rules to provide care for citizens
• The Roman law consist from laws of the Roman republic and the empire
• A unwritten law was considered custom in the Roman times

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• The Roman law greatly grew to where they had to seperate it into written laws
• The citizens were able to vote for their leaders who created their laws
• They made it so that the laws applied to everyone wether you were rich or poor
• These laws were mainly about crime,property,and family situations like marriage or custioty

Julius Caeser (100-44 B.C.)

• Julius Caeser was one of the best military leaders in history
• Most believe Julius Caeser's most significant accomplishment was the Conquest Of Gaul
• Julius Caeser was later a memeber of the first triumvirate
• Julius Caeser later ended up being sole dictator of Rome

Octavian Agustus (27-14 A.D.)

• Octavian Agustus was Julius Caeser's nephew
• Octavian Augustus was the first emperor of Rome
• Originally his name was Octavian but he changed it to Augustus in 27 B.C
• Octavian was not the most friendly guy but he was clever and a good law maker

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• He had many accomplishments like building roads and setting up a mail service
• Octavian Augustus died in 14 B.C
• The month of August was named after him in honor
• Once he died his stepson, Tiberius, became king

Roman Roads

• The Romans were able to create a great building material called concrete
• Rome had some of the greatest road engineers
• The Romans overtime built thousands of miles of roads
• Some of the roads that the Romans built are still here today
• Many covered their roads with asphult so they could be used as road bed

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• Many covered their roads with asphult so they could be used as road bed later
• At the peak of the Roman Empire, there were over 400,000 km of roads
• These roads were what was connecting the units of Rome

Roman Numerals

• We write our numbers with Hindu-Arabic numerals where as they use Roman Numerals
• With Roman Numerals anytime a smaller number comes immediately before a larger number, the smaller number s subtracted from the larger number
• The process above is called subtractive notation

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• When a smaller number comes after a large number, the numbers add up
• Roman Numerals are generally read from left to right
• Also they can be read from largest number to smallest number
• You also can only subtract a number when its 1 power of ten less than the one you are subtracting from
• You cant ever subtract more than one numeral from another

Roman Numerals examples

• I=1 II=2 IX=9
• V=5 III=3
• X=10 IV=4
• C=100 V=5
• M=1000 VI=6
• L=50 VII=7
• D=500 VIII=8

Romulus&Rumulus

• Romulus and Rumulus were twin brothers
• There parents abandoned them when they were babies and sent the down the River Tiber in a basket
• Romulus and Rumulus were later raised by a Shepard
• Remus was killed by his brother which made Romulus the only founder of Rome

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• The name Rome follows the founder, Romulus
• So kids in schools all over learn about this story but conclude it as just a legend
• The Romans then and later had much power over many of the others

The Latin Language

• The Latin Language was originally a Italian language that was developed on the Italian Peninsula
• Latin is a descendent of the ancient Indo-European language
• Many school's and universities have independent classes to teach Latin
• Latin is still used in many modern languages today like english

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• A.M.= Ante Meridiem
• P.M.=Post Meridiem
• Momoriam=Memory
• Infinitum=Infinity
• Quaestio=Question
• Interim=Interval
• Scientia=Science