Rome from A to Z

A is for Appen way

• this was one of rome's greatest highways
• many people were robbed on the road
• lots of trade happened on the road

B is for Bath Houses

• public bath houses where huge and contaned manny luxuries
• they contained a cold tank, hot tank, warm tank, a warm room, a hot room, an exercise area, a water chamber and a changing room

C is for Coliseum

• lots of battles betwwen slave`s and animals
• most battles where to the death
• this took about 80 years to compleate

D is for Dictator

• the most famous dictator in rome was julios seasor
• a dictator rules with absolute power with out giving people any say in the goverment

E is for excellent drain pipes

• slaves hwere well educatd to fix water pipes
• water pipes were made of paths 1dough out then covered with smooth stone

F is for first

• the fist leader to execute cristions

G is for God`s

• there where many roman gods that where the same as the greeks
• the god live on mount Olympus and there leader is zuse

H is for hated government

• many people where poor because of slaves
• people would try to get employment but would get turned down because slaves worked for free

I is for immortal

• the god/goddesses where thought to be imortal
• meaning to never die

J is for Julius caesar

• He was a famose roman emper/dictator
• made lots of changes to the goverment when the came to power

K is for kills

• the 8th table says that if you kill a thief in your own home it is not a crime

L is for latten

• the main language of the people of rome
• many words that we say as the English came from rome

M is for myths

• lots of myths include gods and goddesses
• they also included many made up people

N is for Nero

• he was an emperor who executed the followers of jesus

O is for Olympia

• this is the place that the roman goddesses and gods lived

P is for Poseidon

• his roman name is Neptune
• he is the god of the sea

Q is for

R is for republic

• after Tarquinius was thrown out, the wealthy land owners established a republic

S is for Sosigenes

• he was an astronomer who created a calendar of 365 days and 6 hours

T is for the twelve tables

• the laws that where written in the center of the town so no one could say the did not know the law

U is for upper class

• the patricians were known as the upper class

v is for veto

• a word the government used meaning "I forbid"

w is for wail

• the 10th table commands that no women can wail at funerals

x is for eXecution

• the punishment for rebellion was execution

y is for years

• the Eastern Empire lasted 1,000 years but the Western only another 140 years

z is for Zeus

• he was a Greek god of the sky and rain
• he was the supreme ruler of the gods