Rome from A to Z

A is for Augustus

• He was the first emperor of Rome
• Augustus real name is Octavian
• He died in AD 14
• After his death his stepson, Tiberis, became king

B is for Baths

• Romans took baths in a building outside their house
• Before Romans got into the bath they went through and elaborate process
• After bathing they didn't go home they went to the library, bought food, or watched a performance
• To heat the bath houses they used a hypocaust which lifted the floor of the ground using pillars and leaving spaces inbetween the walls
• Bathing was a social event and it was for entertainment
• Boys and girls did not bathe together

C is for Colosseum

• It was started after in the aftermath of Nero extravagence and the rebellion by the jews in Palentstine
• It was a Grand Political Gesture
• Opened in AD 80
• It was opened by Vespasian's son and successor, Titus.
• Roman built many amphitheaters like the Colosseus

D is for Deities

• Romans revered all 12 gods and goddessses above all
• Gave their deities Latin names
• Their was a tribe in Rome called Latin

E is for Education

• Rome's education was based on the Greek system
• Many private tutors in the Roman system were Greek slaves or Greek freedman
• Education in Rome progressed from an informal, familial system of education in the early Republic to a tuition-based system during the late Republic and the Empire.

F is for Flavius

• Flavius was the middle name of Titus, a Roman emperor
• His father was a tac collector
• His mother, Vespasia Polla, belonged to an equestrian family, and her brother managed to become senator.

G is for Greek Gods and Goddesses

• Romans and Greeks had the same gods and goddesses they were just named differently
• Diana in Rome was Artemis in Greece. Artemis was the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility
• Zeus in Greece was Jupitar in Rome
• Minerva in Rome was Athena in Greece

H is for Hercules

• Hercules is the Roman name for Heracles
• He was the son of Zeus
• Hercules is known for his strength but also for completing 12 tasks, or labors, known as the 12 Tables

I is for Inventions

• Romans invented lots of things
• But they did not invent the arch
• Roman were the first to build arches into building though
• They also invented concrete
• One of the greatest inventions was the Aqueducts
• Aqueducts were meant to carry water

J is for Julius Ceaser

• Ceaser conquered all of Ghaul
• For nine years he had been fighting bloody wars
• He was a Patrician
• He was assassinated on March 15th in 44 BC

K is for Killing

• Punic Wars were fought between Rome and Cathage from 264 BC to 146 BC.
• The Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC) in this battle they defeated Alexander the Great which means that Rome had become the dominent world power
• Caesar's Civil War (49 - 45 BC) He battled against Pompey The Great

L is for Leaders

• Claudias is Tiberius nephew
• Trajan Increased the territory of the roman empire
• Hardian relised it was to much land to defend so he abononded Trajans conquest in Parthia
• Claudias started the invasion of Britian

M is for Marcus Aurelius

• A clever emperor
• Thought all people were basically the same
• He had to take care of the empire AND his son, Commodus because he liked dressing as a gladiator and killed people for fun

N is for Nero

• Adopted son of Claudius
• Agrippina poisoned Claudius(second husband) so Nero could become emperor
• He was blamed for a fire that burned down most of Rome in AD 64
• In the end he committed suicide

O is for Orcus

• God of the Underworld
• Hades is the Greek name for Orcus
• Ancient Romans beat the ground to get his attention

P is for Pantheon

• It is a temple
• Built as a Roman Temple but then later consercrated as a Catholic Church
• Consists of 3 rows with 8 collumns
• The dome has a span of 43.2 m (142 feet)

Q is for conQuest

• The Conquest of Britian was a gradual process
• Began in AD 43 under Emperor Claudias

R is for Romulus and Remus

• The King didn't want them so he put them in a river hoping they would drown
• A wolf found them and took care of them
• They decided to build a city where the wolf found them
• They both wanted to be king so they battled
• Remus was killed by Romulus

S is for Septimius Severus

• Was born in Libya North Africa
• Was made emperor by the army
• He ignored the senate and relied on the army
• He died at York while on a military expedition in Britain

T is for Trajan

• First non-Roman Emperor
• Increased the Territory of the Roman Empire
• Officially declared "Best Ruler" by Senate
• He was the thirteenth Roman Emperor and the second of the Five Good Emperors.
• His real name was Marcus Ulpius Traianus

U is for Underworld

• Considered to be surrounded by 5 rivers
• Acheron, the Cocytus, the Phlegethon, the Styx, and the Lethe.
• After the 5 rivers there was a diamond gate
• A soul was led by Hermes

V is for Victorinus

• Reined from 269 through 271
• First emperor of the Gallic Empire
• The Gallic Empire is the modern name for a breakaway part of the Roman Empire that functioned as a separate state from 260 to 274.

W is for Weekend

• Romana were very busy and didn´t have much free time
• They enjoyed fights with Gladiators
• Romans hunted animals for fun too

X is for eXpectations

• Their rules went from the 12 Tables to the Corpus Juris Civilis
• TABLE I Procedure: for courts and trials TABLE II Trials, continued. TABLE III Debt TABLE IV Rights of fathers (paterfamilias) over the family TABLE V Legal guardianship and inheritance laws

Y is for Yawn

• Mattresses in the Roman times were bags of cloth stuffed with reeds, hay, or wool
• Wealthy people filled the bag with feathers
• Wealthy people also slept on water beds

Z is for Zama

• Last battle of the 2nd Punic Wars
• Hannibalś first and only defeat
• Fought a few miles from Carthage

FUN FACTS

• When a Gladiator retired he got a wooden sword as a prize
• Many Roman disliked philosophy
• Emperors poisoned themselves everyday to gain immunity
• The Ancient Rome civilization began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC.

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