Independent Study

My Project

• The purpose of my project was to study Roman History
• This is because the people and culture interest me
• Also You have to learn about Rome in High school and College
• I have been a little behind on my goals because
• There is a large amount of  knowledge to be gained

The Origin of rome

• Rome started as a small town in Italy in 753 BC
• It was said to be founded by Romulus and Remus
• This new town grew rapidly as a monarchy
• But by 500 BC, Rome had become a republic

Roman Government

• The main power was in the 2 annually elected consuls.
• These people were elected by the people and the Senate
• The first laws were officially made in 450 BC
• They were inscribed on 12 tablets and included...
• ...legal, civil and property rights of people

Roman Emperors

• Julius Caesar never held the "emperor" title
• but his nephew and heir Augustus Caesar did.
• The last emperor was Romulus Augustuslus.  
• Romulus was soon deposed by the Germanic King Odoacer
• in 476 AD. This theory is not fully supported  but plausible.

Religion

• The Romans wanted to please their Gods for good luck and 
• fortune. The Romans would pray to a different God for a different topic.
• Jews were uncommon in Rome but there was a good number of them.
• When Jesus was killed in Rome his message spread across the Empire.
• Many Romans switched to Catholisism.  

The Pax Romana

• "Pax Romana" literally means Roman Peace.
• The Pax Romana was a period of time between 27 BCE to 180 BC 
• where Rome and its citizens experienced peace and huge 
• economic prosperity. Everyone was safe and crime levels 
• were low. This time period began when Octavian became the leader.

Plans For the future

• I plan to either go into the culture and architecture 
• of Rome and connect it to modern society,
• or change my study to something completely
• different instead of studying the same thing
• for the whole year. 

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