Rome from A to Z

A is for Aqueduct

• Aqueduct is the way Romans got water from streams outside the city

B is for Baths

• Is a place for bathing, dancing, getting married and swimming

C is for Collisium

• A place where people could come and watch the olympics or gladiators

D is for Demeter

• Demeter or known as Ceres is the goddess of grain

E is for Etruscans

• A civilization in the 7th Century B.C. that conquered Macedonia and some of Rome

F is for Fasces

• The fasces were a bunch of bound wooden sticks carried by men called lictors who escorted important politicians in public.

G is for Gods

• Gods are something the Romans beleived in

H is for Hades

• Hades or known as Pluto and the god of the underworld

I is for Insula

• the Latin word for an island, but also for an apartment block, and the kind of accommodation in which the majority of Romans lived.

J is for Julius Caesar

• The leader of Rome from 37 A.D to 41 A.D

K is for Keystone

• When they made archs they placed a keystone to keep it in place

L is for Lavatories

• a room or compartment with a toilet and washbasin; a bathroom.

M is for Macedonia

• A civilization that was one of Romes alies

N is for Nero

• Nero or known as the "Destroyer of Rome"

O is for Octo

• A Roman month which we know as October

P is for Posiden

• Posiden or known as Neptune and he is the God of the Sea

Q is for Quadtriangle

• The shape of most Etruscan Cities

R is for Rome

• The civilization that took over most of the Medditerian Sea and South Africa and gave us our months and numbers

S is for Septem

• A Roman month and something that we call September

T is for Trajan

• A soldier/emperor for Rome through 53 A.D. - 117 A.D.

U is for Uranus

• The seventh planet from the sun and it was named after the god of heaven

V is for Venus

• Venus or known as Aphrodite goddess of love

W is for Western Roman Empire

• The Western Empire was one of the two empires that split to form Eastern Rome and Western Rome

X is for XXX

• XXX is the Roman Numeral for 30

Y is for Your Buildings

• Rome had many different buildings such as collisiums, temples, house, and much more

Z is for Zues

• Zues or known as Jupiter is the god of the heavens and his wife Hera

The End

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