Rome from A to Z

A is for Adaptable Arena

• Showed shows
• Sometimes was flooded with water for the shows
• A colosseum

B is for Baths

• Rome had baths
• Some were public
• Contained: swimming pools and baths

C is for Crops

• Wheat
• Olives
• Grapes

D is for Dead

• Had a festival to honor them
• They were important
• Lemuria is the day of the ghost
• Pictures of them were hung in the shrine

E is for Engineering

• They were great builders
• Some things they built were - Roads - Vaults - Walls - Arches - Aqueducts - Sewers

F is for Foods

• Bread
• Eggs
• Grapes
• Figs
• Cheese

G is for Gods and Goddesses

• Sometime half beast half human
• They were worshiped

H is for Homes

• Wealthy Romans built two stories
• Outside of houses look bare
• Few windows
• “Looked cool and rich”

I is for Italy

• Shaped like a boot
• The Roman lived here

J is for Julius Caesar

• Became Dictator of Rome
• He conquered Gaul

K is for King

• Known as an emperor
• Had many throughout the time of Rome
• Some of them were great others were not

L is for Lararium

• A special shrine
• For the dead
• Prayed there
• All houses had them

M is for Meats

• Cattle
• Goats
• Sheeps

N is for Nero

• He killed some of his people
• He was cruel while he was ruling
• There was a plot to assassinate him
• He was the 55th emperor of Rome

O is for Open

• Many people lived there
• Became very big
• There were many people living here

P is for Pantheon

• Most famous of ancient Rome
• To house images of gods
• It has a hole in the top of the building
• Had layers of concrete

Q is for Quiet

• Pax Romana a time of peace
• It lasted for 200 years

R is for Roman Numerals

• Based on the alphabet
• There are 3 rules to follow
• Not used much today
• 2 ways we use them today is in people's names and sometimes on clocks

S is for Saturn

• Roman god
• god of agriculture
• Father of Jupiter
• His Greek name was Cronos
• He was the father of Zeus

S is for Schooling

• Parents educated
• At home
• Girls: Cooking and Sewing
• Boys: Read, Writing, and Fight

T is for Twelve Tables

• The laws of Rome
• They were used in the Roman court
• They show what you are not allowed to do
• Also show what the punishment will be or the options

U is for Uranus

• Named for a Roman god
• He was the god of heaven
• Father of the Titans
• This is the gods Greek and Roman name

V is for Valens

• Best known for his work in the military
• His brother was also a ruler
• He threatened the Roman Empire

W is for Weather

• Often warm
• Dressed different ways to stay cool

X is for eXicution

• During different times you would be killed if you were a Christian.
• Killed anyone that did not worship the Roman gods

Y is for Years of Rome

• Rome lasted a long time
• It grew large
• Once it got too large barbarians tried to take over and won over time

Z is for Zeus

• Roman name is Jupiter
• King of gods
• Rain god
• Lord of the sky

Anything extra

• Rome grew too large for one person to handle
• Tooken over by barbarians
• Had many emperors and lasted a long time

The End