Rome and its Features

Roman Gods & Goddesses 1

• Aphrodite-Venus: Goddess of Love
• Ares-Mars: God of War, raised by wolves
• Diana-Artemis: Moon Goddess
• Apollo- God of the sun
• Hades- Pluto: God of Death

Roman Gods & Goddesses 2

• Poseidon-Neptune: God of he Sea
• Hera-Queen of the Gods
• Zues-Jupiter: King of the Gods
• Eros- Cupid: God of Love
• Minerva- Goddess of poetry, Medicine,wisdom, & Magic

Pantheon-

Aqueducts-

Cladius

• Became emperor when the mad guard murdered the emperor at the time
• when he first took over the people of Rome thought he was a great fool, but he ended up as a good ruler

Augustus

• In 30 BCE, he became the first emperor of Rome.
• when he first ruled over the people they went on killing sprees so he had to restore the out-ward Facade of free Public

Marcus Aurelius

• he wrote a book of philosophy
• was thought as a very clever man.
• his son went mad, and went on a murder spree
• built up borders to protect the people

Trajan

• He came from Spain and was the first non-Roman to be emperor
• was a great general
• His accomplishments of victories and increase of territory are on the Trajan's colomn in Rome

Nero

• Adopted son of Claudius
• some say his Mother poisoned his Father so he could become Ruler

Hadrian

• Trajan's adopted son
• toured around cities on his reign
• he thought it was too big to rule so he abandoned his people and fled Rome
• people thought of him as "an angel" because he caused no wars

Rome's Government

• 3 Branches that divided the government in Rome
• Oldest was the Senate
• Then the Assembly
• Lastly, the Consuls

Roman Baths

• Water was always supplied by the Aqueducts
• More than likely, the baths were large
• The Emperor Diocletian set up a Bath larger than football field

Roman Buildings- Arena's that went up 20 Roman Feet tall. Archer huts to help soldiers train to ward off invaders

-Roman Numerals-

• I 21 XXI 41 XLI 61 LXI 81 LXXXI 2 II 22 XXII 42 XLII 62 LXII 82 LXXXII 3 III 23 XXIII 43 XLIII 63 LXIII 83 LXXXIII 4 IV 24 XXIV 44 XLIV 64 LXIV
• Roman numerals used letters instead of numbers

Roman Twins

• Romulus and Remus were the twin brothers and main characters of Rome's foundation myth.
• They were saved by a series of miraculous interventions, the river carried them to safety, a she-wolf found and suckled them, and a woodpecker fed them

Feronia

• In ancient Roman religion, Feronia was a goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health and abundance. She was especially honored among plebians and freedmen. Her festival, the Feroniae, was November 13, in with Fortuna Primigenia; both were goddesses of Praeneste.

Minerva

• The Roman Goddess of Goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts and magic.
• Minerva emerged, a whole adult, and bearing her mother's weapons and armor. From the 2nd century BC onwards, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena