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=Roman Empire 500 BC- 500 AD= =Nathan Cookman and Matt Davis= The Roman Army Roman Education Roman Engineering Julius Ceasar Roman Food

Famous Roman People 1. Julius Caesar- Roman general and dictator and member of First Triumvirate. 2. Marius- Gaius Marius was the man who organized the army into the most effective fighting machine on earth. At times it appeared nothing could withstand the mighty legions of Rome. It was Marius who changed the way the army organized itself. Men from the provinces could now sign up to serve in the Roman army, and in time become Roman citizens themselves. So too was it Marius who granted land to the veterans of the legions in reward for their services. 3. Augustus- Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. His real name was Octavian but he was given the name 'Augustus' by the senate as an honour for his great achievements. He avenged the death of Caesar together with Mark Antony, before falling out with him. He defeated Mark Antony together with the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra and thereafter, together with the senate of Rome, created a new constitution for the great empire. 4.Trajan- Trajan is one of Rome's most outstanding emperors. Under his rule the empire reached its largest extent. He famously conquered the rich kingdom of Dacia north of the Danube. Trajan was one of the greatest soldiers among the emperors. But unlike many of the later warrior-like rulers, he was also known for his wisdom and dignity, and his humility when dealing with the senate. 5. Constantine- Constantine the great was the first Christian emperor of the Roman empire. He defeated all the other would-be emperors and re-united the empire, which had been divided between many rulers. He also decided to move the capital of the empire from Rome to a town called Byzantium, which he renamed after himself- Constantinopolis.


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5 terms: 1. Pax Romana- means "Roman Peace" 2.Circus Maximus- an arena for chariot races. 3. Colosseum- where gladiators fought for the peoples entertainment 4.Insulate- where the poor lived. 5.Imperator- A comander in cheif.

==Italy is a penninsula that streched 750 miles from North to South and averaged 120 miles across. The Apennie mountain range runs from the North to the South and divides the west from the east. There are some large fertile plains in Italy ideal for farming. Rome is located 18 miles inland along the Tiber river, and it sets on 7 hills.== ==Rome was built in 753 BC. The Story behing its name is, there were once thwo brothers Romulus and Remus. Their parents abandoned them and threw them in the river. Then a wolf found them and nursed them back to health and until they were old enough to go and be free. Then the twins had a big fight about who was going to be the ruler of the new village they were going to build. and they got into a sword fight and Romulus killed Remus, and that is where Rome got its name from.== ==Early Rome was divided into two goups, the plebians and the partricians. The partricians were great land owners who became Romes Ruling class. The plebians were less wealthy land owners, crafts people, meerchants, and small farmers were part of this larger group.==

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Timeline
 * 1) 650 BC-Etruscans rule Rome
 * 2) 509 BC-Rome becomes a Republic
 * 3) 450 BC-The Twelve Tables is Romes first code of laws.
 * 4) 312 BC-Appian was is Built
 * 5) 264 BC-The Punic Wars begin.
 * 6) 44 BC-Julius Caesar is Assassinated.
 * 7) A.D.33-Jesus dies in Jerusalem.
 * 8) A.D. 79-Pompeii destroyeed in eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
 * 9) A.D.180-Pax Romana ends.
 * 10) A.D.476-Fall of Roman Empire

Julius Caesar- " As a ruler, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can."