Ancient Rome

By Ryan Lieu

P.S all websites I use are at the bottom of

Military
The roman military
The roman military was the one of the most successful and powerful
empire in history, they dominated the western side of the world and
were able to hold it for a thousand years. How did they do this? Well
they encouraged women to have many children so they could have
more future men that could fight for them. They never surrendered,
they fought through the dark times and they never spoke about ending
the war unless they were victorious. They were strongly recognised for
being strategic and always being one step ahead.
http://
www.ancientmilitary.com/roman-military
.htm

Religion
Roman Religion
Religion is very big part in Ancient Rome. They believed in
their gods and some of them are the names of planets like
Mars which is the god of war, Mercury the messenger of the
gods, Neptune the god of the sea, Venus the goddess of love
and the most important was Jupiter which was the king of
the gods along with his wife Juno the queen of the gods. The
reason for the gods were why events happened like love or
war and why by basing it off a god.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/ancient-rome-a
nd-religion
/

Architecture
Roman Architecture was unique and they were built to look
grand and stunning when viewed from outside. They largely
relied on posts in a lintel design which means upright posts
with a gap in between and a horizontal block on top to form
a royal look. And since the design meant heavy loads of
cement the inside is very limited to space due to the need of
support on the inside. The romans have perfected the use of
an arch and a dome with the use of cement to create
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building while keeping efficiency
and order.
www.visual-arts-cork.com/
architecture/roman.htm

www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civi
lizations/roman/beginners-guide-rome/a/roman-ar
chitecture

Creative Arts
Rome is recognised for its vast amount of art expressed in
sculptures even dating back to 509 B.C.E. The Greek had a
influence on roman arts along with adapting to most of their
art and culture. They had a unique way of thinking where to
have a copy of an art work wasnt of any less value to the
original one. There are many different forms of roman art
including architecture, painting, sculpture, gem engraving
and ivory carvings. All our knowledge comes from Pompeii
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and Herculaneum preserving many
painting for a long time.
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-a

http://www.crystalinks.com/romeart.html

rt-civilizations/roman/beginners-guide-r
ome/a/introduction-to-ancient-roman-art

Daily life
The daily life of a roman soldier was hard, they trained and
developed a unstoppable army defeating an army force of
250,000 troops with only 50,000 roman soldiers. The
victories were because of intense training that if a new
recruit was to join they had to train 2 times a day also
marching nearly 20 miles in full battle armour 3 times a
month. Their standards were to be able to march 20 miles in
the time frame of 5 hours. They were trained to a whole new
level to where they had to carry a 14 kilogram
weapon with
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them to battle.
historylink101.com/2/Rome/
roman-army-daily-life.htm

Roman Government
Rome experienced three types of governments the
Monarchy, Republic and Empire. The people believed Rome
came to be when Romulus killed his brother and stole his
throne to name Rome after himself. Rome was ruled by its
kings in the earlier times. The roman government created a
system to divide to power which was a safeguard for
oppression by any single individual. Power was voted by the
public and officials where elected. They then made the
emperor the decision maker.

http://www.ancient.eu/Roman_Government/
http://www.historyforkids.net/roman-government.htm
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Social Structure of Rome

In Rome there are social classes such as Patricians, Senators,
Equestrians, Commons, Freedpeople and Slaves. Patricians
were the official and advisories positon of the king. Senators
got their power although its less than the Patricians.

http://www.hierarchystructure.com/ancient-rome-so
cial-hierarchy/

P.S I used all the info I had already along with a bit
more

Sources available to historians

Historians studying Rome usually look at their great architecture with buildings that look
magnificent from the outside and they also study their statue because they provide visual
information about famous people. Rome is interesting to research because their meaning of
art is expressed by statues and most of their history is represented out of statues. They
often look at how Rome accepted all the cultures until the fall of Rome. They also look at
how the Romans worshiped their gods. After they explored Rome they found shoes that
were still intact of what the Romans wore along with notes and letters from the Roman army
to their family. Some artefacts they found were army equipment and Roman currency of the
time. Ancient Rome is interesting because their statues are able to stand for a long time.
The colosseum is another great example of research as they used it for gladiator fighting as
entertainment. A lot of artefacts were found there and today the colosseum is a great
tourist attraction. Many of Romes buildings still stand and they make for a great view of the
past as we see how our architecture has evolved over the centuries and how us humans
have changed our materials and deign of our buildings. Roman army battle grounds usually
contain a lot of their weapons and equipment's and it lets us
people today know how
http://www.roman-artifacts.com/
advanced we have gotten since that time as now we dont have swords and shield we have
bombs and guns, and It shows the people of today how the military all started and the

P.S I made this myself

Timeline of Rome

Source - primary
S- Romulus and Remus.
O- It was made to show that the two twins were the creators of Rome.
U- I learnt that being twins ruling a country could mean fighting over power
of who actually was supposed to own the land.
R- It is reliable because the statue was made during the time but it was a
while back so the backstory isnt perfectly correct.
C- It is a statue so it is a primary source.
E- It was important because it showed that the creators of Rome were twins
and what happened due to them arguing over who is the actual ruler.
http
://www.britannica.com/biography/Romulus-and
-Remus

http://www.ancient.eu/Romulus_and_
Remus/

Source - primary
S- Augustus.
O- To show who was the first emperor and what he looked like.
U- I learnt that Augustus was adopted by his great uncle so he had a few
different names during his life.
R- It was reliable because the statue remained and historians could discover
that the statue represented the emperor.
C- It is a statue so it is a primary source.
E- It was important because it shows the first emperor that ruled over the
land
http://www.ancient.eu/augus
tus/

Source- Secondary
S- The day Rome was founded.
O- So people of the future know how Rome was founded.
U- I learnt that the two twins Romulus and Remus founded Rome.
R- It isnt perfectly reliable because it was created after the time.
C- It is a webpage so it is secondary
E- It is important because it showed how the empire that lasted
500 years was created
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/r
ome-founded

Source- Secondary
S- How Rome fell.
O- To show how the Empire that lasted 500 years crumbled.
U- I learnt that military failures and taxation problems could cause
a whole empire to collapse.
R- It isnt perfectly reliable because it was created after the time.
C- It is a webpage so it is secondary.
E- It was important to show how Rome fell
http://
www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-reasons-why-rome-f
ell

Romulus and Remus

Romulus and Remus were twins that were abandoned, put in a basket and placed into the
River Tiber and babies. They were found by a female wolf after they reached the shore, the
wolf then raised them (why the statue was created) and then after a while a shepherd
found them and brought up the twins. When they grew up they decided to rule over the
land that the wolf found them in. They fought and Remus was killed by his brother and
Romulus because the sole founder of Rome. But no one knows the story exactly as it dates
back way too far and we dont have enough info to get a full story of Romes growth. It
shows us how the Ancient Rome empire that lasted 500 years was created all by twins that
were abandoned and looked after by a wolf as it went so well with people having multiple
cultures. The entertainment then was gladiator fighting in the colosseum. It also shows us
how basic all their stuff was even though they lasted 500 years. It shows us how the
humans have evolved over the years along with their weapons buildings and
entertainment.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/romulusand-remus
/