1. Neptune was god of sea.
2. Mars was Roman god of war.
3. Twin sons of Mars (Roman god of war) were _________________ and
_____________ (Romulus and Remus)
4. Roman Empire begin in 2000 BC when people from Europe entered Italy
and settled there.
5. The people of Rome were called Romans.
6. Romans copied style of Greeks literature, arts and culture.
7. In Roman republic like Athens only citizens were allowed to vote. Women
and slaves were not allowed to vote.
8. In Romans govt was held by the people. There were no king and emperor.
Rome was ruled by group on 100 men called senate. 2 officers called
“Consuls” were choose to rule the senate. Romans wore Togas (Roman
garments) with purple stripe.
9. Julius Caesar was brilliant general.
[Link] was a silver eagle which was Romans symbol of power.
[Link] was Roman soldier who told about Roman army that
Its best trained
It has best weapons
Best discipline and organized into groups called legions (each group
has 4320 men)
Go through hard training
[Link] Roman Towns Forum was an open space in the center of town called
meeting place or market place
[Link] was the first ruler of Roman Empire. He was adopted son of
Caesar. After becoming rules he was given a new name Caesar Augustus.
He defeated queen of Egypt (Cleopatra) and Egypt became part of Roman
Empire. People worship him like a god.
8th Century Rome was established in Latium plain
250 BC-313 BC Golden age of Roman empire
250 BC Romans Conquered most of Italy
146 BC Greece was under Romans control
1776 BC America was founded
1st century BC Rome govt start losing power
59 BC Julius Caesar took (cease) power
44 BC Julius Caesar stabbed to death in the senate house (by jealous
senators)
27 BC Octavian (Augustus) become first ruler of Roman empire
25 BC Temple Parthenon was built in Acropolis
AD 180 Roman empire declined and divided in to two in 285 AD
Roman Siege machine
Statue of Julius Caesar
Mosaic showing Roman soldiers