Italy and Ruins of Ancient Rome

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Italy and Ruins of Ancient Rome

• By Andrea Cendra and Erika Ponce
• Level 1B Spring 2008

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Ancient Rome

• History Italy/ Ancient Rome
• 1.1 Monarchy
• 1.2Republic
• 1.3Empire
• 2.Society
• 3.Economy
• 4.Goverment
• 4.1 Julius Caesar

• 5 Cultures
• 5.1Languagues
• 5.2 Religion/ Methodology
• 5.3 Arts and Music
• 5.4Games and Activities
• 6 Tower of Pisa
• 7 Pantheon
• 8 References

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Italy/Ancient Rome

• Italys capital is Rome.
• The official language is Italian
• The climate is highly diverse and can be the
  stereotypical Mediterranean.
• The population in August 2007 was estimated
  59,448,463 people.

• Ancient Rome was a civilization of farmers
• Roman civilization changed from monarchy to a
  republic and then democracy.
• The city of Rome grew from settlements of Latin
  tribes and Sabines.
• The Sabines tribes was derived from Spartans.

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Government by kings

• The kings had a lot of authority.
• The king was the head of the state religion.
• The kingdom was three administrative assembles.

• Julius Caesar
• He was born in 100 BC in Rome.
• He was a legendary Roman conqueror, he was a
  military and political leader.
• He learned many languages like Hebrew and so many
  dialects.
• Caesar received his education in Rome and Rhodes.
• The first triumvirate was formed of three
  leaders.
• Caesar introduced many reforms.
• In 59 BC Caesar was elected consul.
• He did many public works, also he protected the
  commerce and industry.
• On 15 March 44 BC he was assassinated.

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Cultures

• Religion
• Romans believed in gods from Greek society like
  Zeus, Neptune, Mars, Ares, Poseidon, etc.
• Christianity began to spread in the Empire
  despite initial persecution.
• Christianity with time was converted to an
  official religion in Rome.

• Methodology
• The legend, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC
  by Romulus and Remus.
• Rome and Remus were raised by a she-wolf. Romulus
  killed Remus in a fight about who would keep the
  throne of Rome.

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• Arts and music
• The first period -- imitations of marble and
  masonry that described mythological characters.
• The second period -- about three-dimensional
  architectural features and landscapes.
• The third period -- simple ornamentation.
• The fourth period --had scenes from mythology and
  also described Roman victories.
• The music was used in public and religious
  ceremonies.

• Games and Activities
• Romans played jumping, wrestling, boxing, racing
  fishing, hunting and handball.
• Another entertainment was gladiatorial combats.
• Animal shows were also popular with the Romans.
  They combined animal shows with gladiatorial
  combat.

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Tower of Pisa

• The Tower of Pisa a freestanding bell tower of
  the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa.
• It was built in 1773.
• The tower had various renovations.

• Elevation about 58,36 meters.
• Weight 14,700
• The present inclination is about 55j is it about
  10 corresponding to the eccentric on the loads
  on the foundation is 2.3 meters

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The pantheon

• The Pantheon, from Greek meaning temple of all
  the gods, is a building in Rome which was
  originally built as a temple to all the gods of
  Ancient Rome.
• Since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used
  as a Christian church.
• The Pantheon is currently the oldest standing
  domed structure in Rome.

• The height to the oculus and diameter of
  interior circle 43.3 meters.

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References

• http//www.google.com?hl enqAncientRomepicture
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• http//images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?panc
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  eiUTF-8
• http//encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx
  ?q AncientRome
• http// www. nationalgeographic.com/
  places/countries/ countritaly.html
• http//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome
• http//www. cia.gov/library/publications/the-world
  -factbook/index.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa
  
• http/Sabine- wikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia.mht
• http//Pantheon,rome-wikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia
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• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
• http//en. Wikipedia. org/wiki/Oligarchy