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Ch. 7 Ancient Rome
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The Roman Empire
Christianity
The Fall of Rome
Daily Life in Rome
The Roman Republic
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This is one of two officials who led the Roman
Republic.
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What is a consul?
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The reason the Roman Republic wanted two men
(consuls) to lead Rome.
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What is so the power would be divided equally
between them?
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This is a wealthy, upper-class person in
ancient Rome.
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What is a patrician?
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This is a form of government in which citizens
vote for their leader. In the U.S.A., weve
adopted this same type of govt. from the Ancient
Romans.
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What is a republic?
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Julius Caesar was able to gain control of
Rome. Caesar marched into Rome with his army
behind him and demanded
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What was he was victorious in conquering Gaul?
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This is a leader who has total control of the
government.
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What is a dictator? Julius Caesar Augustus
Caesar were both dictators of Rome.
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The Roman Senate was grateful for Romes peace
and prosperity. So
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What is they gave Augustus all the power he
wanted? Augustus was the first EMPEROR of
Ancient Rome.
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This is a structure that carries water over long
distances. Romans were famous for their
engineering technology.
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What is an aqueduct? Some aqueducts are still
working in Rome. One aqueduct still brings water
to the Trevi Fountain.
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This is how the Romans divided up conquered
territory. A Roman governor was appointed to rule
each of these with the help of the army. Judea
was one of these and Pontius Pilate was the
governor during Jesus Christs public life.
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What is a province?
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The Greeks were interested in ideas, but the
Romans were more interested in
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What is using knowledge to build things?
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This is the idea that Roman law was based.
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What is fairness? Roman laws continued to be
passed down to many cultures including ours.
Ex.One is innocent until proven guilty.
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This was an economic problem in Rome. The
majority of Roman citizens were
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• What is unemployed?
• Life of the poor
• Lived in poorly built, rundown housing
• No running water, toilets, or kitchens
• Rubbish human waste were dumped out the window.
• Wooden apartments often burnt in fires.

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This was what Roman emperors did to prevent riots
when the wheat harvest was poor.
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What is gave free grain to the poor - to make
bread?
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This is a form of entertainment for the Romans.
They would go to the ________ and watch
the___________ battle.
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What is the Colosseum/circus gladiators?
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Despite watching gladiators, many Romans had
strong traditional values. Which were
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What was the value of having a happy family
filled with dedication and love?
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This is the founder of Christianity.
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Who is Jesus Christ?
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This is a follower of a person or belief.
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What is a disciple?
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This is why some Jewish people resented Roman
rule.
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What is the Jews wanted to rule their own land
and did not want to worship Roman gods or the
emperor?
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The Romans were tolerant of other religions
throughout their empire as long as
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What was showed loyalty to the Roman gods and
emperor? The Jewish people were tired of this.
Their prophets proclaimed that the Messiah was
coming to save them
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This disciple is the famous missionary,
evangelizer, martyr that spread Christianity.
His letters (epistles) helped turn the Christian
faith into an organized religion.
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Who is Saint Paul?
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This is an economic situation in which there is
more money with less value .
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What is inflation?
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This is a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign
army.
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What is a mercenary?
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Unemployment inflation.
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What are two reasons for Romes serious economic
problems?
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This was the emperor of Rome that encouraged the
spread of Christianity from A.D.312-A.D.337
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Who was Constantine?
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Final Jeopardy
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Three facts that support the Romans treated the
peoples they conquered fairly.
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• What is
• Treated them wisely
• Only took some slaves
• Most remained free
• Divided into provinces
• Did NOT force their way of life
• Allowed to follow their own religion
• Local ruler allowed to run daily affairs.
• GOAL Peaceful Provinces