Augustus Flashcard

Scavenger Hunt

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/animals.htm

This link is to a website that helps kids learn about ancient Egypt through a safe interactive journey. This website also has links to other websites that go further in depth to some of the subjects like mummification. This site has interesting information about Egyptian gods, Hieroglypics, and the Egyptian religion. I rate this website a thumbs up when it comes to teaching kids about the culture and the ways ancient Egyptians lived back then. This is a great way to get kids interested and educated about ancient Egypt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/gladiator/index_embed.shtml

This is a link to an interactive Roman gladiator game. In this game you dress three gladiators according to what the game says to dress them in. It is a memory game in that you need to remember what armor to put on each person. This game is a great and interesting way for kids to learn about gladiators and what their weaponry was back then. I give this site two thumbs up for making this an intersting way to learn about gladiators. Kids will definately like this way of learning about the life and hardships of being a gladiator.

Citation: "The Internet Classics Archive The Deeds of the Divine Augustus by Augustus." The Internet Classics Archive: 441 Searchable Works of Classical Literature. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. .

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3/10/10 Roman leaders Notes

• Augustus used a Principate to rule
• The Prima Porta Augustus is a famous sculpture of him
• Augustus is the son of Julius Caeser
• Augustus is saying that he is of divine Lineage
• The Romans held standards which were like their flags when they went into battle
• He lost two of his legions to tribsmen in the north
• This was political propagande
• Lithia had a son named Tiberius
• Tiberius had a perch that he liked to sit on and throw slaves off of
• Caligula is a nutcase. He liked to bring people in to be murdered
• He tried to make his horse a Roman politician
• He had a close relationship with his sister
• He gets assasinated and bring on Claudius
• Nero was a very obese and sick man
• Nero burned down Rome because he wanted to build a park
• Nero is forced to commit suicide. As he is doing this he says the world is losing a great artist
• Vespasian comes to power after Nero. He is the complete opposite of the Julius family
• He is very strict and doesn't like nonsense
• The Christians got in trouble because they refused to pay the taxes
• His son Titus takes over after his death
• Titus built the Flavian Amphitheatre which is the colleseum
• He is also famous for the arch of Titus
• Titus burns the temple that the Jews practiced in
• The Wailing Wall is the remains of the Jewish temple
• It has been rebuilt as a Mosk over the temple
• This is why there is so much tension between the Arabs and Jews because they both claim that the ground is theirs
• Titus is followed by Domitian. He put up Roman baths
• These were the health clubs of the day
• All Roman cities had bath houses
• He wound up getting himself assassinated
• KNOW THE NAMES AND DATES THAT THESE GUYS SERVED
• Nerva 96-98, trajan 98-117, hadrian 117-138, antonius pius, and marcus aurelius
• Nerva changes the way emperors are chosen
• The emperor would now choose who is going to be the next emperor
• He chooses trajan . Trajan went ot war against the dasians
• Trajan's column was the monument to that war
• He then chooses Hadrian which is the emperor who was bit of a renassance man
• He was a poet, a philosopher, a traveler, and an art lover
• He is the first one to have facial hair
• Hadrian wanted to be seen as a Greek philosopher

Rome's Empire Daily

I think Rome was better off as an empire than a Republic because now the Patricians don't rule everything. Rome also has a better chance of conquering more land because they are run by an army now not a government. The Plebians also have a better chance of having what they want and making decisions. Rome is now a stronger army and a weaker chance of a rebellion because everyone is getting what they want.

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3/8/10 General Roman Notes

• The general Roman population was living in Sabora
• They were living in unsanitary conditions
• This was the daily life for the Plebians
• The Patricians lived in country houses near Vesuvius
• They were located on the bay of Naples
• The Gracchi brothers were Tirbunes
• They argued on behalf of land rights for Plebians
• There are two basic political parties
• The Optimares are the Patrician Aristicratic senators
• The Populares were more concerned with the common people
• Both of these brothers are assasinated
• The states surrounding Rome begin to revolt in the Social war
• 91-88 BCE is how long this war lasted
• They both have their own standing armies who are loyal to them
• Marius and Sulla are going to war with each other
• Sulla pushes Marius out of Rome with his army
• The Senate diverts him by sending him on a war with the east
• Julius Ceaser is born in 100 BCE
• He is born into a Patrician family
• He becomes a Senator and tries to go for the highest in the council
• Caeser goes to the people in Rome and gets their vote
• The council puts a man who is the complete opposite of Caeser so he could get nothing done
• They send Caeser to Gull which is in the middle of nowhere
• He conquers Gull while he is there
• Rubican is the river that he crosses
• Pompey was considered one of the best generals in Rome
• He got his name by clearing out the Pirates
• They wanted him to save them from Caeser
• They have a battle at Pharsalus
• Pompey loses but he escapes
• An assasin meets him at Egypt and decapitates him
• Caeser thought this was not respectful and did not like that
• He meets a woman named Cleopatra
• She is the last in line for the Talamayic rulers
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Ancient Rome Article

There are many aspects of Ancient Rome that we see in our society today. Whether these things are in the area of the way we build our buildings and cities, or in the political system we use to govern our country, many of these things were descended from Roman culture. The Romans invented or improved on many things like the game of soccer and the use of columns in architecture. These inventions helped shape the world we know today. We even see some of the Roman politics in our government today. Where do you think we got the idea for a House and a person who could veto any law if they did not agree with it? All of these and more were invented by the Romans and helped them to live their everyday lives. I will not only be looking at what some of these developments were, but also how and why it affects our everyday lives. Without Roman practices and inventions our world would not be like it is today.
One of the big inventions of Rome that is still used today is the aqueducts. These aqueducts were way ahead of their time when you think about it. The aqueducts were a system of troughs built for the transportation of water (http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/ancient_roman_inventions.htm). These aqueducts were also used for irrigation purposes. These aqueducts would go from city to city. They were built not only to transport water, but to also filter the water. These aqueducts were the first man made water purifying system (http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-aqueducts.php). In order to filter the water they would stack rocks inside of the aqueducts. These rocks would let the water pass through but would keep some of the dirt and other materials behind (http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-aqueducts.php). These systems of aqueducts were the basis for modern day plumbing that we know today. Having running water throughout our cities and into our homes makes our everyday life possible. We use these plumbing systems to drink from, wash dishes, irrigate crops, and go to the bathroom. The aqueducts changed the way they lived back then and the way we live today.
Another invention of the Romans that is useful still today is a system of roads (http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/ancient_roman_inventions.htm). The Romans were able to see that making pathways that were easy to travel on would be good in helping people get around in a city and also be good in connecting between the cities in their empire. They invented concrete as the material to build the roads with (http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/ancient_roman_inventions.htm). The roads were useful in Roman times, especially when they were traveling long distances with their armies. We depend on roads today for everything from getting us to school and work every day to the transportation of food and products across the country and the world.
Another great architectural invention by the Romans that went along with the roads was bridges. Bridges help us get across the country in a more direct way because we don’t have to go around obstacles like rivers and other steep terrain. Without bridges we would not be able to drive all of the places we drive today. If you think about where you go each morning you will see that many people cross bridges just to get around. These structures helped the Romans and their army get where they wanted to go more quickly and directly. When their armies were going on big trips they needed a bridge to cross over different water bodies instead of having to go longer distances to get around them. We still use bridges today even though they are a lot bigger than the ones built in Roman times.
The Romans also came up with the idea of taking a Census. The Census is a count of the people in country that happens every decade now and makes sure everyone is a counted for. In Roman times, one of the uses of the Census was to make sure that everyone paid the taxes that they were supposed to. Today the Census helps states get the money and programs from the government that is needed to support the number of people in the area.
When you look at developments that the Romans made in the areas of government, architecture and the road system, and compare these to the way we are still doing things today, you can see that there is really nothing ancient about Rome. These Roman inventions are still working in the world today and are necessary for a functional life. The Romans came up with stuff that can last centuries and can still be used as effectively as they were back then.

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