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1 The Roman Empire

2 The legend of Romulus and Remus

3 Clothes: toga, palla, stola, tunic, sandals Gladiators: arenas, Colloseum, lions Emperors: Julius Caesar (+Cleopatra, Mark Anthony, Brutus) Augustus, Nero, Constantine, Caligula Roman army and weapons: centurion, legionaires, legionary, siege weapons Chariot racing: Circus Maximus Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius Public baths: frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium Architecture and technology: aqueducts, heating, sewage Theatre Religion and supersition: Gods and Goddesses, Temples, funerals, rituals, sacrifice Senate/Senators (politicians) Roman empire Romulus and Remus

4 7 hills of Rome Hairstyles, make up, jewelery Monuments: Trajan's Column SPQR (symbol) Food and drink Thermopylae Latin language Roman numerals Hadrian's Wall Children and school and games Women in Rome Roman housing: villa, domus, insulae Paintings, drawings, mosaics (tiny tiles to make pictures) Vomitorium Roman society: slaves, citizens, patricians, plebeians Afterlife, underworld, Charon and the River Styx Statues, Arts and crafts and work Forum: market

5 Gladiators, Arenas, Colloseum Chariot Racing: Circus Maximus Roman army: centurion Clothes: togas, palla, stola, tunic, sandals Monuments: Trajan's Column Money Statues, paintings, mosaics, Emperors: Julius Caesar, Nero, Augustus Mark Anthony: Senators (politicians) Roman calendar, Roman numerals Architecture: heating, sewage, aqueducts Romulus and Remus Roman gods, goddesses, sacrifice, rituals, temples, religious beliefs

6 Roman empire Women in Rome Democracy: Senates, consuls Children, school and games Pompeii Mount Vesuvius Weapons Food and drink Superstition Vomitorium Jewelery and ornaments Thermopylae Latin language Sport, public baths Houses: Villa, Domus, Insulae Afterlife Arts and crafts and work Slave Market: the Forum Patricians, Plebeians Roman society

7 How do we know about Ancient Rome? Archaeology and artefacts and buildings, statues, Pompeii, etc.. Written documents from the time: records, letters, books What other civilisations wrote about the Romans Secondary source: history books

8 Roman Baths

9 Keywords: Roman Baths Hot room (caldarium) Warm room (tepidarium) Cold room (frigidarium) Boilers to heat water Exercise area Food/drink/books available Massages Olive oil scraped off with a 'strigil' Separate areas for men and women`

10 Houses and dwellings VILLA- luxury house DOMUS- house INSULAE- blocks of flats or appartments Lares and Penates: household gods

11 Arenas and Gladiator fights

12 The Colloseum

13 Chariot Racing: the Circus Maximus

14 The Forum

15 Triumphal arches

16 City walls and gates

17 Temples

18 Roman Theatre (Amphitheatre) for plays and music

19 Acqueducts: carried water to the cities and towns

20 Roman clothing: key words Toga Stola Palla Tunics Sandals

21 Thermoplae: where fast food could be bought

22 Roman food and eating: key words and information Ate lying down Feasts Vomitorium Dinner: CENA Food: meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, olive oil. Speciality: stuffed mice, stuffed songbird, fried snail Garum sauce: spicy sauce to cover up taste Rich people: entertainment during meals: gladiator fights, singers, dancers Drank: water, wine

23 Standard bearers leading the infantry

24 Roman Cavalry

25 The 'tortoise'

26 Helmet Sandals Legions Camps Legionaries Forts Century Centurions The Roman Army: Key Words Standard (or symbol of a legion) Standard bearer The 'tortoise' Short stabbing sword Cavalry Shield Dagger Javelin (or Pilum) or spear Siege Weapons: catapult, giant crossbow, balistas

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28 Charon and the River Styx

29 Religion in Ancient Rome Gods Goddesses Temples Statues Pantheon in Rome Shrines in homes Sacrifices Vestal virgins (Temple of Vesta) Lares and Penates: household gods Haruspex: examined internal organs to predict future Augurs: predict the future Sometimes by looking at bird flight patterns

30 Charon The River Styx Coin in mouth Hades or the Underworld Pluto: God of Underworld Tombs Carried on a litter Burial Sarcophagus: coffin Cremation Christians persecuted Urns (jars) for ashes Funerals, Burial, and the Afterlife Catacombs: underground passages Funeral processions Mourners, musicians, dancers Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity

31 Arts and crafts in Ancient Rome Painting Sculpture Mosaics (pictures with small tiles) Music Plays Potters Carpenters Blacksmiths

32 Education in Ancient Rome Only children of wealthy families went to school Used wax tablets rather than paper Wrote with stylus Older boys (and sometimes but not often, girls) sometimes went to Grammar School Studied Greek, Latin, History, Geography, Mathematics and works by writers like (Plato and Aristotle)

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