Potential Factors in the Rise of Rome

ECONOMY: The Pax Romana brought 200 years of peace, a wealthy economy & a transformation of these:

RELIGION: This is a group of many gods.

RELIGION: Christianity is about God's love, charity toward others, forgiveness of sins, and life-everlasting.

ACHIEVEMENT: Roman influences today: civic burdens, partial judges, presumption of guilt, & inequality under the law

GEOGRAPHY: This river supported Rome.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Patterns or images made from small pieces of colored ceramic used as floor decoration.

PEOPLE: Julius Caesar expanded Roman territory with his army & passed laws to help the rich & famous.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Ancient Rome's Latin appears in legal documents, science papers, & in the English language today.

GEOGRAPHY: Rome had dry soil, poor water supply and a cold climate.

RELIGION: Romans were tolerant of different religions as long as people worshiped...

This group of people who were poor, went out to work at an early age, but if wealthy, went to school.

GEOGRAPHY: This is land surrounded by water on three sides.

ACHIEVEMENTS: This system supplied fresh water from the surrounding rivers & lakes throughout the city.

GEOGRAPHY: Rome was far enough from the coast to escape deadly attacks by enemies, yet farther from busy sea trade.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Professional soldiers, an efficient military machine used to conquer Rome's enemies

RELIGION: When the Romans scattered the Jewish people around the Mediterranean, they helped spread Christianity.

PEOPLE: Octavian Augustus, Caesar's nephew, did these things:

This group, if wealthy, learned the basics, but mostly household skills to prepare them for marriage at age 12.

ACHIEVEMENTS: These were murals painted on fresh, lime plaster.

PEOPLE: Two generals, Crassus & Pompey, along with Julius Caesar shared power among the three of them.

RELIGION: Romans valued their gods' character traits of: