Ancient Rome

Blog #3- Pax Romana
Read this site on Augustus and the Pax Romana. This is also a great read for the upcoming mini-project on emperors. I will continue to try and figure out how to upload the powerpoints for you to view.
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture12b.html

Go to this site and click on 'Ancient World' - read the following: 'How to keep a slave in Ancient Rome' and 'The assassination of Julius Caesar.'
http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/awfrm.htm



Blog #2
1. Read the following on the three Punic Wars. Creat a chart that shows the causes/outcomes of each war between Rome and Carthage. What did Rome ultimately accomplish?
http://wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/PUNICWAR.HTM
2. Go to the teacheroz site below and jump to 'The Roman Republic and Julius Caesar'. Then click on 'The First Triumvirate'.
a. What was the First Triumvirate and how did it form?
b. What was interesting about Caesar's age?
c. What were three things Caesar accomplished while in office?

Great sites for overall study of Rome- http://www.teacheroz.com/romans.htm http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html



Blog #1
http://pages.uoregon.edu/maphist/english/EU/EU02-01.html
Roman Italy and Republic- (all four modules)
1. What did the Romans use to enhance military power?
2. Describe expansion from 509-31 BC (do not copy word for word) 2 paragraphs should do.
3. Approximately when does the Roman population begin to increase dramatically?
4. What is Romanization?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI8anMciiD8&feature=related- Watch 1st three minutes for blog #1. (Last five minutes next week)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lij59497MBs- good video on remake of Rome- last minute is Nero's palace with his giant gold statue.