any help with history?

Question

i need help with history hmwk! i need 2 know somethings about ancient rome

so can u please help

.k.i.t.t.y.

Answer 1

could u narrow it down??

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Answer 2

The Ancient Romans lived in an area that is now known as Rome, Georgia. There were exactly 437,000 of them. Their president was Julius Caesar, who is known for inventing the Orange Julius. The Romans were very inventive and created things like liver cheese, flush toilets, and crayons which they used to draw on cave walls. The Romans were very warlike and conquered many territories throughout the Midwest including Tennessee and Gaul. The ancient Romans spoke Latin or Spanish as it is known today. They conquered Latin America which is why it is called Latin America and made everyone speak Spanish. They also started the Catholic Church when Jesus told them to. Before that they worshiped gods like Rumulus, Thor, Vegeta and Qualk. The Romans died out when a comet struck the earth in 422 AD and there is not a single Roman left alive today.

Answer 3

Ancient Rome was a large empire that had it's beginnings in the nation of Latium. The Etruscans heavily influenced the cutlure of early Rome, before the Romans rebeled against them and formed their own nation. The first Roman nation was a kingdom, ruled by kings like those of the Etruscans. However, the Roman king was soon overthrown and his nation was replaced by a Republic, with a senate of provincial representatives. Eventually, the republic was overthrown by Emperor Augustas Julius Ceaser, who was assassinated. His governmental system survived, however, and Rome remained under emperial control until it's fall, which came several centuries later. The fall of Rome was a result of a combination of factors, including the division of the empire into eastern and western halves, and the encroachment of barbarians (such as the goths and vandals). The western empire fell first, followed by the eastern empire several centuries later. The eastern Roman empire was also known as the Byzantine Empire in it's later years.

Hope this helps get you started.

Answer 4

ROME AT ONE TIME ALMOST CONTROLED THE WORLDS POPLULATION AND DURING JULIUS CAESAR RAIN HE ONLY KNEW 4 YEARS WITHOUT WAR WELL OF COURSE THEY HAD THE GALDIATORS THEY WERE WAY MORE DEVELOPED THAN THE SURROUNDING NATIONS YOU WILL ALSO WANT TO CHECK THIS SITE OUT GREAT INFO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rome

Answer 5

the ancient society of Rome;

From earliest times, Roman society was divided into two main groups: the upper-class patricians, and the plebeians, who made up the rest of the population. Patrician families were grouped into clans, probably reflecting the tribal structure of their early Latin ancestors; the best-known such clan, that of the Julians, was to produce the first Imperial dynasty. Access to the more important posts in the army, the judiciary, and the administration was usually confined to the patricians or to the equestrian class who constituted the lower ranks of the aristocracy; over time, these restrictions and distinctions were gradually eroded so that public affairs, which under the early Republic tended to be the preserve of the upper classes, became by the time of the empire increasingly influenced by talented and vigorous members of lower orders, as more and more opportunities were opened up to the plebeians. Patrician birth remained an important matter of family pride, but made increasingly little difference to a career. Another important distinction was abolished in ad 212, when the emperor Caracalla extended to all inhabitants of the empire Roman citizenship, previously a cherished privilege of the people of Rome: provincials now enjoyed equal rights with the inhabitants of Rome itself.

Around the patrician and equestrian households collected a class of people referred to as clientes; clients would seek an upper-class patron, in a position of wealth or power, whom they could solicit for favours in order to secure advancement. Typically, a client would approach the patron with a request for help in securing a public appointment, or a trading concession; the patron would exert influence to help with this, but would expect the favour to be repaid at some time. The practice of the system of clientage was an important aspect of Roman private and public life. Important men collected flocks of clients, even setting aside particular hours for their reception, and a great part of Roman public and commercial affairs was transacted within the framework of this system.


Rulers of Ancient Rome

Upper-class Romans cherished a strong sense of public duty: whatever his private fortune (and they could be huge), a patrician was expected to serve the res publica (literally, “the public thing”) in a civil or military capacity (and frequently in both). The young son of the governing classes embarked on the cursus honorum, a career involving progressive responsibility in a number of administrative and judicial posts. For some, the ultimate goal was the governorship of a province though, in practice, promotion could depend as much on influence as on talent. Service in the law courts and Senate was always an honourable duty, and played an important part in the public lives of a class that usually managed at the same time to see to its investments and conduct commercial enterprises.

The freeborn plebeians enjoyed legal rights and privileges, initially safeguarded on their behalf (at least in principle) by the patricians and later by their own magistrate, the tribunus plebeiorum, elected by the plebeians. A large proportion of the people of the empire, however, had few legal rights at all, for the Roman economy and way of life was founded upon slavery. Slaves of every nationality could be found in every part of the empire: they provided the workforce in mines and quarries, on large farming estates, and in industrial factories and workshops. Many, also, were household or domestic slaves; depending upon the virtues of their owners, they could be treated with brutality or as trusted servants. The more fortunate slaves were able to buy, or be given, their freedom; they joined a class of liberti, or freedmen, who shared most of the rights of the freeborn citizen (though there was often considerable prejudice against them). The children of a freedman were equal with all freeborn citizens, whereas the offspring of a slave inherited his servitude. With the shift towards political absolutism under the empire, considerable restrictions over the rights of the free poor, and even of the artisan class, developed and particularly under the later Empire when, in order to maintain essential but unattractive trades, many occupations were by law made hereditary.

Answer 6

Hi Kitty,

You ask a fairly broad question. Do you think you could narrow it down a bit? Specifically, what would you like to know?