This is my 12 year old daughters history roman homework and she has to explain what this quote means. Please help!!
2007-11-07 06:43:52 · 4 answers · asked by hairyegg25 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
OK. Presumably this refers to the Roman Empire. Food had to be grown, so places like Egypt and Sicily were good crop growing areas. Crops could also be grown in parts of Africa, but Africa was also a source of supply for exotic animals for the Circus. Lions etc.Hope this helps.
2007-11-07 06:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by SKCave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Roman Empire needed to expand continuously in order to provide increasing wealth to its population. As a result the staple requirements of the Empire were drawn in from a wider area and hence the quote that the further flung parts of the Roman empire provided the agricultural products that Rome at the centre of the Empire, needed to live on
2007-11-07 15:00:58 · answer #2 · answered by Ellis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Egypt, Sicily, and the civilised parts of Africa" are the areas of the Roman world that produced grain to feed Roman citizens.
2007-11-07 14:50:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli
uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim
imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se
continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat,
panem et circenses. ...
2007-11-07 14:53:47 · answer #4 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋