Speech – Ancient Rome Ancient Rome is one of the most beautiful places in the world‚ but rarely talked about. Did you know Ancient Rome is located in Italy however the city’s boundary changed so many times during all the ancient rulings. Generally Rome ruled all the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. This also included many other surrounding places. Due to Ancient Rome’s location Natural resources were laid on thick. The rich soil of Egypt‚ North Africa and Sicily provided grain for the entire
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In the Roman Empire they had gladiator fights. And those brave warriors fought for their lives. The people cheered in the crowd watching this brutal battle. Tens of people came into the Colosseum at a time‚ and only one of those people came out. Chariot races were almost as brutal. On the Circus Maximus charioteers tried to stay on their four horses. With 180 degree turns it was not easy. How bad and brutal all of this was it was still their
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Explain the appeal of a day at the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome The Circus Maximus was the biggest and most important stadium in Rome. It was 570 metres long and 140 metres wide. It was originally made of wood‚ laid out in the 6th century BC‚ but the emperors Titus and Trajan had the whole thing rebuilt out of concrete‚ brick and stone around the end of the first century AD. The emperors also increased the size of the Circus Maximus. It was able to seat 250‚000 spectators. Both women and poor
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To obtain political rights‚ the common people (Plebeians) formed their own assembly‚ the Concillum Plebus and named their leaders tribunes. Establishing peace and order gave Rome stability: Rome’s first code of law was established in 450B.C. On ten tablets‚ ten legal experts wrote down a list of Roman customs about property and punishment. However‚ due to plebeian pressure‚ two more tablets were added to satisfy them. The final
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“A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome” tells a story of a manwho started at the bottom of Roman society and moved his way up the bureaucracy pyramid. He successfully became an officer who holds a certain amount of power. However‚ he was unfortunate in terms of keeping his power. Apparently‚ this happened very often in ancient Rome—people with a high status can just fall overnight. This main character is being punished for abusing his power. He is sentenced to death by a lion. The article focuses on
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Carthage and Rome were both very powerful nations for the time. Carthage started as a seaport town at the northern point of Africa‚ just below Sicily and south of Rome. Eventually their nation grew and expanded from Africa into the western side of Sicily in hopes of conquest‚ but the King of Syracuse there resisted them until Rome sided with some traitorous mercenaries that broke ranks from his military and decided to rebel[ CITATION Mor01 \l 1033 ]. Those mercenaries took over a city to the east
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The Legend of Rome Romulus and Remus Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. Their father was Mars‚ the God of War‚ their mother was Rhea Silvia‚ a vestal virgin and daughter of the King‚ Numitor. Numitor’s brother‚ Amulius‚ had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. When the boys were born‚ Amulius seized them‚ put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. He hoped
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The ancient civilizations of Rome and Han China shared both similarities and differences in their social‚ political and economical views. First‚ ancient Rome and Han China both shared social views. Male dominance was a big thing for both‚ as they only cared to produce male offspring and didn’t really care much about the women. In Han China it was a bit of a disgrace to produce women offspring; in Rome women were in the same social level as all of the children‚ everybody under seven-teen years
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Ancient Rome was an Italic civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome‚ it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world[1] with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world’s population[2][3][4]) and covering 6.5 million square kilometers (2.5 million sq mi) during its height between the first and second centuries AD.[5][6][7] In its approximately
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THE GLADIATORS OF ROME In ancient times‚ the Romans enjoyed watching others get hurt‚ or even die in the form of Gladiator matches. Most Romans watched these fights in an arena. An arena is a central stage used for sports or spectators. Usually‚ people paid to watch these fights but on special occasions‚ the entire event was sponsored by one elite – wealthy Roman and the tickets were given to the general public for free. Although Gladiator fighting might seem barbaric to us today‚ in the
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