#10—Crash Course World History The Roman Empire or Republic or...Which Was It? 1. The story of Rome begins when twins‚ Romulus and Remus‚ who’d been raised by wolves‚ founded a city on ___________ hills. 2. What does SPQR stand for? It means Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Senate and the People of Rome)‚ one of the ___________ of the Roman Republic. 3. Rome was divided into two broad classes: the ___________ – the small group of aristocratic families and the ___________‚ basically everybody else
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The Roman Empire were the largest and longest-lasting empires that were ever made by the western world. Rome inspired many countries and civilization with their art‚ literature‚ and architecture. The Roman Empire took and change the best features of cultures it conquered‚ places like Egypt‚ Greece‚ and‚ Asia. While they did take things from other civilizations‚ the roman empire made great contributions to language‚ law‚ and architecture. Rome’s origins came from a tribe of Iron Age called Latins
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Rome was one of the greatest empires to ever exist. It’s accomplishments and advances in science‚ architecture‚ and government set a template for all future civilizations to follow. Rome had many great leaders that helped it become the thriving country it became‚ but one leader in particular influenced it more than others. Augustus Caesar was arguably Rome’s greatest ruler. He was the one who impacted Rome most and made it an empire that stood out in its day. But he came about in a time of great
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Han China and the Roman Empire Comparison Essay Whereas Han China (202 BCE- 220 CE) and the Roman Empire (~800BCE- 476 CE) were thousands of miles away from each other‚ they had many similarities and differences. Some of the similarities include peasant rebellions‚ while the differences are such as woman’s rights and their views on manual labor. Peasant rebellions were very important to the societies of Rome and China. The dynasty of Han China itself was formed by a peasant rebellion lead
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The Roman religion began as a polytheistic one. As the empire expanded so did the acceptance of Greek gods‚ these gods included Mars the god of war and Jupiter. They built these gods in temples all over the cities. The gods had human-like characteristics along with human-like emotions such as hate jealousy and fear. The empire began to expand rapidly under the rule of Augustus‚ and because of this the Roman empire began to gain new people with new religious views such as Jews and Christians‚ Christianity
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There is much debate about which factor is most important within the rise of Christianity in the Roman empire. In fact‚ when “The Christianity Movement” started to gain momentum in Rome and surrounding areas‚ it was prosecuted by Roman rulers. This period of civic abuse and injustice lasted from about AD 212 until AD 313. Avid Christians were forced to either practice Christianity in secret and risk persecution‚ or practice Paganism half-heartedly. Some people who defied the government and remained
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Moesia (which is now modern day Syria). His father the original Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ was an officer for the Roman Empire. His mother’s name was Helena. We don’t know much about her. All we know is that she was a Christian from the beginning. When Constantine grew older they sent him to the court of Diocletian. Diocletian was the emperor of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. While at court he learned Latin and Greek. Court was also where they believe that Constantine begun to see the persecutions
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monarchy that would someday become one of the world’s most powerful empires began around 800 B.C. Political institution was extremely important in classical China. Under the Han Dynasty‚ the power of the emperor and bureaucracy were emphasized. The organized structure of government allowed such a large territory to be effectively governed‚ even though it was the largest political system in the world at the time. The Han’s political framework stressed male dominated families. Han rulers didn’t support
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will it lead to our ultimate destruction? History seems to be repeating itself as our successes are leading to a decline. If we continue to stay uneducated and divided through major issues‚ it is inevitable that we will fall like the Roman empire. The Roman empire and the United States are similar for many different reasons from overall size to military powers. Both nations are considered inefficient due to inconsistency in their governments. Just as Rome had many changes in their Caesars‚ we have
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AP world history September 17‚ 09 The Han and Roman Empire Compare and Contract Essay The Han dynasty and Roman Empire are somewhat similar and also have some differences. Both civilizations have very strong central governments which allowed for powerful and expanding kingdoms. One of the main differences between the two empires was their religions. The Roman Empire and Han dynasty were has lots of inventions and technology. Roman and Han dynasty built major roads to help support a growing
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