Building a Strong Empire 1 Built empire and

Building a Strong Empire 1. Built empire and maintained order through strong government and revised laws. 2. Trade and transportation strengthened and unified the empire. 3. Strong army defended the provinces and the frontiers. 4. Government and laws- emperor had total power and delegated power to officials in the provinces.

Objectives Explain how the Romans built a strong empire Describe the daily lives and occupations of Roman citizens Explain the role do science and the arts in the empire.

Building a Strong Empire 5. Roman law unified the empire- the Twelve Tables changed-new laws were passed and old laws were reinterpreted. 6. Trade and transportation- trade of farm goods and other products helped unify the empire. 7. Agriculture was the most important occupation in the empire

Building a Strong Empire 8. Many trade goods exported and imported in the empire. 9. Army builds roads and bridges that allowed Romans to transport goods and the army quickly. 10. Travel and communications helped by over 60, 000 miles of paved roads that were well constructed.

If moving goods from Rome to Alexandria, which route would be faster: Land or Sea?

Building a Strong Empire 11. The Roman army kept the peace in the provinces and guarded the frontier borders. 12. Some large army camps grew into cities.

Life in the Empire 1. The rich grew richer and the poor grew poorer during the Pax Romana. 2. Slavery was widespread in the empire. 3. Daily life- rich had a country home and a city home with running water and exotic foods.

4. Poor lived on small farms or in crowded city apartments. 5. Most Romans ate simple meals. 6. Slaves and slavery- several million slaves in the empire

Life in the Empire 7. Life hard for most slaves, easier for household slaves. 8. Could buy their freedom or be freed by their masters. 9. The roles of men, women, and children- family was the heart of Roman society. 10. Father held most of the power- property, religion.

Life in the Empire 11. Women managed the household and bought all the food. 12. Could own property and accept inheritance. 13. Education took place at home by the parents. 14. Elementary and secondary schools also available throughout the empire.

Life in the Empire 20. Chariot racing at the Circus Maximus was popular. 21. Coliseum- site of contests between trained fighters called gladiators who fought wild beasts and each other to the death. 22. Public executions also drew large crowds

Science and Arts 1. Practical people who wanted to put knowledge to good use. 2. Science, engineering, and architecture- Galen was a physician who lived during the A. D 100’s and wrote medical textbooks.

Science and Arts 3. Ptolemy was an astronomer who proposed that the sun, planets, and stars revolved around the Earth. Ptolemaic system. 4. Accepted as fact for over 1, 500 years. 5. Romans were excellent planning cities and building water and sewer systems

Science and Arts 6. Engineers built roads, bridges, arenas, and public buildings. 7. Built aqueducts-bridge-like structures to carry water from the mountains to the cities.

Literature 8. Virgil was the greatest Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid. 9. Horace was a poet who wrote of human emotions. 10. Ovid wrote love poetry and mythology.

Literature 11. Tacitus was a famous Roman historian. 12. Plutarch a Greek wrote biographies of famous Greeks and Romans.

Language 13. learned alphabet from the Etruscans who got it from the Greeks. 14. Our alphabet is called the Roman alphabet. 15. Latin used long after the empire- language of the Roman Catholic Church.

Language 16. Latin is the parent of the Romance (from Roman) language family. 17. Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are all Romance languages. 18. Large percentage of all words used in English come from Latin.