Carmella Van Vleet - Ancient Civilizations: Romans!: With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids

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www.nomadpress.net Printed in the United States. 753 BCE: According to legend, ancient Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus, two brothers who were raised by a she-wolf. 753 BCE509 BCE: Rome is ruled by kings. 509 BCE: Rome becomes a republic, a government of elected leaders. 46 BCE: The Roman republic ends when Julius Caesar declares himself dictator for life. 27 BCE: The Roman Empire begins. 64 CE: Two-thirds of Rome is destroyed after nine days of fire. 7280 CE: The Colosseum, the greatest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, is built. 122: Construction begins on the 73-mile-long Hadrians Wall, in what is now England, to protect the northwest border of the Roman Empire. 125: The Pantheon is finished. 285: The Roman Empire splits in halfwith a Western Empire governed from Rome and an Eastern Empire governed from Byzantium. 313: Emperor Constantine makes Christianity legal in the Western Empire. 324: Emperor Constantine reunites the Roman Empire and renames Byzantium after himself. 330: Constantinoplepreviously called Byzantiumreplaces Rome as the center of the Roman Empire. 395: The Roman Empire splits into two empires again. 410: Germanic warriors take over the city of Rome. 476: The Western Roman Empire ends. C. 1453: The Eastern Roman Empire (also called the Byzantine Empire) falls. Many of the words and names in this book are hard to say, but you can hear them spoken online. Many of the words and names in this book are hard to say, but you can hear them spoken online.

Go to Merriam-Webster.com, search for the word, and press the symbol next to your word to hear it spoken. MERRIAM-WEBSTER Ancient Rome was the center of an amazing civilization that existed long ago. You might wonder why we should care about people and a civilization that existed 2,000 years ago. But guess what? There are plenty of reasons to learn about ancient history! First, learning about ancient civilizations helps us learn how were all connected as humans. By studying communities that came before us, we can learn about how important things such as politics and religion and economics got started. We can also learn from the mistakes of the past.

WORDS TO KNOW civilization: a community of people that is advanced in art, science, and government. ancient: from an early time in history. economics: having to do with a countrys resources and wealth. WORDS TO KNOW Roman Empire: all the lands and people ruled by ancient Rome from 753 BCE to 476 CE. legend: an ancient story that may or may not have really happened. BCE: put after a date, BCE stands for Before Common Era and counts down to zero.

CE stands for Common Era and counts up from zero. These non-religious terms correspond to BC and AD. This book was printed in 2019 CE. DID YOU KNOW? Have you ever heard the expression, Those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it? This is a way of saying that people can learn from events and avoid making some of the same mistakes of the past. Learning about ancient civilizations is fun! Calendars, paved roads, shopping malls, running waterwe can thank ancient Romans for all these things. But what else can we thank the ancient Roman Empire for? Where was ancient Rome? And what was it like to live there? WHERE IN THE WORLD? Ancient Rome was a city in Italy.

According to legend , Romulus and Remus founded it in 753 BCE . Romulus and Remus were brothers who were taken from their mother and left to die along the banks of the Tiber River. A female wolf took care of them until a shepherd adopted them. A STATUE OF ROMULUS AND REMUS AND THE WOLF WORDS TO KNOW landscape: a large area of land and its features, such as mountains and rivers. desert: a landscape that gets very little rain. Legend tells that when the boys were older, they decided to build a city near the place the wolf found them.

They fought over who would rule the new city and Romulus killed Remus. Rome, which still exists today, is named for Romulus. The area was a good place for a city. There were seven hills and the Tiber River provided water, food, and a way to move from place to place. In time, the rulers of Rome took over neighboring lands far and wide. All of these lands together were called the Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire grew to include Spain, Greece, Asia Minor, Britain, Turkey, and North Africa. The Roman Empire also controlled the Mediterranean Sea. Because the Roman Empire was so big, different parts of it had different kinds of weather. Some places were cold. Others were hot. There were also many landscapes .

Some places had desert sand, while other places had mountains. THE RED COLOR SHOWS THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE WORDS TO KNOW adapt: to change ones behavior to fit into a new environment. environment: everything in nature, living and nonliving, including plants, animals, soil, rocks, and water. aqueduct: a channel that transports water from its source across a great distance. channel: a canal through which a stream of water moves. Romans became good at adapting to different kinds of environments .

This helped them grow and flourish. Roads and aqueducts were two things that helped ancient Romans to survive and thrive. ADEQUATE AQUEDUCTS A million people lived in ancient Rome. All of those people needed water. In order to get water to the city, Romans built aqueducts.