Ancient Rome

For years gladiator battles and chariot races took place in Colosseums in Ancient Rome. It was a great time for entertainment. People loved the blood and gore of the gladiator battles. Stallions rode around the arena pulling their warriors behind them as the rider cracked his whip. Swords swiped, shields clashed, men fought for their lives. A man could die based on the attitude of one man.With the flip of the emperor's thumb, a man could die. These were the famous events that all the Romans…

Ancient Rome had over a million people, which made them one of the largest empires back in the ancient world. Rome had many cool building that they had back then and some are even still there one that is still there that is popular is the Colosseum many people go there each year to see this popular building. The Colosseum was a great building back in the day many fights and entertainment happen in this building back in the day. Both of these places people work many jobs in the cities but most of…

The Ancient Romans of the later empire claimed to be a Republic, this means that they were said to be a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. In reality, this is only somewhat true in ancient Rome. The truth is that if a person was a citizen they did technically have a say in the way that the government, but the problem is only the rich men had a true say in the way that all of…

which reflected their social class and therefore power and how much control they had in the ancient Roman society. Then if the dead person had any military rewards or crowns then they would get carried out to show their achievements that they had made during their lifetime. Eventually the corpse was then carried out on the couch; the body was usually carried out on the eighth day after death. If the body was cremated then the ashes would be placed into an urn (a small clay jar) and the urn…

from about 50 BCE until the year of 200 CE. At this time, Rome was the superpower of the Mediterranean World and Rome’s territory, wealth and popularity were well known (Background Essay). Although Rome was prospering, it was slowly starting to fall apart due to poor leadership, a weak military and invasion of outsiders. Poor leadership was a big contributing factor to the fall of the Roman Empire. 12 out of the 19 emperors that ruled Rome were assassinated for power or out of hatred (Document…

meaning of ‘Unconquered Rome’. It signifies the glory of the empire and its striving economy, its colosseums holding thousands of crowd for ceremonies, its gladiators fighting in the arena to their death, its great aqueducts carrying water for the city of Rome, its busy port filled with traders from the far east of China to the cold, northern Germanic lands, its senators debating for the future of the empire and its mighty legionaries, marching on the streets of the great Rome. The romans can be…

During the eighth century Ancient Rome grew from a small town in Italy into an empire that reigned throughout Europe, Britain, Northern Africa, Mediterranean Islands and most of Western Asia. With all this land under one ruling Ancient Rome was culturally diverse, there was a widespread use of Roman language which included Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. Many religions were practiced and respected among the people, who were also paying roman taxes. The romans left behind…

Christianity in ancient Rome was a new concept of belief, it was monotheistic, and this made some people curious: others automatically hate it. Christianity intrigued some because it promised a glorious life that could not be bought. Rich and powerful Romans were not ready to adapt to the notion that women and the poor could have a glorious life and future just as easily as them. As a result Romans felt threatened and decided to ban Christianity. Until one noble emperor finally came into play…

Ancient Rome was one of the more well known empires in history. Even though there were some disputes within Rome as it was growing, they still were able to expand and build an even larger empire and even reach, what historians call the ¨Pax Romana¨, which was their time of peace among the people. In about 750 BCE there were no signs of infighting and everything was going smoothly. However, under the surface of what was going on, these old disputes were almost all about their government. Rome…

Theodosius the Great conveys the problem with Ancient Rome perfectly when he says that it may seem like the people of that century were happy, but they were not. It was almost impossible for people to be happy under the reign of monsters such as Augustus or Trajan. Theodosius makes the statement that when…