THE ROMAN EMPIRE Learning Intention:• Understand what an Empire is• Understand key facts about the Roman Empire

SHARING OUR IDEAS!Make a spider diagram of what you already know about Ancient Rome.

What I know about Ancient Rome?

WHAT IS AN EMPIRE?

Copy this into your book.Empire – A group of countries controlled by one government or person. This could be an Emperor (male leader) or Empress (female leader).

e.g. The Roman Empire and the British Empire.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

• Consider how large the Roman Empire was.• Complete the missing words exercise.• Find out what we call these countries today.

Complete the following paragraphs:

As the population of R_________ grew l_________ the Romans needed to t________ with many countries for f________ and other g________. The Roman a________ gradually began c________ (or defeating) other countries. These countries were known as the p_________.

People in many of the provinces were given a form of Roman c_________ if they agreed to f_________ for Rome. In this way the Romans i_________ their armies and made a_________ (or friends) of people who once had been their e________.

Use these words to fill in the blanks:allies food citizenship increased tradeRome conquering goods larger provincesarmies fight enemies

ANCIENT ROME

LESSON OUTCOMES:

- Understand what a Republic is- See the differences between Senates

and Plebeians

REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT

Had two main groupsSenates and the

Assembly

300 senates40 plebeians

2 main judges

PROS AND CONS OF REPUBLIC Pros Cons In theory, everyone has a say

Senates with money, could block decisions

Lots of good ideas Might be difficult to come to 1 decision

Not ruled by one person – may have evil intentions

No final choice on what to do

The money for being in government is spread out

Though it may not be spread evenly

REPUBLIC

Under the Republic, 2 elected groups shared the government

The senate was composed of leaders made up of the rich families

These were the law makers There were 300 places available

THE PLEBEIAN The other section was run by the poor Romans

This was called the Assembly In the beginning they had very little power

They could vote but the Senates could block their decisions

HOW WAS ROME RULED? The people were farmers and

herders Rome became a rich city from trade Rich men, called senators ran the

government Poor men called plebeians had little

power However, the senates did not

always control the army. Army generals often did not listen to

the senators.

HOUSING Plebeians lived in apartment

houses called flats Usually they would live next to or

above their shops They were usually quite big and

pleasant Some would even have running

water! The entire family would live there

SENATE HOUSING The whole family lived in these

houses They were often made with red tile

roofs, with rooms arranged around a central courtyard

Windows faced the courtyard They had beautiful paintings on the

wall They had many rooms too: Office, bedrooms, kitchen, dining

room, garden, toilet and a private bath