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Time of the Romans
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Time of the Romans

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What do you know about the Romans?

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4.1 From city to world empire

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Success criteria
You can explain:
  • How Rome was governed first
  • How Rome started to conquer areas
  • How Rome became a world empire and how the empire was governed
  • How civil wars led to the imperial period
  • How emporers brought peace to the empire
Assignment for the digital students:
Read 4.1 - From city to world empire
and answer the learning goals

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The Story of Romulus and Remus and the Origin of Rome

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Who won the fight?
A
Romulus
B
Remus

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Which map is the map of the Roman Empire?

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From kingdom to republic
  • Rome was a city-state with a cruel king (monarchy) until 509 B.C.
  • The king was driven away and Rome became a republic, a state without a monarch
  • The republic was ruled by the nobility
  • They took decisions in the senate, an assembly of 300 senators (and two consuls)

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Explain how the Roman
republic was governed.
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Roman conquest
  • With their strong army, Rome subdued other city-states
  • The residents were often allowed to continue to govern themselves
  • They had to pay taxes and supply soldiers to Rome
  • With this, the Romans could make their army even stronger
Advantages of the military:
- soldiers like to show their bravery and thought it was an honour to die for their homeland
- soldiers got a part of the loot in case of victory

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Put the areas and their maps in the right place (page 69 and 70)
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Map
Map
Map
Map
Rome
Italy
Spain and Greece
Africa and France

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Video
The Roman army

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Roman provinces
Through the conquests Rome became huge
It was divided into provinces for better governance.
In each province a governor was in charge with 4 tasks:

Taxing the population
1
He was the judge
2
Commanding the army in the province
3
Ensuring order and safety together with civil servants
4

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To work
  • What? Make assignment 1 to 5 from section 4.1
  • How? In your workbook
  • Help? Teacher
  • Finished? Work on other homework

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What is a republic?
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What was the Senate?
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Success criteria
You can explain:
  • How civil wars led to the impirial period
  • How emperors brought peace to the empire

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Civil wars
  • Army leaders became more and more powerful because the soldiers were loyal to them
  • Some went against the senate, this led to war
  • Such a war within a state is a civil war

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Julius Caesar
  • One of these army leaders was Julius Caesar
  • He had conquered France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands
  • He became dictator (tyrant) in 44 BC but was assassinated by enemies in the Senate

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Video
The Rubicon

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What is a civil war?
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Why were the soldiers loyal to
Caesar and not to the senate?
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Video
The murder of Caesar

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What is a republic?
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What was the Senate?
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What is a civil war?
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Why were the soldiers loyal to
Caesar and not to the senate?
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Emperor Augustus
  • After Caesar's death there was another civil war
  • This was won by Octavian, Caesar's second cousin
  • He was given the title of Augustusus (the Exalted)
  • He put an end to the republic and became the first emperor in 27 BC.
He was like a god above the people, he was exalted
Rome was nu een keizerrijk. De keizer had alle macht en was een soort van koning.

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Pax Romana
  • Means: Roman Peace
  • Roman emperors expanded the empire
  • The empire had natural borders that were guarded by legions
  • So there was 200 years of peace within the empire

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Why was Julius Caesar killed?
A
He was a bad emperor
B
He became too powerful
C
He had insulted the emperor
D
He had lost a battle

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What is the correct order about the governance of the Roman Empire?
A
kingdom-republic-empire
B
republic-empire-kingdom
C
empire-kingdom-republic
D
kingdom-empire-republic

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Julius Caesar was the first emperor of the Roman Empire
A
True
B
False

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What does the title 'Augustus' mean?
A
The Exalted
B
Dictator for life
C
Emperor of the Roman Empire
D
Saviour of the Republic

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To work
  • What? Make assignment 1 to 10 from section 4.1
  • How? In your workbook
  • Help? Teacher
  • Finished? Work on other homework

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