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“Carpe
diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the
fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.”
Horace
Ancient Rome
753 BC-1453AD
Rome's 2000 year history is one filled with war,
adventure, slavery, cultural and religious advancement. They grew from a
group of small villages on the Palatine Hill to a monarchy, an oligarchic,
a republic and then finally to an empire that stretched from northern
England, across North Africa to the edge of the Persian Empire. Experts at adapting
and assimilating other cultures and innovations, their powerful armies
marched on Roman built roads and controlled conquered civilizations with
brutal force. The world holds a debt of gratitude for their civilizing of Western Europe.
Rome influenced our language, religion, culture,
and government. The pressures of empire, war, and greed gradually wore the Romans down and
they were forced to divide the realm into two divisions. Finally the
Persians threatened them from the east and the Barbarians from the north weakened
its power and the empire collapsed first in the west and finally in the
east in 1453.
History Rome's history,
government and evolution from founding, monarchy to republic and
finally empire.
Culture
Roman's way of life, religion, famous people and ways of war.
Government
Rome started as a
kingdom, developed into a republic and later became a Empire ruled
by an deified emperor.
Videos
Click on the picture of the Forum to view videos on ancient
Rome, Carthage and Byzantium.
Contemporary Civilizations
Egypt
and The Middle East
Egypt is located along the Nile River in North East
Africa
The Middle Eastern civilizations are located along the Tigris and
Euphrates river and in what is now Turkey
Greece A European civilization located east of Rome
in the Mediterranean, Ionian and Aegean Sea on the Balkan
Peninsula
North
Africa
Located south of Rome along the northern coast of
Africa and adjacent to the Mediterranean coast.
Europe Located north of Rome these civilizations
stretched from the Ireland to the Ural Mountains
Archaeology "The
scientific study of past human cultures by analyzing the material remains
(sites and artifacts) that people left behind."
Source:
Teaching Archeology
Rome's 2000 year history is one filled with war,
adventure, slavery, cultural and religious advancement. They grew from a
group of small villages on the Palatine Hill to a monarchy, an oligarchic,
a republic and then finally to an empire that stretched from northern
England, across North Africa to the edge of the Persian Empire. Experts at adapting
and assimilating other cultures and innovations, their powerful armies
marched on Roman built roads and controlled conquered civilizations with
brutal force. The world holds a debt of gratitude for their civilizing of Western Europe.
Rome influenced our language, religion, culture,
and government. The pressures of empire, war, and greed gradually wore the Romans down and
they were forced to divide the realm into two divisions. Finally the
Persians threatened them from the east and the Barbarians from the north weakened
its power and the empire collapsed first in the west and finally in the
east in 1453.
Government
Videos
Anthropology
Archaeology