BELL WORK1. Based on your knowledge, write a description of the city of Rome and the country of Italy.Challenge Question:2. What building is pictured in the bottom right corner and what was the building’s purpose?

OBJECTIVE & STANDARD

7.1 Analyze the legacy of the Roman Empire.

I can analyze the growth and significance of early Rome.

GEOGRAPHY & RISE OF ROME1. What sea is northeast of Italy?

2. What is Italy shaped like?

3. What is the elevation like in Italy?

4. Where is Rome located in Italy?(Northern, central, or Southern)

Source: Houghton Mifflin History Social Science Lesson Review

Source: Houghton Mifflin History Social Science Lesson Review

ROMAN EMPIRE TIMELINE

Did you know that a timeline works like a number line? We count backwards until year 0, and then we count forwards.

How does a

timeline work?

ARCHAIC ROME

• Let’s take a look at early Rome • We call this early time in Rome “Archaic Rome”• This time period lasted for hundreds of years

ARCHAIC ROME• The Romans believed that their history could be dated back to a Trojan

hero named Aeneas (i-NEE-uhs). • When the Greeks destroyed Troy during the Trojan War, Aeneas fled with

his followers to Italy. • An ancient story named the Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas.• According to legend, Remus (a descendent of Aeneas) founded the city of

Rome in 753 BC.• The city of of Rome was then led by kings for hundreds of years.• During this time, the Romans established the Roman alphabet, a unique

numbering system, and a sewer system.

ROMULUS & REMUS

Rhea was a princess and a mortal woman who was married to Mars, the Roman god of war. Rhea and Mars had twin sons and named them Romulus and Remus. Some of the other gods were jealous of Mars and Rhea, and plotted to kill Romulus and Remus. Rhea heard about the plot. Since Mars was away she needed to protect the boys. She put them in a basket and set it floating down the river hoping that they would be found. They were found by a female wolf who decided to raise them as her own cubs. After the boys had grown some the wolf knew she couldn't keep them so she put them where a shepherd would find them. The shepherd and his wife continued to raise Romulus and Remus.

As the boys grew into manhood, they decided to build a city and rule it as its king. They had a contest to see who would be the top king. When it appeared that Remus was going to win the contest, Romulus got so angry that he killed Remus with a rock and became the first king of Rome. This is an important story for Romans since their city was started by the son of a god it had to be more powerful than any other city. Now look at the names Romulus and Rome. This is supposedly how Rome was named.

Write It Out!

Using POWTIDE, write a paragraph summary of the Romulus and Remus story.

5 minutes

EndYou have 5 minutes!

ALL ROADS LEAD

TO ROMEThe Romans would eventually govern a massive land empire. Closely review the map of the Roman Empire above and the map of Roman roads to the left. What predictions can you make about the future of the Romans?Topics to think about: government, trade, religion, language, & culture

ROAD TIME WITH YARN

Without standing up, can you connect every desk together with yarn?

To make this more challenging, you cannot pass the yarn to the person

directly behind you! Go!

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROMEThe ancient Romans said "All roads lead to Rome." In ancient Rome, that was true. Rome was considered the center of the empire and every city and province had to be connected to the center. There was even a mile marker in the center of Rome that you were supposed to use to measure distance. Every time a new area was conquered or a new province was created, roads were built to connect that province to Rome.

Roads were built in as straight a line as possible with stone bridges and tunnels if necessary. Along the side of road, the Romans placed signs called milestones. Milestones told how far it was back to Rome, and sometimes how far to the nearest town and even who was emperor when the road was built. The Romans built thousands of miles of roads and yes, all roads did eventually lead to Rome.

Roman Roads for Kids by Mr. Donn’s Social Studies Website

Stop & Review1. True of False? Rome is located on a peninsula.2. Explain how the geography of Italy led to a

successful empire.3. Who was Aeneas and what did he accomplish?4. Who were Romulus and Remus?5. According to legend, who started the city of

Rome?6. Why do people say that “all roads lead to Rome”?7. What does archaic mean?8. Describe life in Archaic Rome.

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