ANCIENT ROME


Information to gather and stories to think about:


  1. Where is Rome and how do the Romans say the Republic began?

  2. What was the government like during the Republic and why is this form of government important?

  3. Where and why did the Republic begin to expand? How did their economy grow?

  4. Who were Julius Caesar and Augustus and how did they change Rome from a republic to an empire?
  5. What did the ancient Romans contribute to world knowledge in the areas of art and architecture, technology and science, literature, language, and law?