Roman towns and town planning Jan Theissig, Czech Republic

How was Roman Empire divited territorially. How were the parts called How was Roman Empire divited territorially? How were the parts called? Which were the parts?

How was Roman Empire divided territorially? 25 BC – 2,750,000 km2 117 AD- 6,500,000 km2 390 AD – 4,400,000 km2 Western Roman Empire Eastern Roman Empire

How were parts called? The parts were called provinces. The most famous provinces: Sicily Corsica Sardinia Macedonia Gaul Cyprus Syria Egypt

Which were the provinces?

Roman towns What were the most famous Roman towns? In which todays countries are they situated? What were their Roman names and what are the names now?

What were the most famous Roman towns? They were Roma, Konstantinopol, Ravenna and Mediolan.

In which todays countries are they situated? Roma in Italy, Konstantinopol in Turkey, Ravenna in Italy and Mediolan in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy.

What were their Roman names and what are their names now? Roma is still Rome, Konstantinopol is now Istambul, Ravenna is still Ravenna and Mediolan is now Milán.

How were they planned? By the river Two main roads Rectangular shape Grid plan

What were the most imporant buildings and their function? Colosseum – there were gladiators‘ fights. Forum Romanum – it was the centre of the town. The Spa –was an ancient Roman public bath.

Another imporant Roman buildings Pantheon – it was ancient circular temple. It is in Rome in Italy. The temple was bulit by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.

Water supply, sewerage system, storing food in Roman towns Water supply- there were water pipes. Sewerage system - around the roads were ditches. Food - they stored it in carafas.

How were the towns protected? They were protected with stone walls and towers.

How was town life like?

How many people lived there? In Roman Empire: 25 BC – 56,800,000 on 20,7 km2 117 AC – 88,000,000 on 13,5 km2

What was the government? Government was the empire.

What were the people classes? 1. Free Romans 2. Foreigners 3. Redundacies 4. Slaves

Roman forts and military camps in Czech Republic How were they called in Roman? In Roman it calls Castrum. In Czech Republic forts and military camps were in: Brno, Olomouc, Jevíčko and more places.

Plan of Roman camp

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