2. First Ten Does this empire look familiar?
How does it compare to the one Alexander the Great created?
How could Rome’s geographic location help it to prosper?

3. What building is this? What was it used for?
Hook
What building is this? What was it used for?

4. Work Session
Roman Republic Notes
12 Tables Worksheet

5. The Roman Republic

6. What can we learn about Rome based on these sources?
“All roads lead to Rome.”
“Rome was not built in a day.”
“When in Rome . . .”
How did Rome win such a place in modern popular culture?

7. Italy’s geography Juts south from Europe far into Mediterranean Sea
Peninsula: Pros and cons?
Juts south from Europe far into Mediterranean Sea
Lies almost halfway between eastern, western boundaries of the Mediterranean sea
Protected by mountains, sea
Rich soil, mild climate

8. How was Italy founded?
Legend (Myth): Romulus and Remus, twin brothers raised by she-wolf; founded city 753 BC
Reality: Members of Indo-European tribe, Latins, reached Italy 1000s BC; built Rome
City prospered partly from location on Tiber River
Valuable trade routes, easy access to sea

9. Video Break!
Life of a Roman Teenager

10. Roman Government Rome was first a REPUBLIC before it was an EMPIRE.
A republic is a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders. In Rome, citizenship with voting rights was granted only to free-born male citizens.
Patricians
wealthy landowners who held most of the power
inherited their power and social status.
Plebeians
common farmers, artisans, and merchants
made up the majority of the population.
citizens of Rome with the right to vote.
barred by law from holding most important government positions

11. Roman Government Continued
Consuls
2 officials who ruled together (Executive Branch)
Commanded the army and directed the government
Senate
Aristocratic (nobles)
Legislative and administrative functions in the republic
Patricians
Tribune
Rome’s leaders allowed the plebeians to form their own assembly and elect representatives called tribunes.
Tribunes protected the rights of the plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials.
Dictator
ONLY in times of crisis, the republic could appoint a dictator
a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army

12. Activity
Generate a list of 3 similarities and 2 differences between Rome’s government and the modern American government.

13. The 12 Tables
In 451 B.C., a group of ten officials began writing down Rome’s laws.
The laws were carved on twelve bronze tablets, or tables, and hung in the Forum.
The Twelve Tables (Rome’s first written law code) established the idea that all free citizens had a right to the protection of the law.

14. Twelve Tables Activity
Worksheet

15. Last Ten 3 – aspects of Roman gov’t
2 – vocabulary terms I learned today
1 – vocabulary word I need more clarification with
Timeline Homework