1. The Romans

2. The Legends of Rome Two Gods marry- Peleus and Thetis
All gods invited except Eris- angry she ruins the party sends an apple ‘to the most beautiful goodess
Hera, Athena, Aphrodite fight over it
Go to Troy to prince Paris and to ask him who gets the apple
They all bribe him

3. The Legends of Rome Hera offers “mightest man on earth”
Athena“eternal glory”
Aphrodite “most beautiful woman in the world”
Aphrodite wins, Paris gets Helena, wife of Greek king Menelaus
Menelaus and Agamemnon go to war with Troy to get her back
Ten years of fighting still no success
They trick Troy with Wooden Horse

4. The Legends of Rome Greeks leave to islands off coast of Troy
Horse brought inside
Greeks kill almost all Trojans
One of survivors, Aeneas, flees with wife
Romulus and Remes sons of Aeneas ‘s wife found city of Rome
Remes is killed by Romulus when they can’t decide who should be king

5. List of Emperors Julius Caesar- 59-45 BCE
Augustus -Caesar’s Nephew-27BCE-14 AD
Tiberius- Augustus’s Step son – AD
Caligula- Nephew of Tiberius AD
Claudius AD
Nero- Claudius’s son AD

6. Roman Beginnings
753 BC AD