1. Can you Help Empress Olivia Save the Roman Empire? By Alexandra Grondelski

2. How to Play? In the slides there is a question with a scene. Read them and choose which one of the choices listed you chose and click it. It will lead to another slide. HOME

3. Empress Olivia needs your help in ruling Rome. Can you help her save the Roman Empire from collapsing? Click “GO!” to continue… Empress Olivia needs your help in ruling Rome. Can you help her save the Roman Empire from collapsing? Click “GO!” to continue…

4. People are staring to complain about high taxes for homes. Some complain that there are too many homeless people on the street. Some of your people have come to complain to you. It’s a Saturday and the Gladiator Games are shown today. Do you want to spend your money going to the Games or help build better housing? Are you going to: b) build better housing because I see more people on the streets nowadays. a) the Games! I get to see gladiator fights, Christians dying… Oh yeah! I’m going now! c) lower the taxes. http://www.woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/house s/Roman/townhouses.htm

5. Your soldiers are asking if they can get more money for supplies and clothes and gear. Do you: a) give them as much as you can. They are the ones protecting your country and expanding it also! b) ignore them! They should be strong enough to not whine for more things.

6. Your people are spending so much money on luxurious spices and things overseas. You are slowly running out of gold. Do you: c) use cheaper metal to make money? b) place a bet in the races with another emperor? a) send people to find more gold? d) cut back how much money is spent on luxurious things. You make a new law saying to people that they cannot spend too much money on luxuries overseas.

7. Interesting choice, Empress Olivia… Building more housing has helped the problem with space-but what about people not being able to pay for their houses? Click the coin for the next question… Or click “go back” to try that question again… http://media- 2.web.britannica.com/eb- media/98/8798-004-D46C7DD0.jpg GO BACK

8. Interesting choice… Spending your money means that you’re losing money. A lot of your people are doing the same thing. Click the coin to go for the next question… http://ehsworldlanguages.com/images/Forum/ mediumColosseum/colosseumgladiators.jpg http://media- 2.web.britannica.com/eb- media/98/8798-004-D46C7DD0.jpg

9. Interesting choice… You’ve used up so much money that even your mines have almost nothing left! Also, you’ve lost some people when they were looking for gold. Click on the lead pipe for the next question… http://www.elocalplumbers.com/app/webroot/blog/w p-content/uploads/2009/06/leadpipe.jpg

10. Interesting choice… The people have noticed that because the gold is cheaper it is worth less so they make the money worth the same as the old money used to be. They devalue the money. Click on the soldiers to go to the next page… http://www.aliceholt.org/roman_soldi er.jpg

11. Wise choice, Empress… Cutting back how much a person can spend has made your people more careful about how much money they are spending. Also, you are also cutting back on luxurious items. This makes people do what you are doing which is saving your money for more important reasons! You are doing great! Keep going! Click on the Roman soldiers for your next quest… http://www.aliceholt.org/roman_soldi er.jpg

12. Interesting choice… You’ve decided to not give you soldiers supplies and gear. Show them no mercy! If they are not tough enough to withstand the conditions now, they are not worthy of being a Roman citizen! Click the fresco to go to the next question. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans /images/roman_religion_shepherd.jpg

13. Wise Choice, Empress… Lowering the taxes has let many people still live in their flats and/or houses. Your people seem to be trusting you so far on this! Click on the soldiers for the next question! http://www.aliceholt.org/roman_soldi er.jpg

14. Wow! All this ruling makes you tired! You decide to go to the Baths. While you’re there you here two people arguing about religion. It starts making you wonder what religion should your Empire be? Do you: a) everyone must be Catholic b) all religions are permitted

15. Everyone is getting sick. Is it the pipes or the water? Or is it the living conditions? Do you: a) develop a new medicine to protect everyone from the illnesses b) ignore the situation http://bobnholli.com/Gallery/albums/ album03/3_Roman_Aqueducts0002. sized.jpg

16. One of your advisors rush in to give a message. He informs you find out that some of your Roman Guards are joining Barbarian Forces because they are not paid enough and have better offers from the Barbaric Force. He also tells you that if the public finds out, they’ll kick you off the throne! Do you: a) pay the guard extra money hoping they will come back b) retire from the throne.

17. Goodbye, Rome… You’ve chosen to make people respect the Catholic religion. You have forced your people to do what they don’t want to do. You also forced them to believe in something that they never believed in. Now, everyone is going to have disputes about going back they way they used to be. If you want to try again, click the button. HOME

18. You are gaining too much power and the senator’s are getting worried. You heard a rumor that they’ll try to assassinate you. Do you: c)Feed them to the lions! b)Put them in jail! a)Kill them immediately!

19. Wise choice, Empress… Letting your people choose what religion they want to be makes them know that you care about who they are. Click on the lead pipe for the next question… http://www.elocalplumbers.com/app/webroot/blog/w p-content/uploads/2009/06/leadpipe.jpg

20. Wise choice, Empress You’ve chosen to give the soldiers what they need. After all, they are the ones that have helped you build this wonderful empire. You are doing great! Keep going! Click on the Roman guard to go to the next question… http://www.biblesecrets.org/ima ges/roman%20guard.gif

21. Goodbye, Rome… None of your warriors want to come back no matter how much you offered them. What’s worse is that the public has found out and kicks you off the throne. You have made both good and bad decisions but you tried your best! Goodbye, Rome… http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Ro man_throne_LosAngeles_C ounty_Museum_California.jp g If you want to try again, click the button. HOME

22. Goodbye, Rome… Instead of helping heal people, the medicine has killed a few people. So now the illness is still going on. One day you start feeling weird. 2 days later you die. Goodbye, Rome. You’ve made both good and bad decisions. Your people will remember how much you tried to save them. If you want to try again, click the button. HOME

23. Goodbye, Rome… You’ve chosen to ignore the illness. Now the illness is still going on. One day you start feeling weird. 2 days later you die. Goodbye, Rome. You’ve made both good and bad decisions. Your people will remember how much you tried to save them in many situations. If you want to try again, click the button. HOME

24. Interesting choice, Empress… Whatever choice you chose has a consequence and whatever choice you had will lead to no senators at all! Also, it will make your people scared of you. Click the coin to got to the next page… Interesting choice, Empress… Whatever choice you chose has a consequence and whatever choice you had will lead to no senators at all! Also, it will make your people scared of you. Click the coin to got to the next page… http://www.museums.norfolk.go v.uk/img_hr/Roman%20Coin.jpg

25. Interesting choice, Empress… Whatever choice you chose has a consequence to it and whatever choice you had will lead to no senators at all! Also, it will make your people scared of you. Click the coin to got to the next page… Interesting choice, Empress… Whatever choice you chose has a consequence to it and whatever choice you had will lead to no senators at all! Also, it will make your people scared of you. Click the coin to got to the next page… http://www.museums.norfolk.go v.uk/img_hr/Roman%20Coin.jpg

26. Goodbye, Rome… You’ve lost the bet and now the government has no more money! Slowly your Empire is falling. You’ve made both good and bad decisions and tried your best. Eventually the Roman Empire must’ve fallen somehow. Goodbye, Rome… If you want to try again, click the button. HOME

27. CONGRATULATIONS!!! You managed to save the Roman Empire from collapsing! You and your people will prosper for many more years! If you want to try again, click the button. HOME

28. Too bad! Eventually the Roman Empire must have fallen. If you want to start again, click the button. HOME

29. Interesting choice… Many richer people are spending way to much money which will lead to economical problems. Click the coin to go to the next page. http://media- 2.web.britannica.com/eb- media/98/8798-004-D46C7DD0.jpg

30. Interesting choice, Empress… Whatever choice you chose has a consequence and whatever choice you had will lead to no senators at all! Also, it will make your people scared of you. Click the coin to got to the next page… Interesting choice, Empress… Whatever choice you chose has a consequence and whatever choice you had will lead to no senators at all! Also, it will make your people scared of you. Click the coin to got to the next page… http://www.museums.norfolk.go v.uk/img_hr/Roman%20Coin.jpg