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2 Introduction WELCOME TO ANCIENT ROME
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3 Rome began as a small village on the Italian peninsula in Europe. Rome grew into an empire. The little white dot on this map is the city of Rome.
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4 The orange-colored land shows all the territory that Rome controlled. This territory was broken up into smaller pieces called “provinces.”
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5 In ancient times, you could apply to become a Roman citizen. Would you have wanted to be a citizen? You might have! Like Greece, Rome was a lively place. But the Romans were very different than the Greeks. Ancient Rome
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6 The Romans were realists, not idealists. If a Roman leader had a big nose, that’s how Roman artists made him look. The Greeks would have given him a perfect nose. Ancient Rome
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7 The Romans were great builders. Everywhere they went, they built great roads. All roads led to Rome. Ancient Rome
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8 But Rome was not built in a day.
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9 Kingdom of Rome ROME AS A KINGDOM
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10 A New Home It all started around 2750 years ago, when the early Romans found the land of the seven hills on the Tiber River, near the Mediterranean Sea.
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