1. Learning Intention: Understand what an Empire is Understand key facts about the Roman Empire

2. Make a spider diagram of what you already know about Ancient Rome. What I know about Ancient Rome?

3. Copy this into your book. Empire – A group of countries controlled by one government or person. This could be an Emperor (male leader) or Empress (female leader). e.g. The Roman Empire and the British Empire.

5. Consider how large the Roman Empire was. Complete the missing words exercise. Find out what we call these countries today.

6. Complete the following paragraphs: As the population of R_________ grew l_________ the Romans needed to t________ with many countries for f________ and other g________. The Roman a________ gradually began c________ (or defeating) other countries. These countries were known as the p_________. People in many of the provinces were given a form of Roman c_________ if they agreed to f_________ for Rome. In this way the Romans i_________ their armies and made a_________ (or friends) of people who once had been their e________. Use these words to fill in the blanks: alliesfoodcitizenshipincreasedtrade Romeconqueringgoodslargerprovinces armiesfightenemies

8. - Understand what a Republic is - See the differences between Senates and Plebeians

10. ProsCons In theory, everyone has a say Senates with money, could block decisions Lots of good ideasMight be difficult to come to 1 decision Not ruled by one person – may have evil intentions No final choice on what to do The money for being in government is spread out Though it may not be spread evenly

11.  Under the Republic, 2 elected groups shared the government  The senate was composed of leaders made up of the rich families  These were the law makers  There were 300 places available

12.  The other section was run by the poor Romans  This was called the Assembly  In the beginning they had very little power  They could vote but the Senates could block their decisions

13.  The people were farmers and herders  Rome became a rich city from trade  Rich men, called senators ran the government  Poor men called plebeians had little power  However, the senates did not always control the army.  Army generals often did not listen to the senators.

14.  Plebeians lived in apartment houses called flats  Usually they would live next to or above their shops  They were usually quite big and pleasant  Some would even have running water!  The entire family would live there

15.  The whole family lived in these houses  They were often made with red tile roofs, with rooms arranged around a central courtyard  Windows faced the courtyard  They had beautiful paintings on the wall  They had many rooms too:  Office, bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, garden, toilet and a private bath