1. The Rise and Fall of Rome - Timeline and Mapping Activity

3. “Romulus and Remus” by Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1577)

4. 800 BCE Romulus and Remus, mythic founders of Rome, are born.

5. Tiber River The Latins and the Etruscans

8. The Romans fought against Hannibal’s elephants in the Punic Wars

10. Romans vs. Corinthians

13. Pompey vs. Caesar

18. Death of Julius Caesar

20. The Death of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt

22. The Five Good Emperors

25. keeping the public happy with free entertainment

27. Constantine and the New Capital

29. Rome falls to the Barbarians

33. picture credits www.wga.hu/art/r/rubens/ 22mythol/26mythol.jpg http://galileo.rice.edu/images/things/italy_map.bmp http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/images/Painted_Elephant.jpg www.shunya.net/Text/ Herodotus/Maps.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CS002910.jpg#file http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/20147~Death-of- Julius-Caesar-Posters.jpg http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/images/cleo1.gif http://www.search.com/reference/Roman_Empire www.answers.com/topic/ five-good-emperors-jpg www.murphsplace.com/ gladiator/glads.htm www.stnicholascenter.org/ Brix?pageID=33 http://barista.media2.org/?p=2321 Across the Centuries, Houghton Mifflin