wunder beta🏛️ Ancient Rome
Meet mighty emperors, roaring crowds, and roads that ruled the world!
What you’ll learn
- Describe how Rome grew into an empire led by emperors and explain Roman engineering like roads and aqueducts.Rome grew from a small town into a vast empire ruled by emperors, starting with Augustus. Roman engineers built about 50,000 miles of roads and clever aqueducts that carried water into their cities.
- Explain what happened in the Colosseum, who gladiators were, and what lasting ideas Rome gave the world.The Colosseum was a giant arena where crowds watched gladiators fight. Roman daily life differed for rich and poor. Many modern ideas, from our calendar to concrete and laws, come from ancient Rome.
Questions this course answers
Who was the first emperor of ancient Rome?
Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, became Rome's first emperor and began the Pax Romana.
About how many miles of roads did the Romans build?
Romans built around 50,000 miles of well-made roads to connect their huge empire.
What did Roman aqueducts carry?
Aqueducts were stone channels that carried fresh water into Roman cities for fountains, baths, and homes.
What was the Colosseum used for?
The Colosseum was a giant arena where about 50,000 spectators watched gladiator fights and other shows.
Who were gladiators?
Gladiators were trained fighters, many of them enslaved people or prisoners, who battled before roaring crowds.
Which of these did the ancient Romans give the modern world?
Our 12-month calendar, many laws, Latin-based words, and strong concrete all come from Roman ideas.
Grounded in trusted sources
- Ancient Rome facts and history, National Geographic Kids (kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ancient-rome)
- 10 facts about the Colosseum, National Geographic Kids (natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/romans/colosseum)
- Colosseum, Encyclopaedia Britannica (britannica.com/topic/Colosseum)
- Ancient Rome: The Colosseum, Ducksters (ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome/colosseum.php)
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