Roman provinces

Roman Province Project

The Situation:

Your patron is a trusted political ally of the Roman emperor Trajan at the height of the Roman Empire (circa 117 A.D.) As a result of his friendship with the emperor, your patron can now ask to be appointed as the governor of any Roman province.

You and your patron's other advisers (your classmates) must outline the pros and cons of selecting any of the provinces in the Roman world and eventually help him decide which provinces look most attractive.

Each advisor (each of the members of your class) will make a presentation regarding the attractiveness or disadvantages of a specific region.

As you prepare your presentation, you will need to consider the history of your province's relations with Rome (wars, culture, religion, assets valuable to Rome). Also consider trade relations around the Mediterranean of this time plus geographical advantages and disadvantages of your area such as access to trade routes, ports, defensibility, isolation, key cities, climate extremes, exports, and natural resources.

Procedure:

You will choose a Roman province from the provided list on which you will do research in order to participate in the decision-making process indicated above.

You will research the aforementioned aspects of your province and create a wikipage, linked to our project's wikipage, which includes all the required information.

You will present your province to the class. You may reference the wikipage when you present, but you may not simply read it. It is important to tell what information you were unable to find. Remember you are delivering this research in a briefing meeting with other advisers so you will have to be honest when you cannot find solid research on an area. The final decision will have to be made based on the best information available.

Citations:

Throughout your wikipage, you must include references (in parentheses) to a properly formatted list of sources which you will include at the bottom of your page so that others can check your sources if they need to. You must use at least three sources, but you will probably need many more.

Please use my numbering on your wikipage and skip lines between items.

Notes should be the equivalent to one or more pages in length.

The list of things to include on your wiki page: [feel free to cut and paste the items below into your wikipage]

1. Maps:

a. Find and insert [or link to] a map of the Roman Empire around 117AD. Show us your province on this map.

b. Find and insert [or link to] a more detailed, close up map of your province.

2. Province Acquisition:

Write a brief but fact-filled paragraph giving the date (or approximate date) and describing howthe area passed to Roman control. Points will be given for accuracy, clarity, logical organization, readability.

3. Modern Pictures of Roman ruins:

Find and insert [or link to] pictures from the internet showing evidence (ruins) of Roman buildings in the area of your province. Give some identification of the ruins and the internet address where you found your pictures.

4. Advantages and Disadvantages:

Give the pros and cons of governing your region based on the following factors.

a. History of your province's relations with Rome (wars, culture, religion, assets valuable to Rome),

b. Trade relations around the Mediterranean in the time period of the Roman Empire

c. Geographical advantages and disadvantages of your area such as access to trade routes, ports, defensibility, isolation, key cities, climate extremes, exports, and natural resources

5. Wish I could have found...

Tell us some things which you feel would be vital to know about your region which you were unable to find out. This might be something which, in your mind, would be key to making a decision.

6. Sources:

At least 3...properly formatted. Include links to these sources throughout your previous paragraphs.

List of Roman provinces in 117AD per wikipedia. [Create a link to a wikipage from the list below and put your info on that page. You may not duplicate.]

Rubric

1a. Map - overview

1b. Map - detailed

2. Roman acquisition

3. Pictures of ruins

Advantages and Disadvantages

4a. History of your province's relations with Rome (wars, culture, religion, assets valuable to Rome)

4b. Trade relations around the Mediterranean in the time period of the Roman Empire

4c. Geographical advantages and disadvantages of your area such as access to trade routes, ports, defensibility, isolation, key cities, climate extremes, exports, and natural resources

5. Unable to find out

6. Sources list

7. Sources referenced throughout page

Total ________/12 = ____________

Resources:

UNRV History http://www.unrv.com/provinces/provincetable.phpOpens a New Window.

Wikipedia's Roman Provinces Entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_provinceOpens a New Window.

Roman Imperial Provinces (AD 117)

Roman province

Taurica | Thracia |

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