7 Roman Empire

Unit -  Ancient Rome

9.3 CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS: EXPANSION, ACHIEVEMENT, DECLINE:

Classical civilizations employed a variety of methods to expand and maintain control over vast territories. They developed lasting cultural achievements. Both internal and external forces led to the eventual decline of these empires.  (Standards: 2, 3, 5; Themes: MOV, TCC, GEO, GOV, CIV)

9.3a - Geographic factors encouraged and hindered a state’s/empire’s expansion and interactions.

• • Students will examine the location and relative size of classical political entities (Greece, Rome) noting the location and size of each in relation to the amount of power held within a region.

  • Students will investigate how geographic factors encouraged or hindered expansion and interactions within the Greek, and Roman, civilizations.

9.3b - Empires used belief systems, systems of law, forms of government, military forces, and social                          hierarchies to consolidate and expand power.

• • Students will compare and contrast how the Greek and Roman civilizations consolidated and increased power.

9.3c - A period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievements can be designated as a Golden Age.

• • Students will examine the achievements of Greece, and Rome to determine how the civilizations experienced a Golden Age.

9.3d - Political, socioeconomic, and environmental issues, external conflicts, and nomadic invasions led                  to the decline and fall of Classical empires.

• • Students will compare and contrast the forces that led to the fall of the Roman Empire.

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Ancient Rome (From Republic to Empire)

[Pearson - Chapter 7] The Roman World

Primary Source Documents related to the Roman Empire

The Hellenistic Age came to an end as the Romans conquered much of the Mediterranean.  But the influence of the Greeks lived on in Roman culture. Rome’s location and its policies contributed  to the expansion of Roman power.

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Remediation

Contributions of the Ancient Romans—law (Twelve Tables), architecture, literature, roads, bridges

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7.  Which quotation from the teachings of Confucius is most similar to the Golden Rule from Judeo- Christian teaching? (q 7 Ju 03)

1)      “If a ruler is upright, all will go well without orders.”

2)      “By nature, men are pretty much alike. It is learning and practice that set them apart.”

3)      “While a father or mother is alive, a son should not travel far.”

4)      “Do not do to others what you do not wish for yourself.”