GEOGRAPHY: Now it is just a city located on the knee of the boot, in Italy; then, it was EVERYTHING surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
GOVERNMENT: representative democracy (republic) - people vote on reps, reps vote on the laws.
RELIGION / BELIEFS: Then, was mythology (Jupiter, Juno, Pluto, Neptune, Cupid, etc.); now, mostly Christianity.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: representative democracy (republic), Latin, calendar, sewers, aqueducts, roads, milestones, surveying equipment, indoor bathing, central heating, architecture, burial / tombstones / epitaphs
GOVERNMENT: representative democracy (republic) - people vote on reps, reps vote on the laws.
RELIGION / BELIEFS: Then, was mythology (Jupiter, Juno, Pluto, Neptune, Cupid, etc.); now, mostly Christianity.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: representative democracy (republic), Latin, calendar, sewers, aqueducts, roads, milestones, surveying equipment, indoor bathing, central heating, architecture, burial / tombstones / epitaphs
To see unit lesson plans for Rome click on the soldier above.
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