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<ahref='http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/plut_carneades.asp' >Carneades</a> Carneades was one of Plato's students. He went to Rome and argued a topic one day, then the next changed his mind completely. After this he was sent back to Athens. Philosophers like him tried to give new ideas to Rome all the time.
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Slavery was a very important part in building up what Rome came to be. It was the support of the republican and empire of ancient Roman society. Rome was thought to have a slave population in the millions and made up 25%-30% of the total population. Most slaves worked as farmers in the fields and harvested the crops.
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Caesar Crossing the Rubicon A Roman law forbade any general to cross the Rubicon River with an army into Italy. Julius Caesar crossed the river, which marked the point of no return. This is the begging of the Roman empire and set pace for the European culture.
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Gladiators were usually slaves captured from places that Rome had taken over. They were skilled in the ways of fighting with weapons. In the mornings gladiators would fight animals, and in the afternoon they would fight aginast each other.
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One of Caesar's friends, Brutus, was a big part in planning the assassination. Ceasar's wife tried to get him to stay because she had a dream that something bad was about to happen. Brutus convinced Caesar not to listen to her. When they got to the Senate Brutus, along with the others, stabbed and killed him.
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It was said that the Roman Emperor, Nero, had told sombody to torch the city. The city caught fire and the fire spread from each dry building. The rumors have never been confirmed. After the burning of the city, Rome was rebuilt better than before.
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The city just caught fire and there were rumors that the Nero had done it. To stop people from accusing him, he said it was the Christians. This is where Christians started being killed for their religion in Rome.
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Legends tell us that Rome was started by two brothers, Romulus and Remus. By 75 AD Rome had grown from a village to a booming city with many amazing buildings. The city had 1.5 million people living in the city, and was the center of the known world.
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End of Republic Agustus took power by winning over the people and the army. He changed how the government was run and people trusted him because they did not like what happened before. This is the time when Rome started becoming very corrupt.
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Christians were looked at as something bad that was spreading at this time. In a way to keep Rome from Christians laws were set in place to kill Christians because they didn't worship the Roman gods.
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Roman Baths These were baths in town where people would relax and clean themselves. They would have oven that heated the water so it would be warm for all people. These were popular in Roman culture.
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The Huns began to attack Rome when Rome was not at its strongest. They kept attacking until they had won. They were the main cause of the Fall of Rome.
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Rome was in economic termoil. This made them weak because their leaders were not looking out for all of Rome. This caused revolts and made it easy for others to attack them.
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Jews had revolted against their Roman masters and Nero had sent an army to control it. They turned to Jerusalem and slowly started attacking the city. Once inside the army ransacked the city and took Jews into slavery. While this was happening the army also destroyed the temple in the center of the city.
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After destroying the Temple in Jerusalem, Rome celebrated the victory. Rome looted gold and other goods from the attack so they thought a celbration was a good idea.
