Ruling Rome

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Ruling Rome

• What you will learn
• How Rome was ruled before the Emperors.
• What a Republic is.
• What an Emperor is.
• The names of some of the Roman Emperors

You will also freshen up on Timelines.
Remember them?
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Kingdom to Republic

• At first, Rome was ruled by kings.
• They were sometimes very cruel.
• The Romans wanted to have a say in running their
  own city.
• So Rome became a republic for the next four
  hundred years.
• A republic is a country without a king, queen or
  emperor. The people who rule it are elected.
  France, Italy and Germany are countries today
  which are republics.

The doors of Senate (parliament)
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Republic to Empire

• In the 1st century B.C. the generals who
  controlled the army became very powerful.
• Rome was no longer just a city, it was the
  capital of an empire.
• The Romans ruled lands from France to North
  Africa. You can see this in the map on the next
  slide.

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• A Roman Emperor was the man who ruled over the
  Empire.
• At first, Rome was ruled by army Generals, but
  this caused problems.
• The Generals were always fighting over who would
  have the final say in running the Empire.
• Eventually the Generals were replaced by just one
  man - The Emperor.
• Many did not agree with returning to rule by one
  man.

Tiberius
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• Roman Emperors
• BC 27 AUGUSTUS
• AD 14-37 TIBERIUS
• AD 37-41 CALIGULA
• AD 41-54 CLAUDIUS
• AD 54-68 NERO
• AD 68-69 GALBA
• AD 69 YEAR OF THE 4 EMPERORSGALBA, OTHO,
  VITELLIUS, SABINUS
• AD 69-79 VESPASIAN
• AD 79-81 TITUS
• AD 81-96 DOMITIAN
• AD 96-98 NERVA
• AD 97-117 TRAJAN
• AD 117-138 HADRIAN
• AD 138-161 ANTONINUS PIUS
• AD 161-169 MARCUS AURELIUS with LUCIUS VERUS
• AD 161-180 MARCUS AURELIUS
• AD 177-192 COMMODUS
• AD 193 PERTINAX

Find the names of any 8 Emperors in the
wordsearch. When you have found them, draw a
timeline and place them on it.
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End of section questions.

• What do you think are the advantages and
  disadvantages in living in
• an Empire or Kingdom
• a republic or other democracy?

Answer these in your jotter in lots of detail !