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Ancient Rome: A New Power Rises
Italy is a peninsula that extends into the 753BCE, Romulus completed the wall around his
Mediterranean Sea east of the Greek peninsula. city. Remus belittled the wall and its builders.
Rome lies on the western shore near the center of When Remus climbed over the wall, the enraged
the peninsula. Today Rome is the capital of the Romulus killed his brother with an ax. Rome is
modern nation of Italy and one of the largest cities named for Romulus, its legendary founder.
in Europe, but Rome was once the seat of a huge Rome grew from a small town in 509BCE to the
empire. ruler of most of the Italian peninsula by 247BCE.
In 509BCE, Rome was a small village. But as Throughout this era, Rome was constantly at war
time went on--through force or persuasionRome with one or more of its neighbors. At that time,
controlled almost the entire Italian peninsula by when two cities went to war, the victorious army
247BCE. In fact, by the second century of the would destroy the conquered city and either kill or
Common Era, Rome developed into the greatest sell the citizens of the conquered city into slavery.
western empire of the ancient world. Many of our The Roman model of conquest was different.
technological achievements, our ideas about law Rome expanded its territory in part because they
and government, and the words extended many of the rights of
we use can be traced to the citizenship to the people they
ancient Romans. conquered.
Rome grew from a village to The Romans did not collect
an empire in part because the tribute from the people they
city was protected from enemy conquered, but the Romans did
attack. Rome is situated along require their neighbors to
the banks of the Tiber River provide soldiers for the Roman
about fifteen miles inland from army. As a result, the Romans
the sea. The Tiber has a ford, or had a massive source of
shallow portion near Rome. The manpower to draw upon for
ford made it impossible for large seagoing ships to their many wars.
attack the city, but experienced Roman sailors The Roman army built roads that often made
could navigate the Tibers waters in smaller ships. the conquered cities more prosperous. The soldiers
Seven hills surround Rome. The hills made it spread Roman customs to their home villages once
harder for invaders to reach the city and served as their service ended. In time, the Latin language of
lookout areas for the ancient Romans. Rome is also the area around Rome was spoken throughout the
close to excellent farmland and an abundance of Italian peninsula.
wood and stone, so the Romans had the resources The Romans did not necessarily have the best
to supply a large army. army, but the immensity of the Roman military
Archaeological evidence suggests that the banks allowed them to continue fighting despite
of the Tiber River were first inhabited about tremendous losses. In 279BCE, King Pyrrhus of
1500BCE, but the origins of Rome are steeped in Epirus defeated the Roman army in two battles.
myth and legend. Many ancient Romans believed Rome had a larger supply of soldiers, and while the
twin boys named Romulus and Remus were Romans suffered greater casualties, the losses
responsible for the foundation of the city. The inflicted by the Romans destroyed Pyrrhus smaller
legends say a king feared the twins would rob him army. Today we refer to a pyrrhic victory as an
of his throne, so he tossed the infant boys into the achievement with such disastrous results that it is
frigid Tiber River. Soon after, a wolf rescued actually a defeat. If your favorite team wins a game
Romulus and Remus and nursed the brothers back that clinches a berth in the playoffs but loses two
to health. star players to injury in that game the win could
Romulus and Remus decided to establish a city turn out to be a pyrrhic victory.
on the Tiber River, but the brothers could not agree Rome managed to unite most of the modern
on a location. Signs from the heavens told each nation of Italy by 265BCE. Rome would next turn its
brother to establish separate cities, and on April 21, attention to a rival in North Africa and go on to
create a world empire.
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Rome grew from a small village 509BCE to the ruler of most of the I_a_i__n peninsula 244 years later.
Rome would later develop into the greatest western e_pi__e of the a__c__e__t world. The city was
p__o__e__t__d from enemy i__v__s__on by seven h__l__s and a shallow r__v__r. From the hills
the Romans could see e__e__i__s approach. Experienced Roman s__i__o__s with small ships were able
to n__v__g__te the T__b__r River, but the river could not accommodate large s__a__o__ng vessels
necessary to attack the city.
Roman *m__t__o__o__y teaches that the city was founded in 753BCE by R__m__l__s, one of two
b__o__h__rs raised by a w______ after he and his t______ brother were thrown into the T__b__r
River. The a__c__a__o__o__i__al evidence indicates that Rome has been occupied since about 1500BCE.
Roman warriors united most of the Italian peninsula through f__r_e and p__r__u__si__n. The city
was almost constantly at w____, but unlike most other cities at that time, Rome allowed the people they
c__n__u__r__d to become c__ti__e__s. The massive Roman army built r__a__s that connected Italian
cities and villages. The army also provided an endless supply of m__n__o__er for Romes many wars.
Answer in complete sentences

*1. Explain how the Roman model of conquest between 509BCE and 265BCE was different from most other
cities of that era.
2. *Describe a real or imagined example of a pyrrhic victory.
*3. Write a paragraph that explains how Rome managed to unite most of the Italian peninsula by 265BCE.
Your paragraph must have a topic sentence, at least two support sentences and a conclusion that restates but
does not repeat the topic sentence.
*A higher order-learning question. Any reasonable answer will be accepted.

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