Roman Empire PPT Assignment

Create 15 slides on this PPT. Each slide should include 2

visuals (from the internet), and a definition for the person,
word or concept (info can come from the internet or your
notes). The Roman Republic has been completed for you
already as an example. Remember to save your work at the
end of each day. After the final day in the computer lab,
grade yourself using the rubric below and send your PPT as an
email attachment to Mr. Noyes.

Topics↓ Visuals (2) Definition Tally your total

(2 points) (2 points) points here ↓
Roman Republic 2 2 4
Roman Empire 2 2 4
Julius Caesar 2 2 4
Augustus 2 2 4
Nero 2 2 4
Constantine 2 2 4
Constantinople 2 2 4
Roman Aqueducts 2 2 4
Roman Coliseum 2 2 4
Roman Pantheon 2 2 4
Roman Forum 2 2 4
Barbarian Invaders 2 2 4
Byzantine Empire 2 2 4
Roman Catholic Church 2 2 4
Eastern Orthodox Church 2 2 4
After tallying points for visuals and definition for each of the 10 topics __40___out
that you have chosen, tally total points in the end column and add of
them up to find your total score out of 40. Put your total score here
 40
The Roman
Republic

The Roman Republic was a civilization

that controlled areas around the
Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of
years. They elected senators to make
laws, and citizens had rights. They
were constantly at war with enemies.
 Roman Empire

• The Roman Empire was the post-Republican

phase of the ancient Roman civilization,
characterized by an autocratic form of
government and large territorial holdings in
Europe and around the Mediterranean.[5] The
term is used to describe the Roman state
during and after the time of the first emperor,
Augustus.
 Julius Caesar
• Gaius Julius Caesar[2] (13 July 100 BC[3] – 15
March 44 BC)[4] was a Roman general and
statesman. He played a critical role in the
transformation of the Roman Republic into the
Roman Empire.
 Augustus
• Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (23 September
63 BC – 19 August AD 14) was the first
emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled
alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.[note 1]
Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was
adopted posthumously by his great-uncle
Gaius
 Nero
• Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus[1]
(15 December 37 – 9 June 68),[2] born Lucius
Domitius Ahenobarbus, and commonly
known as Nero, was Roman Emperor from 54
to 68. He was the last emperor of the Julio-
Claudian dynasty.
 Constantine

• Caesar Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus

Augustus[3] (c. 27 February 272[2] – 22 May 337),
commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the
Great, or Saint Constantine[4][5], was Roman Emperor
from 306 to 337. Best known for being the first
Christian Roman emperor,[notes 1] Constantine
reversed the persecutions of his predecessor,
Diocletian, and issued the Edict of Milan in 313,
which proclaimed religious tolerance of Christians
throughout the empire.
 Constantinople
• Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Latin:
Constantinopolis, Turkish: Istanbul) was the imperial
capital of the Roman Empire, the
Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire, the Latin Empire
and the Ottoman Empire. Throughout most of the
Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest[1]
and wealthiest city.
• Constantinople as the name of the city was officially
deprecated in favor of the Turkish name Istanbul.
 Roman Aqueducts
• The Romans constructed numerous aqueducts
to serve any large city in their empire, as well
as many small towns and industrial sites. The
city of Rome had the largest concentration of
aqueducts, with water being supplied by
eleven aqueducts constructed over a period of
about 500 years.
 Roman Collisium
• The Colosseum or, The Coliseum, originally
the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin:
Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro
Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical
amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome
, Italy, the largest ever built in the
Roman Empire. It is considered one of the
greatest works of Roman architecture and
Roman engineering.
 Roman Pantheon
• The Pantheonis a building in Rome,
commissioned by Marcus Agrippa as a temple
to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt by
Emperor Hadrian in about 126 AD.[2]
 Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its original
Latin designation (Latin: Forum Romanum,
Italian: Foro Romano), is located between the
Palatine Hill and the Capitoline Hill of the city of
Rome, Italy. Citizens of the ancient city referred
to the location as the "Forum Magnum" or just
the "Forum". It is part of the centralised area
around which the ancient Roman civilization
developed.
 Barbarian Invaders
• The first series of Europe invasions begun on the 5th century
when tribes of germanic origin launched invasions to the
Roman Empire lands. But this attack wasn't spontaneous but
due to the pressure of the Huns that where moving from
central Asia to Europe, taking the lands of the germanic
tribes. Finally the Huns invaded the Roman Empire, but
where defeated in the battle of Campos Catalaunicos with
the aid of the Visigoths. Rome in the next years suffered the
attack of many barbarian tribes, but it wasn't prepared like in
the past to resist. In the 5th century Rome was in the middle
of an economic, social and political crisis. 
 Byzantine Empire
• The Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) was the
Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire of the
Middle Ages, centered around its capital of
Constantinople, and ruled by emperors in
direct succession to the
ancient Roman emperors.
 Roman Catholic Church
• The Roman Catholic Church (more commonly
known as simply the Catholic Church) is the
world's largest Christian church, claiming over
a billion members.[1] Its leader is the Pope.
 Eastern Orthodox Church

• The Orthodox Church, also officially called the

Orthodox Catholic Church [note 1] and
commonly referred to as the Eastern
Orthodox Church,[4] is the
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles
almost 2,000 years ago.