The Roman Empire

Rome was the capital of a great empire which stretched over much of Europe. Rich Romans had pleasant, easy lives as long as peacetime lasts, because they had lots of slaves to do all the hard work for them. However, the poor people had to work hard to earn enough to eat. But at least there were lots of jobs to go around and cheap bread was given out.

In the 6^th century BC, the people expelled their kings and the city became a Republic. In the next centuries, Rome conquered the territory all over the Mediterranean and became an Empire.

The Roman built cities, bridges and roads and spread their language and culture throughout the Empire.

In the 3^rd century AD, the Empire experienced a crisis and was divided into two territories: the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.

(Source: GARCÍA SEBASTIÁN, M & GATELL ARIMONT, C. Social Sciences. Geography and History 1.2. Barcelona: Vicens Vives, 2010.

Chronological order

In order to situate you in time, I have designed this timeline where you can see the main types of government in Rome:

Welcome to this amazing journey!

Do you fancy travelling back in time to see the temples, forts and roads built by the romans?

Travelling back in time is easy when you meet an English teacher like me. My name is Noelia Fernández Pérez and I work as an English teacher at a Secondary School in Zaragoza. I have always been an enthusiastic teacher of History.

Why? Because knowing our origins and other civilizations help us understand how history affects life today.

Throughout this blog, you are going to travel to Ancient Rome and know interesting aspects of the Romans ´ lives such as their political institutions, society, economy, language, religion, architecture among others.

Let´s start our journey, would you like to come…? Get on the time machine!!