What are 10 facts about ancient rome?

Answer 1

The Ancient City of Rome was on the site of the present city of Rome, the capital of Italy.

Slaves in Ancient Rome made up to 40% of the population.

The forum was the main focal point and meeting place of a Roman City. The forum was the site of religious and civic buildings.

Asparagus was a highly prized delicacy in Ancient Rome and was kept frozen in the Alps for Feasts and Festivals.

Ancient Rome's biggest Colosseum, The Circus Maximus had seating for 250,000 Romans.

Gladiators in Ancient Rome fought to the death -- at times.

In Ancient Rome, only boys went to school. The girls stayed at home.

The Ancient City of Rome began as a small village around 753 B. C.

Spartacus was an escaped Roman slave who led an army of 90,000 escaped slaves against the might of the Romans. He was eventually defeated and killed in 72 BC.

Hadrian's Wall was begun in 122 AD at the orders of The Emperor Hadrian who visited Britain and decided there was a need for the wall.

Hadrian's Wall, when finished was eighty miles long, six metres high, three metres wide and built of stone, and turf.

Hadrian was born on January 24, 76 A.D.

Hadrian was born in Spain as Publius Aelius Hadrianus.
The following are 10 facts about ancient Rome and they are not necessarily in chronological order:

1. In its early years ancient Rome was ruled by a series of monarchies;

2. The monarchy system of rule was replaced by a more representative government termed a "republic";

3. Rome gained domination of the western Mediterranean Sea by defeating its rival Carthage in 3 separate wars;

4. Roman engineers built a sophisticated system of roads that were superior to any other ancient civilizations;

5. Rome constructed aqueduct systems to bring fresh water to Rome and to other cities in the Roman Empire;

6. Success in warfare was due in part to the development of a unique battle formation called a "legion";

7. The civil war following the assassination of Julius Caesar brought forth a new system of government in which an emperor was head of state with ultimate powers;

8. Rome created an empire that dominated the entire Mediterranean world and reached as far north as Britain;

9. Rome made friends of the lands it conquered by offering the valuable asset of Roman citizenship; and

10. Slavery was a large part of Roman life and its economy.