1. Rome It wasn’t built in a day, you know….

5. How was geographic location important to economic, social, and political development of ancient Rome?

6. I. GEOGRAPHY: Location & Place A.City of Rome 1. on Italian Peninsula 2. Alps mountains in north 3. centrally located in Mediterranean Basin  able to extend influence over entire area 4. distant from eastern Mediterranean powers B. PROSCONS

7. C. History of Spread 1. by 700s BCE – controlled area around Rome 2. by 200s BCE – dominated most of Italian Peninsula 3. by 100s BCE – Roman Empire spanned Spain, North Africa, Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt 4. by 100s CE – Roman Empire had territory from Scotland to Persia

8. ~ What characteristics must have been present to rule such a large territory?? ~ How could an empire that was so large and ruled for so long lose its position of power in the world??

9. II. ROMAN MYTHOLOGY A.Mythological Founding of Rome 1. Aeneas – Trojan warrior who fled a burning Troy with his father and son; wandered & finally settled on Italian Peninsula; story told in The Aeneid by Virgil

10. 2. Romulus & Remus – Legendary founders of Rome; descendants of Aeneas, father is Mars, god of war; they were left to die & raised by a she-wolf; Romulus killed Remus during fight over 7 hills; Rome is named after him

12. B. Characteristics 1. based on Greek polytheistic religion 2. explanations of natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events 3. integral to culture, politics, and art

13. C. Gods & Goddesses ~Jupiter ~Juno ~Apollo ~Diana ~Minerva ~Venus

14. D. Impact on Western Civilization = many symbols, metaphors, words, and idealized images in literature, art, monumental architecture and politics come from ancient Roman mythology

15. What was the source of Roman mythology? What impact did Roman mythology have on later civilizations?