Geography of Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome Geography and Mapping

Essential Question

• How did the Geography of the Italian Peninsula contribute to the creation of the Roman Empire?

• Think in terms of commerce, defense, and growth

Look at the Map on the Screen

• What country is this?

• What main geographic features do you see?

• How might this make it more difficult to grow?

Mountains

Natural Barrier

Commerce

• Commerce: The process of trading and making money, also known as economics

• The mountains make it difficult to trade over land so the people are forced to go to the coast

• Like Athens, Rome will be forced to trade and colonize the Mediterranean Sea so they can have food and resources

Multiple Choice

How will Rome begin to get resources?

• Fighting and Conquest

• Trade and Colonization

• Robbery and Piracy

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Defense and the Roman Centurion

Navy and Army

Roman Military Origins

• In the early days of Rome, the Roman military was focused on its Navy due to the number of Colonies

• Rome needed to protect trading ships so the city-state wouldn't starve

• Soon, other Empires would become jealous of Rome and attack its colonies which meant that Rome then had to build an army

• This army started out small because the mountains protected the early Roman city-states

Multiple Choice

True or False: Rome started out with a very large army

• True

• False

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Assignment on Canvas