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Ancient Rome!!! ;)
Well hello there time travellers!
Welcome to Caesar Salad's page, where we guide you on how to survive in Rome!. But before we go in depth, We're gonna need to show the survival video, incase anything goes wrong on our trip, so sit back, relax and enjoy!
Welcome to Caesar Salad's page, where we guide you on how to survive in Rome!. But before we go in depth, We're gonna need to show the survival video, incase anything goes wrong on our trip, so sit back, relax and enjoy!
So even though you watched the video, that was just the basic information. Here is the rest for you:
Language and phrases:
The Romans spoke Latin, here are some phrases you should know:
"Slave" (Hello)
"Slavete" (hello everyone)
"Mini nomen est -insert your name here-" (my name is ----)
"Quid est tibi nomen?" (What is your name)
"Quid agis" (How Are You or What Are You Doing)
"Caveat emptor" (Let the buyer beware)
"Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus" (One is innocent until proven guilty)
"Cibum amo!" (I love food!)
"Tempest Bebende!" (It's time to drink!)
"Vale" (Bye)
"Valete" (Bye Everyone)
"In Proximun" (Until next time)
Food:
Watch out for the food there, some of it is a little bit... Interesting...
You would eat things like live parrots, camel hooves, flamingo brain, stuffed snails, jelly fish, mice, horse meat sausages and rotten fish gut were eaten in the time of Rome. But, some not so unusual food such as bread, cheese, ordinary fruit, soups with peas, onion, cabbage and meat, shellfish, roast meat, eggs, vegetables we have today, pastries and honeyed wine. Rich people had three separate courses that could last for 3 whole hours, but the poor only had soup or bread as their daily food.
Tourist attractions:
Your not going to Rome just to try the food there, you're obviously going to see the attractions! ;) The best things there are: The colosseum, the pantheon and the forum.
Language and phrases:
The Romans spoke Latin, here are some phrases you should know:
"Slave" (Hello)
"Slavete" (hello everyone)
"Mini nomen est -insert your name here-" (my name is ----)
"Quid est tibi nomen?" (What is your name)
"Quid agis" (How Are You or What Are You Doing)
"Caveat emptor" (Let the buyer beware)
"Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus" (One is innocent until proven guilty)
"Cibum amo!" (I love food!)
"Tempest Bebende!" (It's time to drink!)
"Vale" (Bye)
"Valete" (Bye Everyone)
"In Proximun" (Until next time)
Food:
Watch out for the food there, some of it is a little bit... Interesting...
You would eat things like live parrots, camel hooves, flamingo brain, stuffed snails, jelly fish, mice, horse meat sausages and rotten fish gut were eaten in the time of Rome. But, some not so unusual food such as bread, cheese, ordinary fruit, soups with peas, onion, cabbage and meat, shellfish, roast meat, eggs, vegetables we have today, pastries and honeyed wine. Rich people had three separate courses that could last for 3 whole hours, but the poor only had soup or bread as their daily food.
Tourist attractions:
Your not going to Rome just to try the food there, you're obviously going to see the attractions! ;) The best things there are: The colosseum, the pantheon and the forum.
Here are the main topics you'll be looking at.
-Significant Individuals -Geography -Religion -Events and Dates -Politics So lets start off with some significant roman individuals! |
There were LOTS of Romans who were truly significant, but we can't name them all. Here are some Romans who we believe were absolutely amazing and fascinating! Your probably thinking, 'why do we need to know about people? its not like we're gonna meet them.' but as these people were truly significant in ancient rome, they changed the coarse of history and so, if your going to travel to this time, you need to know who's around because that can give you an indication on how to stay safe and safely return to the present year:
Emperor Nero
Emperor Nero was the most evil, gruesome emperor of all in the entire empire of ancient rome. During his reign, Emperor Nero slaughtered many and took his power over his head but unlike the many bad emperors before him, he didm't go crazy. As said in the video below, Emperor Nero cheated on his wife, then killed her, then he went to kill his girlfriend too. He poisoned his mum, got men to kill his brother too! He forced everyone to call him a hero even though he clearly wasn't. But his evil reign didn't end there. He changed the olympic rule so he would always win, once he even crashed his chariot during a event but still claimed he was the victor. He burnt down half of rome and blamed it on the Christians, legend has it that whilst rome burnt, Nero sat at his palace in safety, watching the terror whilst playing the lyre. After rome burnt, he went to the centre of the city and begun to build a palace, leaving all the people who lived there homeless. he blamed the fire on the christians as he hated christians and would torture them for fun. It was his own 'enjoyable' version of our modern day T.V.
Emperor Nero was the most evil, gruesome emperor of all in the entire empire of ancient rome. During his reign, Emperor Nero slaughtered many and took his power over his head but unlike the many bad emperors before him, he didm't go crazy. As said in the video below, Emperor Nero cheated on his wife, then killed her, then he went to kill his girlfriend too. He poisoned his mum, got men to kill his brother too! He forced everyone to call him a hero even though he clearly wasn't. But his evil reign didn't end there. He changed the olympic rule so he would always win, once he even crashed his chariot during a event but still claimed he was the victor. He burnt down half of rome and blamed it on the Christians, legend has it that whilst rome burnt, Nero sat at his palace in safety, watching the terror whilst playing the lyre. After rome burnt, he went to the centre of the city and begun to build a palace, leaving all the people who lived there homeless. he blamed the fire on the christians as he hated christians and would torture them for fun. It was his own 'enjoyable' version of our modern day T.V.
Spartacus
Spartacus was a roman gladiator, he was once a solider but was then captured and sold as a slave. his new master must have seen the potential in him as he bought spastics with the intension of turning him into a gladiator. not long after spastics and become famous, he didn't lose any fights while being a gladiator (and if he did he would have died). after while spastics and a number of approximately 70 other gladiators killed their masters and fled into the mountains. the started gathering followers and soon enough they had created an army. 4 roman armies were sent after the runaway slaves, the first three failed miserably but then when the fourth army came they slaughtered everyone.
Spartacus was a roman gladiator, he was once a solider but was then captured and sold as a slave. his new master must have seen the potential in him as he bought spastics with the intension of turning him into a gladiator. not long after spastics and become famous, he didn't lose any fights while being a gladiator (and if he did he would have died). after while spastics and a number of approximately 70 other gladiators killed their masters and fled into the mountains. the started gathering followers and soon enough they had created an army. 4 roman armies were sent after the runaway slaves, the first three failed miserably but then when the fourth army came they slaughtered everyone.
Augustus- 63 BC-14 AD
The first emperor of Rome, and one of the best known Emperors of Ancient Rome was Augustus. His real name was Octavian, but the senate gave him that name for his honour. He helped avenge the death of Julius Caesar and defeated Mark Antony and the famous Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra in battle. He was a very wise man and did everything for the good of Rome. He built roads
The first emperor of Rome, and one of the best known Emperors of Ancient Rome was Augustus. His real name was Octavian, but the senate gave him that name for his honour. He helped avenge the death of Julius Caesar and defeated Mark Antony and the famous Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra in battle. He was a very wise man and did everything for the good of Rome. He built roads
Gauis Caesar (Caligula)- 37 A.D to 41 A.D
Gauis Caesar (later named Caligula) was one of the ruthless rulers in Rome. He was famous for being truly awful during his time. He was born on 31st August in 12 AD. Caligula thought he was a God and ordered a bridge to be built between his palace and the temple of Jupiter. Rome soon started to hate their leader and his vain ways. The vain emperor was stabbed 30 times and killed by a group of guardsmen. After he was dead, his wife and daughter were murdered.
FUN FACT: He used to dress like a woman when he was emperor
Gauis Caesar (later named Caligula) was one of the ruthless rulers in Rome. He was famous for being truly awful during his time. He was born on 31st August in 12 AD. Caligula thought he was a God and ordered a bridge to be built between his palace and the temple of Jupiter. Rome soon started to hate their leader and his vain ways. The vain emperor was stabbed 30 times and killed by a group of guardsmen. After he was dead, his wife and daughter were murdered.
FUN FACT: He used to dress like a woman when he was emperor
Mark Antony- 83 BCE to 30 BCE
Mark Antony was the chief general in the roman army. Antony was born in Egypt, but later joined the Roman army in Gaul. He also supported Caesar in the wars. He married Cleopatra after Caesar had died. But after their marriage a messengers came and told Antony that Cleopatra had died even though she hadn't so in grief Antony stabbed himself, Cleopatra later found out about Antony's death. So she too committed suicide and poisoned herself with a snake and soon died too. After Antony was dead, the rule of Augusts started.
Mark Antony was the chief general in the roman army. Antony was born in Egypt, but later joined the Roman army in Gaul. He also supported Caesar in the wars. He married Cleopatra after Caesar had died. But after their marriage a messengers came and told Antony that Cleopatra had died even though she hadn't so in grief Antony stabbed himself, Cleopatra later found out about Antony's death. So she too committed suicide and poisoned herself with a snake and soon died too. After Antony was dead, the rule of Augusts started.
Yay! So now you know some of the significant people in Rome. But thats not enough, surely not. If you're going to travel to Ancient Rome, you need to know where you're going, so, lets look at geography!.
Where is Rome located?: Ancient Rome began in the Italian Peninsula, located along the Mediterranean Sea . After dominating Southern Europe, Western Europe, Asia, parts of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe, Rome was a thriving civilisation.
What does the landscape and climate look like and feel like for the people who lived there?: Ancient Rome had a surprisingly low ground. They were only a couple metres above sea level. With low ground and located close to the ocean, trading was much easier, so they could change from on country, to another.
What does the landscape and climate look like and feel like for the people who lived there?: Ancient Rome had a surprisingly low ground. They were only a couple metres above sea level. With low ground and located close to the ocean, trading was much easier, so they could change from on country, to another.
Now you need to know about Religion. Everyone needs to know their customs and how they live their life.
What type of religions and beliefs were there in this civilisation?: Romans were very superstitious and thought that good and bad luck came from the gods, and that when the emperor died that he became a god. After a while though Christianity was accepted, even after all the punishments that were given out to those who were Christian.
How was the religion organized (who was it charge, how did people worship?
People worshiped in their homes and in temples, Christians often had to worship god in secret though.
What were the death rituals like?
In the first and second centuries AD, the most common way to honour the dead was through cremation, often rich people were put on display for up to a week, so that family members could have lots of time to give a last farewell. If you were poor though you would be put on display for at most 1 day.
What type of religions and beliefs were there in this civilisation?: Romans were very superstitious and thought that good and bad luck came from the gods, and that when the emperor died that he became a god. After a while though Christianity was accepted, even after all the punishments that were given out to those who were Christian.
How was the religion organized (who was it charge, how did people worship?
People worshiped in their homes and in temples, Christians often had to worship god in secret though.
What were the death rituals like?
In the first and second centuries AD, the most common way to honour the dead was through cremation, often rich people were put on display for up to a week, so that family members could have lots of time to give a last farewell. If you were poor though you would be put on display for at most 1 day.
So... yeah, thats religion learnt, the next is probably the most important yet, events and dates. You need to know this so you know if you should come or not to the different times of ancient rome.
What were the different stages in this civilisation’s history?
753BC- Rome is founded, they believed that the gods of war, Remus and Romulus then Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself.
45BC & 44BC- Julius Caesar Becomes the first dictator of Rome after he conquers Pompey, only to be killed a year later by being stabbed in the back by an ally. This is where we get the term 'stabbed in the back'.
64AD- Nero set fire to Rome whilst he watched the blaze in safety playing the lyre and after, blamed the Christians
Were there any important conflicts?
There were many wars in Rome as well as the fact that they went to wars to other places to conquer things.
Were there any special dates that were celebrated for non-religious reasons?
Amburbian: this was held around February although the date of the festival was changed every year although it was usually after the ides (the middle of the month) and the festival was for cleaning and purifying the city and everything in it
753BC- Rome is founded, they believed that the gods of war, Remus and Romulus then Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself.
45BC & 44BC- Julius Caesar Becomes the first dictator of Rome after he conquers Pompey, only to be killed a year later by being stabbed in the back by an ally. This is where we get the term 'stabbed in the back'.
64AD- Nero set fire to Rome whilst he watched the blaze in safety playing the lyre and after, blamed the Christians
Were there any important conflicts?
There were many wars in Rome as well as the fact that they went to wars to other places to conquer things.
Were there any special dates that were celebrated for non-religious reasons?
Amburbian: this was held around February although the date of the festival was changed every year although it was usually after the ides (the middle of the month) and the festival was for cleaning and purifying the city and everything in it
So now you know where and when you should go in Ancient Rome. We won't get finished without getting in depth on politics. Politics is essential to know whilst travelling to Ancient Rome as the politics will help you understand the laws and rules of Ancient Rome.
Who was in charge?
The Roman Republic first stared in 500BC. The two men incharge were called consuls, women weren't allowed to be consuls. At about 50BC Julius Caesar came around. The generals forgot all about consuls and began to take over the government instead.
How did the person/people in charge run the civilisation?
The consuls controlled the army, which meant they decided when the war started. They also decided how much the taxes were and what the laws were. The two men had to decide on everything together. So if one said they didn't want it the other couldn't do it. So they ran it pretty fairly.
The Roman Republic first stared in 500BC. The two men incharge were called consuls, women weren't allowed to be consuls. At about 50BC Julius Caesar came around. The generals forgot all about consuls and began to take over the government instead.
How did the person/people in charge run the civilisation?
The consuls controlled the army, which meant they decided when the war started. They also decided how much the taxes were and what the laws were. The two men had to decide on everything together. So if one said they didn't want it the other couldn't do it. So they ran it pretty fairly.
Gosh! wasn't that a journey! guess what, we haven't even started yet! Now you know all the details about ancient rome, keep this website in handy and don't take anything that the locals won't recognise or think is witch craft. Bad things could happen. Remember, don't tempt or do anything to make the Ancient Romans angry as you may not return back home. This is the final thing from Caesar Salad, we hope you enjoyed the journey, and now hope you enjoy the real experience! ;) We'll let you go now so bye!
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