Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

This report is about Ancient Rome. The Romans lived around 27 BC and lived in central Italy. Hopefully you will find some interesting facts about Ancient Rome.

Calendar

The Romans used a calendar similar to ours. A famous man called Julius Caesar created 2 months, July and August. These were the Roman months before Julius Caeser was born: Ianurius, Februarius, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Iunius, Quinilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, December.

Collesseum

The Collesseum was the largest architectural structure in Rome. It could hold over 60,000 people. Gladiators fought to death. Most gladiators were slaves who were ordered to fight by the king Julius Ceaser. Some times gladiators fought against animals. They brought animals from Africa. Some animals even became extinct!

Religion

The Romans had Gods here is a list of them: Venus, Apollo, Mars, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, Pluto, Vulcan, Juno, Mercury, Vesta, Saturn, Proserpina, Neptune and the mighty Jupiter.

Jupiter

Jupiter is father of gods and men. A sky god, he controls lightning, which he uses as a weapon, and thunder. He is also known as the father of Romans.

So now you know about Roman time, The Collesseum and Roman Gods. Now maybe you could do a project or something on the Romans.

By Luke