Roman Empire

In the year 27 BC Octavio Csar Augustus was the first emperor

Augustus's army conquered most of Europe. Augustus's army conquered Noth Africa and Asia.

Europe Asia North Africa

Questions

Who was the first emperor? The first emperor was Octavio Csar Augustus.
What did Augustus's army conquer? Augustuss army conquered most of Europe, North Africa and Asia.

Roman Legions

There were 5000 men and a general in a legion.

The Roman army had a good organization to control all the territories

The Roman Empire divided the territories in provinces.

Each province had a governor

Provinces
The provinces adapted the customs and the organization of the Roman society

Questions

How many men were there in a legion? There were five thousand men in a legion
Who was the most important person in a legion? The most important person in a legion was the general.

How did the Romans divide their territories? The Romans divided their territories in provinces.
What did the provinces have to adapt ?

The provinces had to adapt the customs and the organization of the Roman society.

The society of the Roman Empire

The Roman society was divided into:

Patricians

Slaves

Plebeians

They were the most important citizens. They had most of the land. They lived in villas in the country. The lived in Domus in the towns

Patricians

They had political and military Jobs.

Plebeians
They worked in trade

trade

They sell and buy Things.

They were farmers They were craftsmen

They were free citizens.

Plebeians lived in insulas

Slaves They were not citizens. They were:

miners
servants They were the properties of their masters. Slaves

Questions Was the Roman society divided into slaves and patricians? No, it wasnt. It was divided into patricians, plebeians and slaves. Where did Patricians,Plebeians and slaves live? Patricians lived in villas in the country and they also lived in domus in towns. Plebeians lived in insulas and slaves lived with their masters. Were plebeians and slaves free citizens ? Plebeians were free citizens, however slaves were the properties of their masters so they werent free citizens. What did patricians, plebeians and slaves do? Patricians had political and military jobs. Plebeians were farmers and craftmen and slaves were miners and servants.

Roman Culture Religion Roman were polytheistic like Greeks.

Jupiter

Juno

Neptune

They worshipped their gods in temples.

What were the Roman religious beliefs?

The Romans were polytheistics so they worshipped many gods. Roman worshipped their gods in temples. Some of their gods names were Jupiter, Juno and Neptune.