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Ancient Rome Vs. America

  • President elected by the people
  • Citizens included any adult born in America
  • or adult that got naturalized
  • Senate consists of 100 members elected by the people
  • Six year term
  • Advises president on foreign policies
  • House of representatives consists of 435 members
  • elected by people, serve 2 year term
  • Supreme court judges have life terms
  • hears civil and criminal appeals cases
  • U.S. constitution is our basic law
  • Two consuls elected by assembly for one year
  • Citizens only include male landowners
  • Senate consist of 300 members
  • controls foreign policy and financial policies
  • Centuriate Assembly, all citizen-soldiers
  • Life term
  • Makes laws and selects consuls
  • Tribal assembly elects tribunes and makes laws
  • Citizens group based where they live
  • eight judges chosen for one year
  • oversee civil and criminal courts
  • Twelve Tables was a list of rules that was the basis of Roman legal system
  • The republic could appoint a dictator
  • Assemblies represented the democratic side
  • Amphitheaters
  • Gladiator games
  • Person goes against another person, or animal
  • local amphitheaters were put on edge of city
  • Coliseum was a famous one
  • Had a sea fight in it
  • Circuses
  • Chariot racing
  • If successful chariot winners became famous and rich
  • Theaters
  • First permanent one was built by Pompey
  • Male slaves were the actors
  • Clothing and wigs showed who was playing what character
  • Free of charge
  • Tragedies and comedies
  • women weren't allowed to go to comedies at first
  • Political
  • No one wanted to take political office
  • Military interfered in politics
  • Empire was divide too much
  • Social
  • Not a lot of interest in public affairs
  • empire had low confidence
  • Disloyalty, and lack of patriotism
  • food shortage and disease caused decrease in population
  • Economic
  • poor harvests, inflation, tax burden
  • wide gap between rich and poor
  • Military
  • consisted of foreigners
  • not loyal
  • low funds
  • Threat from northern europeans

By: Antonio D'Acquisto

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Bibliography

Government

Fall of Rome...

Government

  • "Ancient Rome :: Roman Entertainment." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/entertainment.htm>.

Fall of U.S....

  • I don't think we are on the same path as Ancient Rome
  • We are very patronized
  • I think we have a strong government
  • "Slavery in America." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. <http://www.history.com/topics/slavery>.

Slaves

Assassination

Slaves

  • Class zone Book
  • Julius Caesar
  • Cassius and Brutus fear he is becoming too powerful
  • Tiberius
  • Senate will become king
  • Gaius Gracchus
  • Was becoming too powerful also
  • Took over for Tiberius
  • important to society
  • made up 1/3 of population
  • Women, men, and children
  • Children could be born into slavery
  • Bought or sold
  • they were property
  • could be punished, rewarded, killed, or set free
  • Worked on farms and cities
  • Strong men trained to be professional fighters
  • Fought till the death against others
  • Some tried to rebel
  • none did and millions died
  • some escaped towards the end of Roman Empire

Assassination

  • Started in 1619
  • Consisted of african Americans
  • One main reason of civil war
  • Worked mainly on rice, indigo, tobacco, and cotton
  • 1/3 of southern population
  • lived on plantation
  • Many women were sex slaves
  • Couldn't learn to read or write
  • Some slaves escaped
  • Some rebelled
  • Eventually got rights
  • "Presidential Assassinations." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312172/assassinations.html>.

Entertainment

  • U.S. Presidents have been assassinated
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • John F. Kennedy
  • James Garfield
  • William McKinley
  • People who killed them disagreed with what they believed
  • didn't like what they were doing
  • other attempts but failed

Entertainment

  • Theaters
  • Movies and play
  • Watching T.v.
  • Sports
  • Wrestling, basketball, football, ect.
  • Circuses
  • clowns, Acrobatics, juggling

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