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
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- 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
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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
- 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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