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Caesars - who were they? What did they do?
Meet Julius Caesar! (watch the clip)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nuwEH-v0Bc

Below is a video showing some of the worst Emperors of Ancient Rome

 
 
Read and explore pages 244-247 (Oxford Big Ideas: History 7) which is all about gladiators and the Colosseum. Choose two people pictured on these pages and construct a dialogue between the two people. The dialogue should demonstrate both creativity and your historical understanding of Ancient Rome and their customs.
 
 
Imagine that we could travel back in time to Ancient Civilisations. Pretend that you are a travel agent and you are trying to encourage people to go on your tours to Ancient Rome. Create an advertisement for a time travel tour to Ancient Rome and include at least five things that people should see and/or do and why. This could be in the form of a poster, brochure, clip or a presentation.
 
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The Role of Women

In ancient societies the role and rights of women was usually far more restricted than what we see in Australian society today.

Compare and contrast both the constraints and the opportunities that women had in Rome with what women have today. You may also like to consider informal influence such as the influence of a number of women on different Caesars. This could be done in a variety of formats including visual and text based formats.

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Caesars - who were they? What did they do?
Meet Julius Caesar! (watch the clip)
 
 
Read and explore pages 244-247 (Oxford Big Ideas: History 7) which is all about gladiators and the Colosseum. Choose two people pictured on these and construct a dialog between the two people. The dialogue should demonstrate both creativity and your historical understanding of Ancient Rome and their customs.
 
 
Imagine that we could travel back in time to Ancient Civilisations. Pretend that you are a travel agent and you are trying to encourage people to go on your tours to Ancient Rome.
Create an advertisement for a time travel tour and include at least five things that people should see and why. This could be in the form of a poster, a clip or a presentation. If you would like to do this in another form discuss this with your teacher.
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Ancient Rome: Culture and History Slices

The vast expanse of Roman history is impossible to every aspect instead below are some examples of how to present and in depth look at two small slices of Roman Culture; the life of Julius Caesar and Latin the language of ancient Rome.

Other theme relating to Roman Culture that you might consider looking into are:

  • Roman Republic
  • Daily life in Rome
  • Life in the provinces
  • Life in the Military
  • Entertainment: Theater and Arena
  • Art and Architecture
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Imperial Facies Liber

Facies Liber mean book of faces in Latin. Your task is to create a mock facebook style entry for one of the Roman Emperors listed below:

  • Augustus

  • Tiberius

  • Caligula

  • Claudius

  • Nero

  • Vespasian

  • Trajan

  • Hadrian