作者：BRIAN MOLLOY 13 年以前
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Rome: A Vast & Powerful Empire
Rome: A Vast & Poweful Empire
Food and Entertainment
Pax Romana brought 200 years of peace and prosperity to Rome. Christianity devolped during this time
Gladiator battles were popular where they fought against animals or other people, mostly to the death
There was a lot of blood!
To entertain people the government provided entertainment like games, races and mock battles
Poor people got daily rations of grain
Some could afford to have day long parties while others had barely the necissities of life.
In the Empire wealth and social class made a huge difference on how you lived.
The Emperors and Succession
After the the last of the good emperers died it marked the end of Pax Romana and the empires decline
The Five Good Emperors chose a well respected by the people and army person to become next emperor.
The Problem was temporaily solved by the Five Good Emperors
Rome had no written law about succession
A Sound Government
When Augustus died his adopted son became his successor
He set up a civil service for the government
Augustus stabilized the Empire and made splendid npublic buildings
Augustus was Rome's Best emperor
An Economy Based On
Trade and Agriculture
Most important part was feeding people
Commmon Coin worked well for Trading and made it a lot easier
Roads for Traveling and Tradeing were linked
Trade was very Vast
Agriculture was most important industry
Managing a Huge Empire
Rome's army didn't always include Roman citizens there were non-Romans there working for citizenship and to spread roman ways
Many different languages and customs
The borders of Rome stretched around 10,000 miles
