Wordle- Rome

Unit 2 Reflection Rome + Christianity

1. To prepare for this unit test, I organized the big ideas into charts. I broke down each big idea into smaller sections, and then went into smaller details. In this way, I learned the basic things, but also some facts that support the main ideas.
  a) I think that the technique I used to study was effective, since in that way I learned all the important facts instead of having to memorize them. Also, the chart helped me visualize how one thing affected another, and how everything is connected.
  b) Next time, I will prepare for my test the same way I did for this one. I knew most things that were on the test using this technique it has proven to be useful, so I will use it again.

2. The most surprising thing that I learned during this unit was the Roman brutality. Romans were very harsh and cruel, and would do almost anything to get to power. For example, the story of the founding of Rome was about two brother Remus and Romulus, and how Romulus killed his brother, so he could decide where the city would be built. This type of behavior was followed later on in Rome where rulers would kill their own family members in order to gain power.

3. One thing that I would like to learn more about would be gladiators. We learned a few things about them, like the fact that they fought in the Coliseum, and they had to fight to the death. I would like to learn some more things like where they came from, how they lived before, and other things like that.

The Fall of Rome

Rome was not built in a day, and it didn't fall in a day either. However there is more than one reason as to why Rome fell. The geography of Rome played an important part when Rome was being built, but it also played a role at the downfall of Rome. Since the empire was surrounding the Mediterranean, it was difficult to the defend the wester part of the empire from the various tribes that invaded from north. The Roman economy was also too weak for the things it needed to support like the expansion of the government and the army as well as the import of expensive goods. The government expanded, forcing people to work harder and the civil wars didn't help either since they were very costly. The amount of people decreased since there were fewer slaves, and the death rate was very high. Fewer farmers needed to make goods for more people now, however it was not possible since they did not have any advanced agricultural tools. One of the major contributers to the fall of Rome was the fact that it's army was no longer strong enough to defeat the barbarians that took over Rome.

I think that the fall of Rome was inevitable ever since Christianity became the main religion. The power shifted from Rome to the church, and ever since then the government was struggling to control the empire. At times they had things under control but most of the time, the people had to work hard for the empire to last, and it simply couldn't work out. The struggles for power were very costly and the empire just couldn't be held together anymore.