1. THE CITIES( José Luis )
• The cities were the
main centres of the
empire
• Roma was the capital
and its greatest city
• The rest of cities
wanted to looklike
Rome

2. Structure( Bienve)
• They had a rectangular
floor with parallel streets
• It was organized around
the main axes
• The cardo: North m south
• Decumanus ;East to west
• At the meeting point of
the two was the forum
• It was a central square
• Around the forum there
were the most important
buildings , the capitol, the
curia and the basilica.

3. Services (María Luisa )
• The cities offered all
kinds of services;
theatres , water
sources, sewers
(cloacas)

4. Great Builders and Engineers
• The Romans were
excellent builders
• Many of their works
survived until today
• The Roman buildings
were very solid
because of materials
they used
• Concrete(hormigón)
Mónica

5. Elements of constuction
• Arches
• Vaults
• Domes(cúpulas)
Victor

6. Paintings and mosaics

7. Main buildings (Antonio)
• Basilica: It is
used for trading
and
administrative
activities

8. Temples( Inma)
• Places
dedicated to the
Gods

9. Buildings for leisure activities
• Amphitheatres:
It was used for
fights between
gladiators and
animals
José

10. Theatres
• It is used
for playing
comedies
and
tragedies
Lucia

11. Circuses and public baths( Rosa)
• Circus was used for
races of chariots with
four horses
• Thermal baths, They
were a leisure places
where roman people
played , rode horses,
librery….
Mª José

12. The commemoratives monuments
• Arches of triumph and
columns
Alicia Olmo

13. Others
• Roads
• Bridges
• Aqueducts

15. Roman Gods and Goddesses
• Religion was very
important to the
Romans
• They were polyteists
• Their gods were a
copy of the greek gods
• The main gods were
jupiter, Juno and
Minerva
• The temples were
similar to the greek
temples
Miguel Tallada

16. More gods , Miriam
• The Romans had a small
alter in their houses
where they worshopped
3 groups of gods
• 1- Lares-protectors of the
house
• 2- The penates –
providers of the house
• 3- the spirits of the dead

17. Religion
• The family cult was
lead by the pater
familias (father)
• During Augustus
and his successors
the emperors were
considered to be gods
• The priest brought
animal sacrifices in
the temples

18. CHRISTIANITY
• In the first AD
appeared a new
religion
• Christians were
persecuted by the
Romans because they
refused to worship the
emperor and they
allowed rich and poor
people in the churches.

19. The official Religion
• In 313 , Emperor
Constantine allowed
Christians to practise their
religion freely thanks to
famous Edict of Milan
• In 380 Emperor Theodosius
declared Christianity as the
only official religion in the
Roman Empire.
• All other religion was
prohibited.

20. The conquest of Britannia
• Julio Caesar and
Caligula tried to
conquer Britain,
but they couldn´t .
• Only the southern
part of Britannia
was conquered by
Claudius in the year
43 AD