Ancient Rome

Most people think Romulus founded Rome in 753 B.C. But some archaeologists think Rome was founded long before then.Romlus killed his brother Remus. Romulus was the first king of Rome out of seven kings. Hi Pierre ag,.ha ha

Ancient Rome had many different types of rulership. The first one was monarchy which is where one person has a lot of power like a king.This type of rulership lasted 200 years and during this time there were seven kings.After this the Republic was formed this where a group of people rule.This rule lasted 500 years.After the republic the Empire formed like the monarchy one person ruled.This like the republic lasted 500 years.

A ruler of Rome had many responsibilities. They had to command the armies of Rome. They were the source of law in Rome. They were the high priest in Rome. They were the head of all big projects in Rome. They were so imporant that when they died they were proclaimed a god and a temple was built in their honer.

War was part of Roman life. Durng the monarchy Rome concred most of Europe. Roman Commanders commanded about ane thousand. In early Rome the Roman army did not have enough money to buy armor. In battle the roman formed battle units named phalanxes. The romans abandoned phalanxes for maniples in 390b.c. In the Roman army switched thier battle formation again for the cohort formation. A cohort was similiar to a maniple, but still it improved the Roman army greatly.