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The ancient Roman Civilization started on the Italian Peninsula during the 8th century.

Roman legend says that Romulus had a twin brother named Remus.

The Romans built a huge empire and conquered new lands, thanks to their strong army.

Life expectancy in Ancient Rome was just 20-30 years.

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Constatine converted to christianity soon after proclaimed freedom of worship for christians .  Christian soon became the official religion of the Roman empire .

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Christians believed jesus was the son of god coming to be crucified to die for our sins . Jesus followers believed he was resurrected . It spreaded to more people leading t the holy book and churches .

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Christians wanted to spread their faith to non-believers . Because they refused t worship the emperor many christians were murdered . But the christianity loving ways got to many people in rome and l became influencial .

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Romans changed ways of beliefs but still expected people to worship the emperor as god . Jews didn't believe so romans crushed their rebellions and destroyed the jewish temple , and drove jews away .

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Roman adopted an traditional view of gender roles . Women were in charge of the household . Women could hold property and make wills bu tcould not hold office .

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Roman men were the head of the families . Roman culture was patriarchal-dominated by men . Roman women still had more freedom than greek women . Roman had an extensive use of slave labor .

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Provided fresh water to towns out of the empire ,providing public sanitation and irrigation for farms. Development of the Rome Arch , large blocks and public baths .

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Romans were great engineers , the developed many things like concrete , 50,000 miles of road . Rome  became the center of communication , trade , commerce , politics,culture , and military power .

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They believed in the same god . The roman often copied famous greek sculptures . The romans studied and imitated greek achievements .