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The Roman Empire stretched 1.77 square miles at it's height, reaching from Britain in the North West to Mesopotamia in the East.

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The Romans used a system called the 12 Tables. This is very similar to our constitution.

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Roman Society was very hierarchical. The Patricians were the elite few, while most of the society was made up of the lower class plebeians.

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The Romans traded beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin and wine. They primarily traded with partners in Spain, the Middle East, France, and North Africa.

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The Romans invented many things, such as concrete, arches, and aqueducts to carry water to their cities. They excelled in sanitation and had planed out cities.

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Some of the most important Romans were:
- Emperor Nero
- Marcus Cicero
- Tiberius Gracchus
- Emperor Constantine
- Julius Caesar

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The Romans had many great achievements, including, their magnificent buildings, long-lasting roads, and ability to expand their empire across the known world.

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The Romans got most of their culture from the Greeks. Some examples of Roman literature influenced by Greece are Virgil's Aeneid, Plutarch's Lives of Famous Men, and Horace's Odes.

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The Romans had an Emperor who had compete control of the empire. The senate remained, but it was more for show than for power.

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The Roman economy was agricultural and slave based as most people in the empire were farmers. They relied heavily on trading as the produced very little on their own. The main goal was to feed their vast population

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The influence of the Roman Empire can be seen today in our governments, language, architecture, and religion.