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A continuació us deixem un seguit de pàgines que podeu consultar i on podeu trobar informació per al vostre projecte. Són pàgines en anglès i per a nens, per això us animem que al mateix temps que apreneu sobre els romans també aprendreu una mica més d'anglès. Endavant! Let's go!
En aquesta pàgina podreu trobar informació de la seva vida diària, una mica d'història, com era la gent, com eren les ciutats, ... i moltes altres coses més! Cliqueu damunt la imatge.

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Ancient Rome was a powerful and important civilization that ruled much of Europe for nearly 1000 years. The culture of Ancient Rome was spread throughout Europe during its rule. As a result, Rome's culture still has an impact in the Western world today. The basis for much of Western culture comes from Ancient Rome, especially in areas such as government, engineering, architecture, language, and literature.

The city of Rome is the capital of Italy today
Map of Italy from the CIA World Factbook

The Roman Republic

Rome first grew into power as a Republic. This meant that Rome's leaders, such as senators, were elected officials that served for a limited amount of time, not kings who were born into leadership and ruled for life. They had a complex government with written laws, a constitution, and a balance of powers. These concepts became very important in forming future democratic governments, like the United States.

The Republic would rule Rome for hundreds of years from around 509 BC to 45 BC.

The Roman Empire

In 45 BC Julius Caesar took over the Roman Republic and made himself the supreme dictator. This was the end of the republic. A few years later, in 27 BC, Caesar Augustus became the first Roman Emperor and this was the start of the Roman Empire. Much of the lower level government stayed the same, but now the Emperor had supreme power.

The Roman Forum was the center of government
Photo by Adrian Pingstone

The Empire Splits

As the Roman Empire grew it became more and more difficult to manage from the city of Rome. Eventually the Roman leaders decided to split Rome into two empires. One was the Western Roman Empire and was ruled out of the city of Rome. The other was the Eastern Roman Empire and was ruled out of Constantinople (today's Istanbul in Turkey). The Eastern Roman Empire would become known as Byzantium or theByzantine Empire.

Fall of Rome

The fall of Rome generally refers to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It fell in 476 AD. The Eastern Roman Empire, or the Byzantine Empire, would rule parts of Eastern Europe for another 1000 years.

Interesting Facts about Ancient Rome

The city of Rome is the capital of Italy today. It sits on the same site as the city of ancient Rome. If you were to visit Rome you could see many of the original ancient buildings such as the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.

The Circus Maximus, a huge stadium built for chariot races, could seat around 150,000 people.

The fall of Western Rome is considered the start of the "Dark Ages" in Europe.

The highest position in the Roman Republic was the consul. There were two consuls at the same time to make sure that one didn't become too powerful.

The native language of the Romans was Latin, but they often spoke Greek as well.

When Julius Caesar took power he named himself dictator for life. However, this didn't last long as he was assassinated a year later.

Recommended books and references:

Nature Company Discoveries library: Ancient Rome by Judith Simpson. 1997.

Exploring the culture, people & ideas of this powerful empire by Avery Hart & Sandra Gallagher ; illustrations by Michael Kline. 2002.

Eyewitness Books: Ancient Rome written by Simon James. 2004.

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Top 10 facts

1. Rome was a republic before it became an empire - it was governed in a different way, and had rulers that were elected through votes.

2. The Roman Empire began in 27 BC, and after that single emperors ruled, one after the other, until their deaths. The first emperor was Caesar Augustus.

3. Rome had a mix of very good emperors, like Augustus, and very bad emperors, like Nero.

4. The first 200 years of Roman Empire is called the Pax Romana, which means 'Roman peace'. It was a time of great prosperity for the Romans.

5. The Romans had already won a lot of land through battles when Rome was a Republic. One famous military commander was Julius Caesar.

6. Roman armies were known for being excellent in battle - they used their weapons well, they worked well as a team and they nearly always defeated their enemies.

7. The Romans invaded Britain and started ruling it in 43 AD.

8. When the Romans were in Britain, they based themselves in London, which they called Londinium.

9. The Romans left Britain in 410 AD because the armies were needed to defend other parts of the Empire. The Anglo-Saxons were the next people to rule England.

10. The Roman Empire lasted for a long time. It split into two parts in 285 AD, with the Western Empire ending in 476 and the Eastern Empire being overthrown in 1453.

Roman Empire Timeline

Julius Caesar invaded Britain twice

Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash

Did you know?

The first Roman emperor, in 27 BC, was Caesar Augustus, Julius Caesar's adopted son. That's why 27 BC marks the start of the Roman Empire.

In the Roman Empire, coins were more than just money - they were ways for the emperor to tell the people about the great things they had done (or wanted people to think they had done). A coin could be minted that showed pictures of the emperor with their name or other words and symbols on it.

The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD. Julius Caesar had tried to conquer Britain a couple of times before - in 55 and 54 BC - but hadn't been successful.

The Romans decided they didn't want to take over land as far north as Scotland, so they built a wall to separate England and Scotland and keep out the Celtic tribes who lived there. This is called Hadrian's Wall because Hadrian was the Roman emperor at the time. You can still see the wall today.

When the Romans arrived in Britain, they got to work straight away building roads and forts so they could transport soldiers around the country. They also built things that they would have used if they were still in Italy, like bath houses and villas.

Britain was just a very small part of the Roman Empire. The Romans ruled land all around the Mediterranean Sea, including parts of northern Africa and around the Black Sea.

Roman armies were very well trained and organised. They were hard to beat, which helped the Roman Empire expand so quickly and conquer more lands.

Roman soldiers had to be at least 20 years old when they joined the army, and they had to stay in the army for 25 years. After that, they were rewarded well with some money or land that they could farm.

Roman Britain gallery

Hadrian's Wall

The location of Hadrian's Wall

The Roman Baths in the city of Bath

A statue of Caesar Augustus

What Roman soldiers would have looked like

A gold coin with Emperor Hadrian on it

A modern-day re-enactment of a Roman chariot race

Modern-day people recreating a Roman legion

A Roman mosaic in the British Museum

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Before it was ruled by emperors, Rome was a republic and ruled by the senate along with two consuls leading.

Roman emperors ruled for their entire lives, but their succession didn't work like kings in a monarchy - someone in their family wasn't guaranteed to be the next emperor. The senate was still around even though Rome wasn't really a republic anymore, and if they or the Roman military didn't like the next person in line then they'd find someone else to be emperor instead.

The people running things in Britain when the Roman armies invaded in 43 AD were the Iron Age Celts. Determined to take over the lands Julius Caesar had tried to conquer almost a hundred years before, the Roman emperor Cladius began the conquest of Britain by landing on the southeast coast and gradually laying siege to more and more hillforts where the Britons, people who belonged to different Celtic tribes, lived.

Some Celts accepted the fact that the Romans were in the land they called Britannia to stay, but others still tried to fight to get them to leave. In 60 AD there was a significant uprising, led by Queen Boudica of the Iceni tribe in East Anglia. Although the Britons were initially successful and destroyed Colchester, the Roman capital, they were defeated in 61 AD.

The Romans advanced into Wales and Scotland under the command of a governor called Agricola, but withdrew from Scotland after his death in 84 AD. In 122 AD the Roman emperor Hadrian decided to build a frontier wall to keep the northern tribes from attacking and protect Roman Britain. Hadrian's Wall was the largest structure in the Roman emore and stretched for 75 miles (120km) across the north of England, between the rivers Tyne and Solway.The Wall marked the official border between the Roman empire and the tribes who lived in Caledonia (Scotland).
The key to the Romans' invasion of Britain was the strength of their army, the largest and most powerful military force of its day.
This is how Roman armies were divided up and organised:

A Roman army consisted of 30 legions, with each legion having between 4,000 and 6,000 legionaries (certain kinds of solders) in it.

A legion was commanded by a legate, and had 10 cohorts.

A cohort had six troops.

A troop had 80 legionaries, also called centuries.

Centuries were led by a centurion.

Roman soldiers had different roles and responsibilities:

Legionaries were paid the most and were the most highly trained.

Auxiliaries were soldiers who weren't Roman citizens; they weren't paid as much as legionaries and did jobs like guarding forts or being in the front line of battle.

Artillery soldiers were in charge of catapults, which could fire things into the air and over onto the enemy's armies or buildings.

The cavalry were soldiers who rode horses when they fought.

The infantry were soldiers who marched on foot.

Soldiers fought with both their weapons (swords, spears and javelins) and with their shield, which was called a scutum. They'd hold up their scutum to defend themselves in battle, or they'd join with other soldiers to form one big shield if they wanted to advance. Soldiers on the inside of the group held their scutum up over their head, while the soldiers on the outside of the group held their scutum out to form a ring. This formation was called the testudo, which is the Latin word for tortoise. Nothing was going to get past that!
After Roman rule was established in Britain, the Roman army began to act as a peacekeeping force and the Romans brought their customs and culture to their new lands.
They built towns around England to help them govern it better and keep organised, which the Celts didn't really have before. The largest one was London, which they called Londinium; by the end of the first century London had become one of the great cities of the Roman empire. Other large towns were Colchester, St. Albans and Aquae Sulis (now Bath).

Roman towns were all laid out in the same way - each had straight streets shaped in a grid pattern, with buildings like a public bath house, temple, aqueducts and an amphitheatre. They also had forums, which were big open squares where people could set up stalls to sell things. A lot of these features were in Rome, so having them in these new towns in England helped the Romans feel more at home.

Roads were also and important part of Roman life (have you ever heard the saying, "All roads lead to Rome!"?). Around 2000 miles (or 3200 km) of paved roads running between towns or cities were constructed in Britain by the Romans.

The Roman emperors were a mixed group of some good rulers, and some very bad rulers. But whether the emperors were good or bad, things worked out pretty well for the Roman Empire during its first 200 years - this was called the Pax Romana ('Roman peace') and was a time of great prosperity.

Eventually, the Roman Empire became too big to rule very well. In 285 AD, Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire in two halves, East and West. The Western Empire ended in 476, and the Eastern Empire carried on until 1453.

Britain was part of the Western Empire, but the Romans left it in 410 AD, well before the end of the Western Empire. This was because the soldiers and leaders who ruled Britain were needed to defend other parts of the Empire. All of the roads, buildings, coins, forts and other things that the Romans had created in Britain were left, which is why we can find so many things from the Roman period around England and Wales today.

Roman names to know:

Hannibal (247-183 BC) - Hannibal was a military leader from Carthage, who fought against the Romans in the Punic Wars. He is known for bringing an army of soldiers and elephants over the Pyrenees Mountains and the Alps into northern Italy, which at first was successful in fighting against Rome. The Roman military eventually worked out how to beat Hannibal's army and won, but Hannibal's tactics are still thought to be pretty impressive today.

Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) - Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. After Julius Caesar died, Augustus formed a new government with Marc Antony and Marcus Lepidus - a triumvirate. It fell apart about 10 years later though, with Augustus the only one left to rule. He worked out new laws that formed the Roman Empire, which was then governed by one person for their lifetime.

Claudius (10 BC-54 AD) - Claudius was the fourth Roman emperor. The invasion of Britain happened while he was Emperor, and he was responsible for building new roads and aqueducts across other parts of the Empire.

Nero (37-68 AD) - Nero became the Roman emperor after Claudius. He spent a lot of money building theatres and having athletic competitions, and he became pretty unpredictable. If he thought someone was threatening his power, he'd usually have them killed. He was emperor during the Great Fire of Rome, and some people thought he started it himself so he'd have room to build a new palace. Whether or not that's true, the Roman senate became more and more frustrated with him and told him he was going to be arrested and put to death. Rather than have that happen, Nero killed himself.

Hadrian (76-138 AD) - Hadrian was the 14th Roman emperor, and ruled during a very successful time for Roman Britain. He is known for having a wall built along the border of England and Scotland (Hadrian's Wall) and for rebuilding the Pantheon, a temple to the gods that the Romans believed in. He is also the third in a group of five emperors called 'the Five Good Emperors'.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) - Marcus Aurelius was the last Roman emperor of the Pax Romana, and also the last of the 'Five Good Emperors'. The Roman Empire expanded even further during his reign.

Constantine (272-337 AD) - Constantine the Great was proclaimed emperor in York. He was the first emperor who was also a Christian, and he tried to unify the Roman Empire again after it had been split into the East and West. He moved the capital from Rome to a new city which he called Byzantium, later called Constantinople after him. Today, it is called Istanbul, which is the largest city in Turkey.

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En esta página encontrareis algunos de los mapas del Imperio Romano

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Pueblos del Mediterráneo y el relieve.

Climas de Europa

Mapa del Relieve del Mediterráneo

El Mediterráneo en Google Earth

Regiones y Lugares de la Grecia Clásica en el Mar Egeo.

Colonización Griega

El Imperio Ateniense

La Guerra del Peloponeso

Las Conquistas de Alejandro Magno

Los etruscos y su influencia sobre Roma

El Imperio Romano, Dominios de la República y el Imperio

Dominios Romanos de la República

Principales rutas de comercio del Imperio Romano

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Mapa ilustrado de los dominios romanos

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Aquí podrás encontrar información sobre el paso de los romanos por la Península Ibérica.

https://blogsaverroes.juntadeandalucia.es/ceipalandalus/unidad-9-la-edad-antigua-la-epoca-romana/

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ELS ROMANS A CATALUNYA INTRODUCCIÓ L'any 218 a.C, l' exèrcit romà va desembarcar a Empúries sota les ordes del coronel Gneo Escipió. La seva intenció era conquerir el territori, tot i que es trobà amb la resistència cartaginesa i íbera.

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Esta página es un blog donde encontrarás a su vez, enlaces a otras webs con juegos, datos y demás curiosidades sobre el mundo romano.
http://menciontic.blogspot.com.es/p/los-romanos.html

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diumenge, 11/07/2010

El cristianisme. L'arribada del cristianisme a Catalunya no és ben coneguda. Sembla comprovat, però, que va arribar ben aviat, i a través del mar. Segons la tradició, per no dir la llegenda, el cristianisme hauria arribat a terres catalanes, pels volts de l'any 60 d.C., gràcies a la predicació de Sant Pau a Tàrraco, és a dir, ja des dels seus inicis el cristianisme hauria estat present a Catalunya.

Inicialment, els cristians van ser tolerats pels romans i la naixent Església catalana va mantenir relacions fluides amb els regnes cristians del nord d'Àfrica, d'on provindrien molts dels predicadors i bisbes que van escampar la paraula de Jesús per Hispània. Així, des de mitjans del segle III a Catalunya va haver una Església cristiana organitzada, amb bisbes, sacerdots i un culte més o menys públic.

Però quan van esclatar els primers símptomes de descomposició del món romà van començar les persecucions, com a la resta de l'Imperi, especialment entre els segles II i III. Així, al gener de l'any 259, el bisbe de Tarragona, Sant Fructuós, va ser empresonat, jutjat i cremat viu a l'amfiteatre de Tarragona. Posteriorment, en els anys 303 i 304, per ordre de Dioclecià, la persecució s'enduriria: Sant Feliu va patir martiri a Girona, Santa Eulàlia a Barcelona i Sant Cugat a l'Octaviani Augusti Castrum (Sant Cugat del Vallès).

La situació de persecució dels cristians va canviar, però, arran de la publicació de l'edicte de Milà (313) per part de l'emperador Constantí: van acabar les persecucions i va produir-se una etapa d'expansió del cristianisme, com ho reflecteixen els documents sobre els bisbats de Tarragona, Girona i Barcelona del segle IV, amb personatges importants com Sant Pacià, un destacat escriptor i bisbe de Barcelona entre els anys 360 i 390.

La ruralització. La crisi que va travessar el món romà a partir del segle III, lògicament, també va afectar Hispània. Les terres catalanes van sentir les incursions dels pobles bàrbars i les ciutats van començar a deshabitar-se, iniciant-se un irrefrenable procés de ruralització de l'economia i la societat similar al que s'estava donant en la resta dels territoris imperials.

D'aquesta manera, al camp es va iniciar un procés de concentració de la terra en poques mans, de manera que el latifundisme va començar a tenir una certa importància. A causa de l'augment dels impostos, molts dels camperols que treballaven les terres catalanes van arruïnar-se i, en conseqüència, van haver de buscar la protecció dels grans propietaris, convertint-se en colons. Els rics, propietaris de terres, van abandonar les ciutats per a fixar la seva residència en les vil·les que tenien al camp, que de mica en mica van anar convertint-se en grans unitats econòmiques autosuficients.

A la ciutat, la crisi va afectar especialment les activitats comercials i artesanes, provocant l'empobriment de bona part de la població. Això comportaria, a la vegada, una agudització de les tensions socials, que, amb l'afegit de les invasions germàniques, són la causa de la construcció o remodelació de les muralles de moltes de les ciutats hispanoromanes. La crisi va comportar, per tant, que les ciutats perdessin molta població.

Així, des del segle III, la ciutat de Tàrraco va iniciar un procés de decadència a causa de les incursions dels pobles germànics i, a la seva vegada, Bàrcino va ser parcialment destruïda en un altre atac. Per la seva banda, Empúries va ser pràcticament abandonada.

A poc a poc, la situació va anar deteriorant-se, agreujada per l'anarquia militar romana, fins que, finalment, l'any 470 els visigots, un poble germànic que s'havia establit a la Gàl·lia des de començaments del segle V, van començar la conquesta de la Tarraconense. A Catalunya s'acabava així una llarga etapa de cinc segles de domini romà i se n'iniciava una altra de nova en el camí cap a l'edat mitjana.

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diumenge, 11/07/2010 El cristianisme. L'arribada del cristianisme a Catalunya no és ben coneguda. Sembla comprovat, però, que va arribar ben aviat, i a través del mar. Segons la tradició, per no dir la llegenda, el cristianisme hauria arribat a terres catalanes, pels volts de l'any 60 d.C., gràcies a la predicació de Sant Pau a Tàrraco, és a dir, ja des dels seus inicis el cristianisme hauria estat present a Catalunya.

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Roma fue una República, aunque en 27 a.C., después de una gran guerra civil y gobernado por el emperador Augustus, se convirtió en Imperio. Siendo considerado en aquella época como el imperio con más éxito que había existido. Su enorme imperio abarcaba desde Gran Bretaña hasta Egipto y dominó el mediterráneo durante mucho tiempo.
Fue una civilización innovadora en las instituciones políticas y las obras de ingeniería.

El arte y la arquitectura, especialmente sus construcciones públicas, fueron extraordinarias en el Imperio Romano. Sus construcciones responden al carácter práctico y se caracterizan por su grandiosidad y su solidez, y esto ha permitido que muchas de ellas perduren hasta la actualidad. Al igual que el latín, sus construcciones ayudaron a normalizar y cimentar la cultura romana en los territorios conquistados por Roma.

Basílicas. Se edificaron por todo el imperio y fueron usadas para administrar justicia y ocupaban un lugar preferente en las ciudades romanas.

Termas, recintos públicos destinados al ocio, donde las personas podían lavarse; hacer ejercicio, encontrarse con amigos, hablar de los asuntos cotidianos o, simplemente, relajarse.

Teatros, donde se escenificaban obras teatrales del periodo clásico. Su forma derivó de los teatros griegos.

Anfiteatros como el Coliseo de Roma, que eran utilizados para acoger espectáculos y juegos, la diferencia con los teatros es que el anfiteatro es de forma circular u ovalada, mientras que el teatro es semicircular. El más conocido es el Coliseo de Roma, donde tenían lugar las luchas a muerte entre los gladiadores. Tenía una capacidad para 250.000 espectadores, más que cualquier recinto deportivo de la actualidad, aunque no solía quedar ni un solo asiento vacío.

Circos, usados para las carreras de carros tirados por caballos, que eran el deporte más popular de Roma y gustaba a todas las clases sociales. En los circos también se hacían representaciones que glorificaban los acontecimientos del Imperio, como batallas navales, para lo cual el circo era llenado de agua, tenían forma de herradura, inspirados en los hipódromos y estadios griegos pero mucho más grandes.

Acueductos, canales artificiales que permitían transportar agua continua desde lugares remotos hasta las ciudades romanas.

Arcos del triunfo, eran construidos para conmemorar una victoria militar, cada uno estaba dedicado a un general victorioso.

Puentes, gracias a los arcos romanos los puentes que anteriormente no podían soportar condiciones extremas, no solo aguantaron dichas condiciones sino que además muchos de ellos todavía se mantienen en pie en la actualidad.

Calzadas o vías romanas, era el modelo de camino usado por Roma para la unificación de su Imperio. Cubrían más de 80.000 kilómetros. Se tardó casi 500 años en construir esta enorme red de vías, que comunicaba el Imperio de un extremo a otro.

En la construcción de una vía, los romanos lo hacían siguiendo estas etapas:

1. Trazaban el recorrido de la carretera excavando dos pequeños canales que eran recubiertos por piedras, así quedaba fijada su anchura.

2. Hacían un canal entre las dos filas de piedras, poniendo en el fondo piedras de tamaño mediano sin argamasa (statumen).

3. En este momento ponían una gruesa capa de arena o grava cubriendo el fondo, que algunas veces estaba mezclada con mortero (rudus).

4. Al final, colocaban un revestimiento formado por piedras trituradas (nucleus) o por losas de piedra (stratum).

Esta construcción solía tener un grosor entre un metro y un metro y medio. Además, había unos monolitos cilíndricos en las vías romanas había cada mil pasos, eran de unos dos metros de altura, y se llamaban miliarios. En estos monolitos estaba la distancia entre los puntos de partida o llegada de la vía romana.

Hubo muchas vías romanas en Hispania y se usaban con fines militares. Los romanos con estas vías, querían unir toda la península ibérica, desde Cádiz hasta la entrada por el norte en los Pirineos. Ejemplos de vías romanas de la península son las vías de los valles de los ríos Ebro, Duero, Tajo, Guadiana y Guadalquivir, y la ruta natural de la costa oriental .

En Emérita Augusta, todas las vías de comunicación confluyen en el puente romano. Aparte de otras vías secundarias, la vía más importante es la Vía de la Plata, que unía esta ciudad con Asturica Augusta (Astorga), después de cruzar ciudades tan importantes como Castra Caesariana (con el famoso puente de Alcántara) y Salmantica (con un puente sobre el río Tormes). El nombre de Vía de la Plata es una deformación de Via Lata ('vía ancha'), nombre debido a la reforma de ensanche que en ella hizo Trajano.

De entre las vías secundarias que partían de Mérida, tres iban a Lisboa, y otras a Zaragoza, Sevilla, etc.

Domus o casas romanas. En la domus, cada habitación, salvo el atrium, de uso común, estaba destinada a un uso concreto: cubiculum (dormitorio),cenaculum (comedor),tablinum (despacho delpater familias). Ante la puerta de acceso alatrium había un pequeño vestibulum; elatrium, espacio al aire libre, era el patio central de la domus, y por su abertura superior entraba el agua de lluvia (compluvium), que caía en un pequeño estanque central (impluvium), comunicado con una cisterna subterránea. En un rincón del atrio estaba el larario, hornacina destinada al culto doméstico.

Alrededor de este patio había algunas pequeñas habitaciones y, alineada con el eje de la entrada, una amplia sala (tablinum) que el dueño utilizaba como sala de audiencias y reuniones con personas no pertenecientes a la familia. Esta habitación comunicaba con el peristilo, un segundo patio interior muy amplio. El peristilo estaba porticado y adornado con toda clase de plantas, flores, estatuas y surtidores. A su alrededor se estructuraban las habitaciones mejor iluminadas y más bellas de la casa (dormitorios, salones), de las que la más importante era el triclinio, sala en la que los romanos cenaban, tendidos en unos divanes ligeramente inclinados y apoyándose en almohadones.
Axterix y Obelix
Si quieres saber más cómo vivían los romanos, una manera divertida es a través de ASTERIX Y OBELIX, dos galos muy divertidos que luchaban con los romanos. (haz click en la imagen)

Si quieres conocer el Imperio Romano haz click en los siguientes enlaces de nuestro blog:

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EL IMPERIO ROMANO. ROMA es un libro de la Editorial Parramón de la colección Grandes Civilizaciones. Cuenta a los niños cómo era esta civilización, sobre todo con unas ilustraciones muy bonitas. En el libro aparecen la leyenda de Rómulo y Remo, el foro, la legión, el imperio, la mitología romana, el latín, el Coliseo, el Acueducto, la casa romana, Pompeya y el Derecho Romano.

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MARTA, SÒNIA, ÀLEX, MARC, NIL, JAUME,AIDA, GEORGY I JOSEP Mª. ALUMNES DE 3R

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A l'escola hem treballat les característiques principals de la vida i els costums a l'Imperi Romà amb nens i nenes de 5è de Primària.

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http://www.xtec.cat/~sgiralt/labyrinthus/graecia/historie/emporion0.htm

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El Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, entitat que gestiona el jaciment dedica una secció del seu web a Empúries, amb informació pràctica. També hi ha dues breus visites a la ciutat grega i a la romana, però amagades, no fos que cas que les trobéssiu. Tot plegat molt pobre.

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Empúries - Viquipèdia, l'enciclopèdia lliure

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Empúries (en grec antic: Ἐμπόριον /Emporion/ 'comerç'; en llatí: Emporiae) fou una antiga colònia grega fundada pels foceus i posteriorment romana ubicada a l'extrem sud del golf de Roses, al nord-est de l'actual municipi de l'Escala, al sud de Sant Martí d'Empúries, que en conserva el nom.

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Empúries, l'ànima de Catalunya http://www.edu3.cat/Edu3tv/Fitxa?p_id=36034&p_alg=arqueologia&p_amb=4022
Història d'Empúries:
http://www.edu3.cat/Edu3tv/Fitxa?p_id=25419&p_alg=arqueologia&p_amb=4022
La Catalunya Romana:
www.edu3.cat/Edu3tv/Fitxa?p_id=20643&p_alg=arqueologia&p_amb=4022