SS pd4 by Alaina Mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86 Made with ♥ en-us 2019-03-06 17:58:30 UTC 2023-03-28 23:44:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Rome and their culture was about trading. 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/338530782 2019-03-06 18:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/338530782 Ancient Rome was a slave based economy The newsela artical said "The wealthy built huge, well-decorated houses and usually had servants or slaves to tend to their every need." that shows that a lot of wealthy people had slaves 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340525881 2019-03-12 17:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340525881 economics problems there problems were feeding the large number of citizens, also when Rome's land got smaller they lost money because most of there wealth was in the land. Also an artical I read said about how they taxed the citizens a lot so that the ruler could have more power. 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340526481 2019-03-12 17:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340526481 Agriculture and trading was a big part of Roman economic 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340527204 2019-03-12 17:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340527204 24kaden_ackerman https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340528084 they populated the Mediterranean region]]> 2019-03-12 17:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340528084 Main resources the main trading resources were olives, grain, grapes, olive oil, and wine, beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin and wine. 24kaden_ackerman https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340530179 2019-03-12 17:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340530179 I also found this on newsela "The power of the monarch passed to two annually elected leaders called consuls, who also served as commanders in chief of the army. " this shows that they were all about the monarchy and one person ruling and making all of the decisions for the people. 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340531698 2019-03-12 17:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340531698 where they were located olives were located were Tunisia and western Libya are located now. grain was located in Egypt, northern Africa, and Sicily. grapes were located in Italy. And wine came from Italy as well. 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340979959 2019-03-13 16:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340979959 24joshua_kirwan https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340983226  Rome's economy remained focused on farming and trade. Agricultural free trade changed the Italian landscape, and by the 1st century BC vast grape and olive estates had supplanted the yeoman farmers who were unable to match the imported grain price.]]> 2019-03-13 17:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340983226 agriculture was the most important economic activity in the roman empire 24kaden_ackerman https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340984357 2019-03-13 17:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340984357 Building resources 24lucas_conger https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340984382 Silver was used mainly in coins and decorative items. Greek and Roman bronze had a high lead content. Lead was probably the most widely used metal in ancient Rome. Romans used it to make water pipes, underground pipes, jars and pewter tableware. This shows that they had good resources to make money and useful things.]]> 2019-03-13 17:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340984382 trading Britain exported lead, woolen products and tin. The main trading partners were in Spain, France, the Middle East and North Africa. Also the Romans used their network of roads and waterways to move goods from one country to theirs. 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340984913 2019-03-13 17:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340984913 24joshua_kirwan https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340985038 Industrial and manufacturing activities were smaller. The largest such activities were the mining and quarrying of stones, which provided basic construction materials for the buildings of that period.]]> 2019-03-13 17:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340985038 the main trade route started in Rome and went all through and even outside of the roman empire 24joshua_kirwan https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340986750 2019-03-13 17:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340986750 coins The ancient Roman gold coins were called Aurei which contained about 95% of pure gold. The silver coins were called Denarius, which consisted of 85% silver. At first, the Romans put pictures of gods and goddesses on their coins, an idea they borrowed from the ancient Greeks. 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340987140 2019-03-13 17:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340987140 The economy of the early Republic was largely based on smallholding and paid labor. However, foreign wars and conquests made slaves increasingly cheap and plentiful, and by the late Republic, the economy was largely dependent on slave labor for both skilled and unskilled work. Slaves are estimated to have constituted around 20% of the Roman Empire's population at this time and 40% in the city of Rome. Only in the Roman Empire, when the conquests stopped and the prices of slaves increased, did hired labor become more economical than slave ownership. 24joshua_kirwan https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340988255 2019-03-13 17:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/340988255 This is the main trade route for Ancient Rome and also the main resources and where they are located 24kaden_ackerman https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341425928 2019-03-14 16:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341425928 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341429115 2019-03-14 16:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341429115 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341431361 2019-03-14 16:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341431361 Resources the people want are Iron ore, gold and silver and bronze. They also wanted it to make weapons. 24joshua_kirwan https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341432458 2019-03-14 16:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341432458 coins were important so the Romans and other people could trade. 24kaden_ackerman https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341432537 2019-03-14 16:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341432537 24alaina_mears https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341433048 2019-03-14 16:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341433048 the denariis were worth roughly $3.62 USD and the aureauses were worth about $4 USD 24kaden_ackerman https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341438086 2019-03-14 17:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/24alaina_mears/f2nldwpgaz86/wish/341438086