Pirates Rome

Explain the characteristics of Rome in the following ways:

Political organization Is it centralized or decentralized? One ruler?
Interactions (trade, military conflicts) Who did the people of Rome have contact with? Were they successful in military conflict? Why or why not?
Religion Monotheistic or Polytheistic? How did they see the role of religion? Did it change over time?
Arts/Architecture What major buildings were built? Any religious structures?
Technology What did they use as far as tools? How did they build their major buildings?
Economics What was there civilizations economy built on? Trade, agriculture? Both?
Social structure/Gender Status What was the role of men? Women? Was a ruler at the top of the social structure? Slavery?

Essential Question:  How did characteristics above of the Roman Empire help it prosper to be one of the strongest empires in history? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________