Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome crops 90% of the Romans lived by farming. Farms grew wheat, Rye, barley, olives, and grapes. The Rome’s ate a lot of bread, olives, asparagus, small birds, and grapes. Celery was the most green popular green vegetable. They made cheesecake, which included eggs and ricotta cheese.
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In the beginning of the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome was a small town of Italy near the Tiber River. The empire peak was mostly Europe, Britain, western Asia northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands. The languages spoken Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. “After 450 years as a republic, Rome became an empire in the wake of Julius Caesar's rise and fall in the first century B.C.” (History Channel)
In 753 B.C. was the founding of Rome by Romulus, was the first of seven kings until 715 B.C. 509 B.C. of when Lucius Junius Brutus expels the Etruscans from Rome and found the Republic. (The Roads Lead to Roma)
In 260 B.C. The Romans expanded by defeating the Carthaginians. (Fact Monster)
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“Ancient Rome.” 2013.The History Channel website. Sep 5 2013, 6:18 http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome.
“Rome: Ancient Supercity Infographic.” 2013.The History Channel website. Sep 5 2013, 6:21 http://www.history.com/interactives/ancient-rome.
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