Greek and Roman

The Greek and Roman period was long with wars and dividing up the country. They were able to have
the first alphabet, architecture which is used all over the world, and the Roman architects built
aqueducts to bring in water. The Minoan civilization was the first civilization region of Greece. This
civilization is credit with how to make bronze. In the Bronze Age people started building large cities with
fortifications, since they were on the sea they needed protection from attackers. During this time Homer
wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. Did you know that the first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C.. The
Golden Age brought forth the greatest artwork and that was in 461-431 B.C..
Alexander the Great was a leader that conqueror the Persian Empire. He used Macedonians and Greeks
men to do this. He started his war in 334 B.C., within ten years he had conqueror an area the size of the
United States. Alexander the Great started Greek cities, where he went. When Alexander the Great
started these cities, he changed history. Due to the way he sat up cities Greek became a world culture.
After Alexander the Great many cities took things into their own hands and became independent. The
cities would send delegates to meetings. This was the first steps to a representative democracy. The
period after Alexander the Greats death this was called the Hellenistic Age.
In 197 B.C. the romans attacked Macedonia and Greece. It didnt take much work from the Romans to
conqueror them. For some reason unknown a year later the Romans left Greece. The Romans called
this the Freedom of Greece, well that didnt last long and the Romans were back. The cities would not
follow the rules set by the Romans. In 167 B.C. the Romans returned and took over Macedonia again.
There was several years of prosperity for Greece and then the fighting began again with Delos. Even
through all of this fighting, Greek still spread throughout the world. Even the Romans started adopting
the Greek ways of life. The Roman orators writings were spreading Greek traditions. Poets carried on
the culture in their work, Cicero, Horace, and Virgil.
Key Vocabulary
Alexander the Great
Macedonian
Persian Empire
League
Representative Democracy
Hellenistic Age
Greece
Roman
Delos
Cicero
Horace
Virgil
Persian Wars
Cyrus the Great
Ionians
Dorians
Aqueducts
Bronze
Minoan
Crete
Homer
Iliad
Odyssey
Golden Age




Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MSEsh6jgHE
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/history-of-the-alphabet-from-cuneiform-to-greek-
writing.html
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/greek-mythology/videos/greek-gods
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ancient-greek-art-and-architecture-dorian-ionic-
corinthian.html
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/from-mycenaes-collapse-to-greek-colonization.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHMu2gVzspA
http://www.teachwithmovies.org/world-history-3.html#39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K7Yds8bWz4
Informational Sites
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/ancient-greece-and-rome.html
http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/list-of-greek-gods-goddesses.html
http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/roman.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekalphabet/a/GkAlphabet.htm
http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/history.htm
http://www.stoa.org/athens/
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/ancient-biblical-history/rome
http://www.pittsfordschools.org/crms.cfm?subpage=1525
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/gladiators.html
http://www.attalus.org/info/overview.html
http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-aqueducts.php
Lesson Plans
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-odyssey-greek-epic.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/educational/index_html.html
http://www.sldirectory.com/studf/research4.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/educators/lesson3.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/educators/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson276.shtml
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/romes-rise-to-power-the-republic.cfm