ROME 



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ROME 



Ancient Rome 



SCALE OF MILES 



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IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ANCIENT CITY 



1. Forum 



2. Capitol 



3. Forum of Trajan 



4. Temple of Apollo 



5. Temple of Jupiter 



6. Circus Flamlnius 



7. Theater of Pompey 



8. Arch of Diocletian 



9. Pantheon 



10. Baths of Nero 



11. Temple of Neptune 



12. Tomb of Augustus 



13. Tomb of Hadrian 



14. Flaminlan Gate 



15. Baths of Constan- 



tine 



22. Circus Maximus 



23. Temple of Minerva 



24. Temple of Diana 



25. Baths of Caracalla 



anny ; and there were the "five good emperors," 

 Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and 

 us Aurelius, whose reigns extended from 

 96 to 180. It was during the reign of Trajan 

 th.it the Roman I. injure reached its very great- 

 est extent, for Hadrian, realizing th.it far-dis- 

 tant frontiers were but a danger to the Empin . 

 abandoned the territories beyond the Euphrates 

 in Asia. 



The Decline of the Empire. Thia began with 



Commodus (180-192), the infamous son of the 



illustrious Marcus Aurelius, and proceeded 



slowly at first, but later with frightful rapidity. 



army became the dominant force and for 



Mrf H hundred years (193-284) pl. 



:;er another of tin- -barrack 



16. Baths of Diocletian 



17. Camp of Praetori- 



an Guard 



18. Baths of Trajan 



19. Flavian Amphithe- 



ater ( Colosseum ) 



20. Arch of Constantine 

 L'l. Hippodrome 



emperors," so called because they were placed 

 in power by the army. The first of them. 

 Septimius Sevcrus (193-211), was the abl. -t. 

 an.l. if ho govn-n.-il with a firm hand, like a 

 soldier, he at ! the Umpire intact. A 



second persecution of the rapidly-spreading sect 

 of Christians took place under him, but later 

 he took the in \\ n hmon under his protection. 

 A temporary respite came with the reign of 

 Alexander Severus, who was a just man, but 

 after his time came chaos and almost anarchy. 

 Within tin- city there were warring claimants to 

 the throne; on the borders savage hordes were 

 pressing farther and farther in. From 268 to 

 284 there was a succession of emperors who 

 showed some ability, and for a time the ti<i< 



