f you had lived in the Roman Empire, where would you rather have lived—in the towns or in the countryside? Explain why

What makes Rome more than just a city (keeping in mind we still research it and read about it 2000 years later)?

Paragraph 1: The first Roman emperor, Augustus (63 B.C. – A.D. 14), ended a century of civil warsand thus enabled a long period of peace for the Roman Empire to occur. Rome's population, whichhad been reduced by the wars, rebounded and grew to approximately one million; the city becamethe greatest and wealthiest metropolis of premodern Europe, if not the whole premodern world.Wealth flowing into the city also flowed out into the Italian hinterland, other parts of the Empire, andeven beyond to purchase the foodstuffs, material, services, and luxuries that the city demanded.This dynamic in turn had a significant effect on the economy, both agricultural and urban, of this era.Small farmers near the city could produce labor-intensive garden crops for the profitable Romanmarket. Moreover, as Rome's economic impact stimulated urban growth elsewhere in Italy, othersmall farmers gained access to similar profitable urban markets.1. According to paragraph 1, all of the following were true of the Roman Empire during thetime of Emperor Augustus EXCEPT:A: The population in various Italian cities increasedB: Goods from distant lands could be bought in the city of RomeC: Owners of small farms began to participate in ttie market economy.D: More wealth flowed out of the city of Rome than into itParagraph 2: The existence of large urban populations in Rome and other Italian cities thatattracted youth from the countryside greatly alleviated the problem created by Rome's inheritancelaws, by which all sons of a farmer were entitled to receive a portion of his land, so that farms weresubdivided into smaller, increasingly uneconomical units. According to one fairly conservativeestimate, 7.000 fresh immigrants a year were needed just to keep up the numbers of Rome's freepopulation. Rome and other urban populations were constantly being diminished by the high deathrate characteristic of premodern cities with their unsanitary conditions and densely packed housing.Therefore, just to maintain their existing size, urban centers had to attract the surplus population ofthe Italian countryside.2. According to paragraph 2, why did urban areas require many new immigrants each year?A: A comparatively large number of city residents died every yearB: Wealthy city residents often moved away to escape unsanitary and crowded conditionsC: Profitable urban markets encouraged city residents to become farmers in the countrysideD: Additional workers were needed each year to create housing for growing urban centers.3. Paragraph 2 implies that which of the following was one result of the sons of farmersmoving from the countryside to urban centers?A: It made it possible for farmers to subdivide their farms lessB: It made farming profitable enough for them to hire non-family members as farm workersC: It encouraged them to buy land for farming instead of relying solely on inherited land.D: It encouraged them to support efforts to change Roman inheritance laws

10. Directions: an introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is providedbelow. Complete the summary be selecting the THREE answer choices that express themost important ideas in the passage.The reign of Emperor Augustus ushered in long period of peace and prosperity for the RomanEmpire.●●●Answer choicesA: The growth of the city of Rome stimulated the growth of other urban areas, and urban growthbenefited rural areas by increasing the demand for food.B: To supply Rome and other cities, farmers began producing more food than their families neededand an agricultural market economy developed.C: Cities that had grown up along the supply routes to Rome eventually declined as Rome began toproduce its own supplies.D: Although wealthy landowners built tine houses for themselves, urban workers were poorly paidand lived in unhealthy conditions.E: Urban growth changed agriculture in the Roman Empire by encouraging farmers to grow newtypes of crops and to grow crops in regions where they had not previously been grown.F: Large landowners benefited the most from urban growth and spent money to improve theirpersonal status and to develop and improve public areas

Describe 3 things you learned about the daily life of Rome:

Why was the city of Pompeii popular among Romans?