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The Interactive Rise of the Roman Empire Map enhances understanding of how Rome grew from small city-state to the great superpower of the Ancient World through an interactive map that appears to change over time to demonstrate the sequence of events.

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How to use these products:
 

1. Presentation Mode:

Maps are ideal resources which: put the study area in context, show changes over time, provide a visual overview for the topic, and engage visual learners. These products are ideally suited for use with Interactive Whiteboards as they bring out the key events, battles, people, places, wider area and how it all changed over time.
 

2. Depth Study Mode:

 Let students interact with and explore the historical period in their own time with extra information and images to guide them and gain a much deeper understanding. In this mode, detailed guideance is brought on to the map to explain what is happening along the sequence of events, with all information placed in its correct place. 

Questions asked/ answered in this TimeMap

- When was Rome founded?

- Which other civilizations were around at the time? Which were the most civilized and admired? Why?

- Which people were currently in Italy?

- What is a "republic"? What are "barbarians"? What does "civilized" mean?

- Who were the Patricians? Who were the Plebians?

- What are the reasons Rome was led to conquer more and more territory? Why were they successful?

- What major cultural changes took place in the Mediterranean?

- What changes did the Roman's have to make in the Punic Wars? What were the consequences of the wars?

- Why was Hannibal such a great leader? How did the Romans defeat him? Why was he recalled from Italy?

- What were the impacts on Rome caused by the expanding empire?

- Who made up the "First Triumvirate"?

- How were soldiers kept loyal to the empire? How were they paid?

- What were the motives of Casaer's assassins?

- Who were the members of the "Second Triumvirate"? How did Octavian win through?

- In which ways were Augustus's claim to be "Restorer of the Republic" true? and false?

- Why did the Roman empire last for such a long time?

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Other titles available in the TimeMaps Interactive Series:

The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, The Black Death, The Norman Conquest, Medieval England and Her Neighbours pt. 1 (1087-1215), Medieval England and Her Neighbours pt. 2 (1215-1453), European Exploration and Discovery, The Atlantic Slave Trade