Essay Questions

• Evaluate what life was like for poor people in Rome.  How did the Roman Empire try to keep poor people loyal to the empire? 

  • There were many unskilled poor people in Rome. They lived in overcrowded wooden apartment buildings that often burned or collapsed. The neighborhoods were noisy, dirty, and unsafe. To keep people from rebelling, the government began to provide "bread and circuses"
• How are Roman Roads created from the bottom to the top?

  • Large stones, small stones, gravel and sand, stones set in concrete, drainage ditch.