Rome: the Monarchy

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Rome: The Monarchy

Introduction

In this Webquest, you will look more closely into the legends of Rome’s earliest history, the period of the seven kings. Though the historical facts about the kings are not fully known, the legends that the Romans themselves told of their early rulers tell us much about what it meant to be Roman.

First, you have some details to gather from the sources listed below, at home or during seminar. You will answer a questionnaire about the deeds of some of the more well-known kings.

In class, you will construct a timeline that (a) shows the length of each king’s reign and (b) summarizes what kind of king he was.

Finally, you will focus on just one of the seven kings, creating a poster that highlights his deeds and argues for his re-election to another term as Rex Romae.

1)Questionnaire: 10 points 2)Timeline: 25 points 3)Poster: 35 points

Resources

Sources for the Questionnaire

Seven Kings of Rome Laws of the Kings; the Twelve Tables The Kings of Ancient Rome Outlines of Roman History: The Traditions of the Later Kings

Additional Sources for Timeline and Poster project http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/numa_pom.html (Numa Pompilius: From Plutarch) http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/romulus.html (Romulus: From Plutarch) http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Lucretia2.html (Lucretia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kingdom (Encyclopedic entries on each king) Nomen______Manus______Dies______http://www.roman-empire.net/kings/kings-index.html (Chronology of all the kings) http://vroma.org/images/image_search.html (Search for pictures of the kings)

Process

A. Webquest Questionnaire: Visit the sites above to find the answers to these questions. Write your answers on the worksheet you received from your teacher. This worksheet is due Nov. 19.

From Seven Kings of Rome:

1. One version of the Romulus and Remus story says Romulus killed Remus because he jumped over Romulus’s wall. Another version says Remus was killed in a dispute over bird-watching. Which of the brothers had been the first to see a sign of birds flying over his hill? 2. At what age did Numa Pompilius become king? 3. Numa Pompilius built a temple whose gates were open when Rome was at war and shut when it was at peace. To what god was this temple dedicated? 4. Although the legend of Romulus and Remus suggests that the Vestal Virgin order existed before Rome was founded, the historian Plutarch says one of the later kings of Rome established the Vestals. Who was this king? 5. What was the first Etruscan king’s original name (he changed it to Lucius Tarquinius Priscus)? 6. Tanaquil interpreted the omen of an eagle swooping down to place a cap on her husband’s head as a sign of what?

From Laws of the Kings; the Twelve Tables:

7. According to a law attributed to Romulus, what was the penalty for any wife found drinking wine?

From The Kings of Ancient Rome:

8. What Sabine king became a co-ruler with Romulus? 9. Ancus Marcius was the grandson of which previous king?

From Outlines of Roman History: The Traditions of the Later Kings:

10. List five “insignia of power” which the later kings established as symbols of the kingship’s power and dignity. 11. The Tarquin kings built Rome’s remarkable sewers. Name the most famous of these, which ran under the Forum and emptied into Nomen______Manus______Dies______

the Tiber, and which was said to be large enough one might sail down it in a boat.

B. Timeline of the Roman Kings a. Write a one-sentence summary – a complete sentence, but only one – of the reign of each of the seven kings of Rome, from Romulus to Tarquin Superbus. The summary should focus on what the king did, how he ruled, whether he was a “good” or a “bad” king, and why. For example you might summarize Julius Caesar’s dictatorship thus: “Caesar made many reforms during his time in power, but because people feared he would set himself up as a king and end the Republic, he was assassinated.” b. On 8.5x11 paper, create a timeline to show the dates of each king’s reign. c. Include your one-sentence summary of each king next to his name on the timeline. C. Royal Re-election a. Select one of the seven kings to research at greater length. b. Using the web sites linked from this webquest, reference books in the library or classroom, your notes from Once Upon the Tiber, and other websites you may find, find out what your king was known for. List at least five things that he did during his reign. N.B.: For each act of your king, give a citation of the website, book or other resource from which you took the information. You must turn in a Works Cited list. c. Type or write your list of your king’s acts, along with your Works Cited list, on one side of 8.5x11 paper (white or colored). On the reverse side, create a poster about your king. i. It should have the theme of a “Campaign re-election” poster. Suppose that your king’s reign has just come to an end—not by death as was usually the case, but by some other circumstance. The king wants to run for re- election, however! ii. Your poster should display in large, bold print the king’s name and the dates of his reign according to legend. iii. You should include a picture. If you cannot find a picture of your king himself in books or online (for most of the kings, you won’t), use a picture of a monument he built, or some other picture related to his acts while king. (For example, King Servius Tullius was credited with building the first wall around all seven hills, so a picture of a city wall would work for his poster.) You may draw the picture, use a picture from a magazine, or computer graphics. iv. Text on the poster should give reasons why your king should be re-elected. Your reasons should be based on Nomen______Manus______Dies______

the sort of king he was—what he did during his reign. From the list of five or more of his acts that you have compiled, decide what those acts say about him and why that makes him a good choice to re-elect as king.

Evaluation A. Questionnaire: 10 pts (homework grade – accuracy counts!) B. Timeline: 25 pts a. 14 pts—summaries (2 per king) i. 2 pts for each summary that accurately and thoroughly sums up the king’s reign and distinguishes him from the rest of the kings ii. 1 pt for each summary that partially sums up the king’s reign or is not entirely accurate iii. 0 pts for summaries not included or for summaries not at all accurate b. 7 pts—dates (1 per king) i. 1 pt for each king whose dates you get right c. 4 pts—Layout of timeline i. 4 pts: Kings are all listed in order, each with his summary near by his name. Main line of the timeline shows the whole stretch of years from 753BC to 509BC, and each king’s block of years is inserted in the proper place (e.g. the king’s space on the page is proportional to the length of his reign). ii. 3 pts: Kings are all listed in order, each with his summary, but timeline does not show years proportionately (e.g. each king has the same space on the page no matter how many years he ruled). iii. 2 pts: Kings are not all in order, summaries are missing or listed elsewhere than with the kings on the timeline, and/or timeline shows years disproportionately. iv. 1 pt: Kings are listed with dates of reign but not placed on timeline at all. v. 0 pts: Kings are only listed, no dates, no timeline.

C. Poster: 35 pts

Criterion Unsatisfacto Average Above Excellent Tot ry (0-1 pts) (2-3 pts) Average (6-7 pts) al (4-5 pts) Format King’s acts Poster and Poster on Poster on not listed, or list of king’s one side; one side; list re-election acts both list of king’s of king’s poster not included but acts on the acts on the created; not not on reverse; reverse; Nomen______Manus______Dies______

on unlined opposite poster on poster on paper of at sides or not unlined unlined least 8.5x11”; on the same paper at paper at King’s name sheet of least least and dates of paper; not 8.5x11”; 8.5x11”; reign not on unlined King’s name King’s name given; no use paper of at and dates of and dates of of color least reign reign clearly 8.5x11”; included but visible and King’s name not clearly readable on and dates of visible or poster side; reign readable at good use of difficult to a distance; color (in text find or read; some use of and little or no color decoration of use of color poster, if not in the picture) King’s 2 or fewer 3 deeds 4 deeds 5 or more Deeds deeds deeds Citations More than All but one All deeds All deeds one deed deed listed listed with listed with lacking with citation citation of citation of citation of your your source your source source Picture No picture Picture not Picture of Picture of entirely one of the the king relevant to king’s himself (or your king monuments other or other relevant item picture, if it relevant to is a king his deeds other than Romulus, Numa, or Tarquin) Persuasi No reasons Insufficient Good Exceptionall on given to re- reasons reasons y elect the king given to re- given to re- convincing elect the elect the reasons king king given to re- elect the king