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hello friends welcome to a new happy learning video today we're going to learn about the Roman

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Empire legend has it that Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus two brothers who had been

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raised by a wolf but that's just a legend Rome was founded almost 2,800 years ago with the union

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of several villages in italy at first it was a monarchy those who commanded were the kings

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but later it became a republic do you know what that is a republic is a form of government where

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there are no kings but politicians make their decisions they think are convenient the republic

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of rome lasted several centuries until about 2 000 years ago when what we know as the roman empire

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began in an empire all powers in the hands of an emperor who is like the king of kings

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the romans conquered all the nations of the mediterranean

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greece egypt syria france germany and also the iberian and celtic people of hispania

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they even arrived in britannia now known as england but how did the romans live

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Roman society was divided into several groups the patricians were the nobles they had a lot

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of power they were politicians and military men rich and powerful below them were the plebeians

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the people there were farmers artisans and workers in general and finally in the lowest

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part were the slaves who used to be the prisoners of war war was a very important activity for the

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romans the armies were huge and formed by fearsome soldiers called legionaries thanks to them they

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conquered all corners of the mediterranean the romans were also great engineers and architects

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and created very orderly cities with many amenities they had aqueducts to carry water

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from one place to another bridges to cross rivers circuses theaters spas and schools

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roman children went to school like us they also built roads and this made it a lot easier to get

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from one side of the Empire to the other.

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The Roman Empire ended in the 5th century when the Germans invaded Rome.

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It was at that very moment with the fall of the Empire when the Middle Ages began.

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But that's another story.

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As we always tell you, it is very important to know the past, to understand the present

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and improve the future, don't you think?

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Goodbye friends!

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