10/27/2010 Roman Empire Questions from Class

Here are the homework questions from class today:

1. What type of society does every city start out as?
2. What did Rome start as? What was its main purpose?
3. Was Rome ever a polis? What level of society is this? What did this enable the Romans to do?
4. What did Rome grow into? WHY did it do this (for what purpose)?
5. HOW did it do this?
6. What difficulties might Rome face at this level? How would it overcome them?
7. Did Rome ever reach the most modern level of society? Explain.