Olivia Toler: A Brief History Of Ancient Rome

Time Traveler project Have you ever wondered what was beyond the myths of what happened thousands and thousands of years ago? Well historian Olivia Toler has uncovered the mysteries of the Early Rome civilization. “The amount of technology they used is tremendous.” she quoted. It depends on the way people look at the past to proceed in the future. Located near many rivers and seas, lied the Roman Empire. “They chose to settle on the Tiber River, not only for the obvious reasons of farm land for irrigation and fertile land, but for the easy access to trade routes and get-aways during war. Trade was their only option of surviving and thriving on the lonely land. Given that they were the first to settle in the Mediterranean, the Romans had to find ways to make do with what they had.” quoted Mrs. Toler. Unfortunately in further research done by other historians, they suffered through extreme dry heat in summer, which slowed the process of a growing civilization. Many of the routes were small but one was the most used and estimated to be the most important of them all, called Ostia. Romans used this to import and export goods such as beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive

“The Romans elected to have a republic. Males over the age of 15 automatically became a part of the government and a citizen of Rome. The aristocracy of the Roman Republic dominated society they were also known as patricians.” She went further into detail about one of her most favorite things she experienced and enjoyed the most. “They were almost mesmerizing of all the intricate details and the artwork on them.” They were called The Twelve Tablets. The Twelve Tablets had all of the laws of Rome carved on them. They spelled out what was right and what was wrong. For example, one of them said, “When anyone summons another before the tribunal of a judge, the latter must, without hesitation, immediately