Your Name/Hr:Jaya M. 4th Hour
POPULUS ROMANUS
PHASE ONE: Profile Page
Your work in Phase One will prepare for the later phases of the project. Central to Phase One is the creation of an annotated list of references which will identify sources of information on your subject. While your research will by no means end after Phase 1, the more work you do now, the better prepared you will be for the rest of the project!
Due: Emailed or Google Docs to me with subject line “Profile Page” by May 2.
Your Figure: Grain Merchant |
Annotated List of References: Underneath the proper category (primary source or secondary source), provide citations for your sources.* Briefly describe the information in the source and explain how it might be useful to you. Identify the location of relevant information as specifically as possibly so that you can find the information later. Note: You must consult a minimum of three sources for this project, and at least one must be a primary source. The more primary sources, the better! (The number of primary sources for a figure will vary from one to several.) PRIMARY SOURCE(S) 1)Nero and the burning of Rome Description: This book tells about how Nero burned rome and stood on his balcony and plaed his lyre(Tacitus, Printed in U.S, Published Penguin Books, 1995) 2)The Early hisory of Rome Description: This book tells in general about Roman trade and how roads made trade by land more efficient. (Livy, Published Penguin Books, 1971) 3) Caesear, Civil War Description: This book tells about a famous civil war that happened before my time. Penguin Books, 1944 Harmondswoth, England Primary 4) Description: (And so on) |
SECONDARY SOURCES 1) A day in old Rome Description: This book tells about what a regular day in ancient Rome would be. Grain merchants in Rome were very important. Since everybody needed grain they were not necessarily poor. ( Davis, William. Pg. 242 - 244. Biblo and Tannen, New York) 2) Ancient Rome Description: This book talks more about Merchant ships, etc..( Lancian, Rodolfo. Benjamin Publishing, New York. Pg. 238,241,249,244) 3)Rome Description: This book tells about a daily life in Rome, It tells us about merchant ships and etc..(Biesty, Stephen. 2003, Oxford University England) 4) Merchant vessels and commerce in ancient rome Description: This internet souce tells more about trade over the meditaranean sea, and etc.. It also tells a lot about how hard and difficult ancient trade was. (http://www2.rgzm.de/navis/Themes/Commercio/CommerceEnglish.htm Accesed on 5/10/11) (And so on) |
BIOGRAPHY: If you have a specific figure, provide a biographical summary. Include where you lived and the time period. If you have a generic figure (architect, gladiator, slave, etc.), write about what is known of the lives of members of that group. Being a grain merchant was an important yet complicated job. Ordering the grain was easy except it took a long time to get it and you had no news of where it was. Since it traveled by ship if the ship was sunk or taken by pirates, you would have no grain for a long time. Therefore you would have nothing to sell and would not make money to feed their family. |
SIGNIFICANCE: Why was your figure significant in Roman history? If you have a generic figure, why was your group important? My figure is significant because all of Rome eats grain. Without grain merchants Rome would be a completely different empire, and many people would starve. |
INTERESTS, HOBBIES, SKILLS: Is your figure known to have had particular interests, hobbies, or skills? My person does not have any particular hobbies or skills. |
APPEARANCE: Is anything known of your figure’s appearance? Nothing is known of my persons appearaence |
EVENTS: What do you think the most important events in your figure’s life were? What might be fun or interesting to “act out” or discuss on POPULUS ROMANUS? Again I am not a specific person. |
ASSOCIATES: Who were important people in your figure’s life? If you have a generic figure, who interacted with (or wrote about) people of your group? (For now, try to identify at least five. Note that there is a good chance some or all of these figures may NOT appear on POPULUS ROMANUS.) Name: Julius Fume Relationship to figure: Father Name: Maria Fume Relationship to figure: Mother Name: Relationship to figure: Name: Relationship to figure: Name: Relationship to figure: |
