Roman Empire Simulation

    I have Mrs.Kanzler for my history/english period. Last Friday, we had a simulation of the Roman Empire. The whole class had a role to play, I was the province of Syria. I liked my role, but I would preffer to be one of the Romans. I wanted to be one of the Romans, because the were the wealthy ones, the ones with all the milatary. They could choose who to trade their army with. Everybody begged the Romans to give them millatary,because the barbarians, which too were also acted out, would steal their goods, their milatary,and kill them. Tward the middle of the simulation, the barbarians attacked. They stole everyones millatary and trade goods. They also had killed Rome. In the end the barbarians won. The city of Rome and the provinces lost and were killed,not literaly. This is what really happend with the Roman Empire, but then slowly it started to rebuild itself. I learned that the Roman Empire was an empire with many wealths, but just because you are wealthy dosen't mean you can get everything handed to you. 

               I thought that the simulation was a very good way to explain what really happend to the Roman Empire. I have learned more than what I knew before we studied this empire. I think this is a good way to learn, and not always straight from the book,like you always just say what the book is instructing to. I hope we can do some more simulations though out the year.