• The Roman Empire

  • History
  • By: iMinds
  • Narrated by: Leah Vandenberg
  • Length: 5 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (57 ratings)

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The Roman Empire

By: iMinds
Narrated by: Leah Vandenberg
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Rebellion against a monarchy in favor of semi-popular elections. Massive infrastructure projects aiding in explosive commerce. Leaders despotic, benign, and martyred. Entanglements in foreign wars.

The above could be a description of the United States, Australia, France, or many other industrialized countries. It also fits the ancient Roman Empire, perhaps the greatest empire the world has ever seen. In this very brief audiobook, Leah Vandenberg’s pleasant Australian voice will guide the listener through the most significant milestones of Roman history. While only a cursory sketch, the information provided here may be of use to an armchair player of trivia games, or to a young student seeking a broader base of culturally significant knowledge.

Publisher's summary

Learn about the history of the Roman Empire with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds. A powerful army, a developed system of government and great road building – this is how Rome achieved an empire!For the early part of its history Rome was ruled by kings, like most other places in the ancient world. But in 510 BC, the Romans decided they were sick of obeying powerful monarchs. They took the momentous step of abolishing the monarchy and electing their leaders as a Roman republic. This was done so no one could have power without the support of the people.

Perfect to engage, entertain and broaden young thinkers.. iMindsJNR brings knowledge to your MP3 with 5 minute information segments for growing minds.

Make your MP3 smarter with iMindsJNR MindTracks, intersperse with music and enjoy learning a little about a lot.. knowledge to help shape young minds.

©2009 iMinds Pty Ltd (P)2009 iMinds Pty Ltd

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"I'm learning all sorts of stuff about stuff I didn't even know I didn't know. And it sticks. In a nutshell: wonderful." (Jonathon Margolis, Financial Times)

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Good information, good narrator!

I enjoyed the background noise/music as well as the information given. It is very short, it would be good for a short clip in a class but I wouldn't pay for this extra short clip.

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Nice outline of the Roman Empire

Being interested in history, listened to this audio book which is more of a nice quick outline of once upon a time Roman Empire. Good to know a little about Roman Empire and probably will listen to another audio book that provides more knowledge.

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Decent Roman summary for children

This is a short summary of ancient Rome for children. There is a Naxos title on ancient Rome that I think is far better. Still this was okay given that it was complimentary, and I think some homeschoolers might appreciate it.

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