Geography and the Founding Early Rome
This was the name of the river that Rome was founded near.
What is the Tiber River?
This is the name of the written law system made in Rome.
What are the 12 Tables?
What was the name of Julius Caesar's adopted son?
Who was Octavian?
"Pax Romana" is Latin for what?
What is "Roman Peace?"
Rome was eventually split into two empires, what were they called?
What was the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire?
According to Roman myth, Rome was founded by two brothers who were raised by a wolf. What were their names?
Who is Romulus and Remus?
Where were the 12 Tables located in Rome and WHY were they located there?
What is the forum and because so everyone could see it and know the laws?
What was the name of the Egyptian Queen that Caesar fell in love with?
Who was Cleopatra?
Name three major Roman engineering or architectural creations that were created during the Pax Romana:
What were Roman Roads, Aqueducts, Colosseum, or Baths?
This was the name of the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
These are the names of the three wars that Rome fought in it's early years to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea.
What are the Punic Wars?
What are the names of the two social classes in the Early Roman Republic?
What are Patricians and Plebieans?
What were the names of the three members of the Roman Triumvirate?
Who was Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
Name one political, economic, or social improvement that occurred during the Pax Romana:
Answers will vary.
Name three SOCIETAL factors that led to the Fall of Rome.
What are plague, natural disasters, and decline in population?
These are the names of the three islands off the coast of Italy that Rome won as a result of the Punic Wars.
What is Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily?
What is the definition of a Republic?
It is a form of government where the people elect their representatives to rule on their behalf. It is different from a democracy where every citizen plays a role.
What was the name of the river that Caesar crossed which made the Senate declare him an enemy of the state?
What was the Rubicon River?
What was the name of the new form of government that combined elements of a Republic and a Monarchy and was created by Caesar Augustus during the Pax Romana?
What was the Principate?
Name four MILITARY factors that led to the Fall of Rome.
What are citizens being exempt from military service, soldiers not wearing proper armor and weapons, hiring foreign mercenaries, bad generals, lack of military discipline, Christianity promoting peace and not wanting people to fight, and foreign invasions?
This is the name of the Carthaginian general who nearly defeated Rome in the Punic Wars by crossing over the Alps with his armies.
Who was Hannibal?
How long was a consul allowed to serve in the Roman Republic? How long was a dictator allowed to serve in the Roman Republic? (You must answer both questions correctly in order to get full points!)
A consul could serve for up to 1 year. A dictator was allowed to serve for only 6 months or for the duration of a crisis within the Republic.
Caesar was assassinated by members of the Senate because he wanted to the dictator to serve for how long?
What was serving as dictator for life?
How many "Great Emperors" ruled during the Pax Romana?
What was 5 Great Emperors?
EXPLAIN why the Roman Empire becoming too large or vast was a major reason why it declined and eventually fell:
Answer must be EXPLAINED.