The Rise of Rome
According to legend, these twin brothers were raised by a she-wolf and founded Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
This massive stadium held over 50,000 people and hosted gladiator battles.
What is the Colosseum?
This famous general was assassinated on the "Ides of March" after declaring himself "Dictator for Life."
Who is Julius Caesar?
A large unit of the Roman army, consisting of about 5,000 heavily armed soldiers.
What is a legion?
This 200-year period of relative peace and stability began under Augustus.
What is the Pax Romana?
Before it was an Empire, Rome was this type of government where citizens elect their leaders.
What is a republic?
Romans used these bridge-like structures to bring fresh water from the mountains into the cities
What are acqueducts?
Born Octavian, he became the first official Emperor of Rome.
Who is Augustus?
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with war elephants to attack Rome.
Who is Hannibal?
To make it easier to manage, the Empire was split into these two halves.
What are the Western and Eastern Empires?
This group of 300 men advised the leaders and made laws in the Roman Republic.
What is the Senate?
This was the primary language spoken throughout the Roman Empire.
What is Latin?
This emperor supposedly "fiddled while Rome burned" (though he actually played the lyre).
Who is Nero?
This defensive formation involved soldiers overlapping their shields to look like a turtle shell.
What is the Testudo formation?
This city became the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
This was the "main street" or central marketplace of Rome where politics and business happened.
What is the Forum?
Instead of soap, Romans would cover themselves in this and scrape it off with a metal tool called a strigil.
What is olive oil?
He was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
Who is Constantine?
Roman soldiers were famous for building these "all roads lead to" paths that connected the empire.
What are Roman roads?
This "barbarian" group famously sacked Rome in 410 AD.
What are the Visigoths?
These were the three long wars fought between Rome and Carthage for control of the Mediterranean.
What are the Punic Wars?
These were the wealthy upper-class citizens, while the common people were called Plebeians.
What are Patricians?
This philosopher-king was the last of the "Five Good Emperors" and wrote Meditations.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
This was the name of the short, double-edged sword used by Roman legionaries.
What is a Gladius?
While the West fell in 476 AD, the Eastern Empire continued for 1,000 more years under this name.
What is the Byzantine Empire?