Ancient Rome Part 3
An evil emperor who had many Christians persecuted, even his own mother. Died by suicide in 68 AD.
Nero
What age did Roman boys become soldiers?
16
Well trained foot soldiers
Legionnaires
Another name for Greek city states
Polis
What did Spartan children learn about drinking alcohol?
It was for the weak
A 200 year period of peace during the Roman Empire
Pax Romana
Official language of the Roman Empire
Latin
Term for the Roman laws that were written down and posted so that all citizens would be treated equally.
Twelve Tables
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Rulers who seized power by force from the aristocrats.
Tyrants
Roman art aimed not for idealism, like the Greeks, instead Roman art aimed for….
Realism
Quid pro quo
Something for something
What was the name of the wars fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians?
Punic Wars
Who ran the 1st marathon?
Pheidippides
Who was the deadly battle of Thermopylae fought between?
Greeks v Persians
The name of the volcano that erupted near Naples, Italy in 79 AD that destroyed the towns around it.
Mount Vesuvius
Farmer who led a Roman army to defeat invaders and then returned to farming. A city in Ohio is named after him.
Cincinnatus
Status Quo
Staying the same/existing state of affairs
Where is Ionia Greece?
Turkey
In Greece, every male citizen voted on all major issues. What is the term for this practice?
Direct Democracy
The last ruler in the Pax Romana and wrote Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
What did Italy have that helped them support a large population (unlike Greece)?
A lot of farmable land
Who was Marcus Aurelius’ son (the evil emperor in the movie Gladiator)
Commodus
What was unique about Spartan women?
Had a lot of freedom
What was the practice of writing a name on a piece of pottery that would protect Athens from ambitious politicians?
Ostracism