Regal Era
Who was Romulus?
The woman whose rape iniated the overthrow of the Roman monarchy.
Who was Lucretia?
The event that destroyed much of the city of Rome, and was allegedly instigated by the Emperor Nero.
What was the Great Fire of Rome?
The Roman governor of Judea that presided over the crucifiction of Jesus.
Who was Pontius Pilot?
What was Dominus?
The ceremonial weapon carried by lictors
What were the fasces?
Cato the Elder concluded each of his speeches with this Latin phrase.
What was "Carthago delene est?"
The first emperor of the Flavian dynasty.
Who was Vespasian?
The region Jesus of Nazareth originated from.
What was Galilee?
The system of four emperors established by Diocletian.
What was the Tetrarchy?
The god of temple whose doors represented the beginnings and ends of war.
Who was Janus/Ianus?
Hannibal lost this body part to infection during his campaign in the Italian Peninsula.
What was his eye?
The emperor whose assassination resulted in the Crisis of the Third Century.
Who was Caracalla?
The process of adopting Greek culture and language that created intense controvesy among the Jews before the birth of Jesus.
What was Hellenization?
The man who reunited the empire into a single unit after the Crisis of the Third Century.
Who was Aurelian?
The people who the Roman men kidnapped for their wives according to legend.
Who were the Sabines?
The victors of the First Punic war
What is Rome?
The Five Good Emperors.
Who were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius?
The full name of the monarch that ordered the execution of John the Baptist.
Who was Herod Antipas?
The last Pagan emperor.
Who was Julian?
The grandson of Numa.
Who was Ancus Marcus?
The mother of the Gracchi often compared her sons to these objects.
What were jewels?
The children of Septimus Severus
Who were Caracalla, and Geta?
The region of Egypt that scholars believe Mary and Joseph fled to during the reign of Herod.
What was Elephantine Island?
This sport gained immense popularity after the Christianization of the Roman empire led to a prohibition of gladiator games.
What were chariot races?