What is?
Rome began as a small city on a hill. But in time, it became the (blank) of the country of Italy.
Who assassinated Julius Caesar?
Roman senators, including Caesar’s friend Brutus.
Who are twins brother, who according to legend, founded Rome?
Who are Romulus and Remus.
This is a body of water, like the Bosporus, that connects two large bodies of water. What is it?
What is a strait.
The Romans believed in?
What are gods and goddesses.
What was the Pax Romana?
What is two hundred years of peace in the Roman Empire.
The Western Roman Empire ended in?
What is 476 CE.
Who are the members of powerful and weathly families?
Who are the patricians.
The Western Empire did this when it failed or ended suddenly. What did it do?
What is collapse.
What is fights between gladiators and wild beasts.
What symbol of Rome was built on a hill in Rome to honor the king of the gods?
What is the Temple of Jupiter.
Why is Pompeii important to archaeologists?
What is its buildings and objects were well preserved for centuries.
Who are poor working men and women?
Who are the plebilians.
Someone from another country. What am I?
Who is a foreigner.
What did they watch in the Circus Maximus?
What are chariot races.
What are the three steps to making a Roman road?
What is: Step 1 in building a road is to dig a trench. Step 2: fill the trench with stones and gravel. Step 3: lay down smooth stones to form the road’s surface.
In the Punic Wars who did the Romans fight against?
Who are the Carthage.
Who conquered Gaul and became a Roman dictator?
Who is Julius Caesar.
An area surrounded by seating for the public where sports events are held. What am I?
What is an arena.
How did Romulus and Remus choose the location for Rome?
What is they chose the location where the wolf had found and saved them.
During the Punic Wars, the Romans thought the (blank) of the Alps would protect them against invasion by Hannibal’s army.
What is barrier.
Why did the Romans persecute Christians?
The Christians believed in only one god and refused to worship the Roman gods. This made the Romans afraid that their own gods would become angry.
Who is Caesar Augstus, the first Roman emperor?
Who is Octavian.
a structure for carrying water across long distances. What am I?
What is an aqueduct.
How did the Roman army change as the empire declined?
What is it grew weaker, and many soldiers stole food to survive.