Geography
This river flows through Rome and then north into present-day Italy.
What is the Tiber River?
The first Roman Emperor.
Who was Augustus Caesar?
This was another name for the Mediterranean Sea.
What is "Roman Lake."
The aristocratic landowners were called this in the Roman Republic.
What are the patricians?
This Carthaginian general led armies into Italy for a number of years before being recalled to Carthage.
Who is Hannibal?
Group of three leaders
What is a triumvirate Extra 200 points if you can name the 1st Triumvirate
This island was the first province the Roman Republic acquired after the Punic Wars.
What is Sicily?
The date Julius Caesar was killed, March 15, 44 BC, is called this.
What is the Ides of March?
Roman ship mounted boarding ramp or drawbridge used for hooking Carthaginian ships to make a naval battle into a land battle in the First Punic War.
What is a corvus?
Dictator who ruled Rome from 82-79 BC, dealt with civil war, and then retired.
Who is Sulla?
50,000 Roman Legionaires perished in this historic battle in 216 BC.
What is Cannae?
This Roman Emperor was the first to divide the Empire into Eastern and Western regions.
Who was Diocletian?
Roman arena where people would go for entertainment, built around 72 AD.
What is the Colosseum?
Julius Caesar chased Pompey to this foreign land only to find that he had been killed. He did find Cleopatra though.
What is Egypt?
The 2nd Punic War ended with this battle and won by this Roman general.
What was the Battle of Zama and Scipio?
A primary reason why the Roman Empire fell is because of of barbarian invasions from the north. The name for these tribes was called,
What is Germanic?
Roman architectural creation that helped to create aqueducts, arenas, and monuments.
What is the arch?