Italy's Geography
What river was important for the founding of Rome?
What is the Tiber River?
What type of government did Rome establish in 509 BCE?
What is a republic?
How did Rome expand its territory by the late 200s BCE?
What is through force and diplomacy?
Who were not considered citizens in the Roman Republic?
What are women and slaves?
What was one of the major engineering achievements of the Romans?
What are aqueducts?
How did the Alps protect Rome?
What are natural barriers that separated Italy from the rest of Europe?
Who could participate in the Roman government?
What are free adult male citizens?
What were Roman legions known for in battles?
What are flexible fighting formations and formidable fighting skills?
What were the responsibilities of Roman Citizens?
What are paying taxes, serving in the military, and participating in court actions?
How did Roman roads contribute to the empire?
What is that they linked cities and made governing efficient?
Why was the Italian Peninsula beneficial for farming?
What is the presence of fertile land?
What were the three branches of Roman government?
What are assemblies, the senate, and magistrates?
What was a significant outcome of the Punic Wars?
What is Rome's control over the western Mediterranean?
How did the lives of the rich differ from the poor in Rome?
What is that the rich lived in large homes while the poor lived in cramped apartments?
What cultural aspects flourished during the Pax Romana?
What are trade, culture, and architecture?
What feature of Italy's landscape helped unite the region?
What is a less rugged landscape?
What principle prevented any one branch from becoming too powerful?
What is the separation of powers?
Who was a Carthaginian general that invaded northern Italy?
What role did women play in Roman society?
What is to bear children and raise them?
What technological advancements did the Romans make?
What are large buildings with domes and arches for sturdy bridges?
What was the significance of Rome's location in Italy?
What is that it lies near the center of the Italian Peninsula?
Who were the patricians in Roman society?
What are the upper class and leaders of Rome's political, social, and economic life?
What impact did treaties have on Rome's expansion?
What is that they required new allies to send troops to fight alongside them?
What was the significance of Roman slavery?
What is that slaves had no rights and were treated as property?
How did the Roman Empire influence modern society?
What is through its art, language, entertainment, and law?