Geography
What is the capital city of Ancient Rome?
What is Rome?
What was the primary religion of Ancient Rome before Christianity?
What is Roman polytheism?
What famous structure in Rome was used for gladiator contests?
What is the Colosseum?
What type of government was established in Rome after the monarchy was overthrown?
What is a republic?
What currency was used in Ancient Rome?
What is the denarius?
Which body of water is located to the west of Italy?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Who was the king of the Roman gods?
Who is Jupiter?
"All roads lead to Rome" was a common saying about this extensive network of over 50,000 miles, built for military and commercial purposes.
What are Roman roads?
Who were the elected officials that represented the common people in Ancient Rome?
Who are the tribunes?
What was the primary agricultural product grown in the Roman Empire?
What is wheat?
Name one mountain range that is located in Italy.
What are the Apennines?
What was the name of the temple dedicated to all the gods in Rome?
What is the Pantheon?
What type of architecture did the Romans develop that allowed triumphant armies to march beneath them?
What is Roman arch construction?
What was the name of the assembly that represented the patricians?
What is the Senate?
What trade route connected Rome to the East?
What is the Silk Road?
What peninsula is Rome located on?
What is the Italian Peninsula?
Which emperor is known for making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Who is Constantine?
Name one of the major contributions of the Romans to modern engineering.
What is aqueducts?
Who famously crossed the Rubicon River, declaring war on Rome?
Who is Julius Caesar?
What was the name of the marketplace in Ancient Rome?
What is the Forum?
Which river runs through the city of Rome?
What is the Tiber River?
What was the name of the early Christians who were persecuted in Ancient Rome?
Who are the martyrs?
This Roman invention, made of volcanic ash, lime, and water, was used to create strong and durable structures like the Pantheon.
What is concrete?
What was the political alliance called that was formed by Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
What is the First Triumvirate?
This economic practice, where the government provided free grain to poor citizens, was used to maintain social stability in Rome
What is the grain dole (or bread and circuses)?