Roman Government
What was the name of the two leaders elected each year to run the Roman Republic?
What are Consuls?
What was a Roman soldier called?
What is a legionary?
What was the large arena where Romans watched gladiator fights?
What is the Colosseum?
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Who was Octavian (later Augustus)?
What modern country was called Gaul by the Romans?
What is France?
What governing body made laws in the Roman Republic?
What was the Senate?
How many soldiers made up a Roman legion (approximately)?
What is about 5,000?
What kind of clothing did Roman citizens wear?
What is a toga?
Who was in charge of Gaul in the first triumvirate?
Who is Julius Caesar?
What were the two main social classes in Rome?
What are patricians and plebeians?
How many people made up the Senate?
What is 300?
Who was the famous general who crossed the Alps with elephants to fight Rome?
Who was Hannibal?
What are large farming estates owned by wealthy patricians?
What is Latifundia?
Who was the powerful queen of Egypt who had relationships with Mark Antony?
Who was Cleopatra?
Who could vote in Roman elections during the Republic?
Who were male Roman citizens?
What is the term for a leader with absolute power in times of crisis in the Republic?
What is a dictator?
Which war was fought between Rome and Carthage?
What were the Punic Wars?
What language did Roman children learn to read and write?
What is Latin?
Who are the Gracchus brother? (Gaius and Tiberius)
What luxury item did Romans import from China?
What is silk?
What term describes the social class of wealthy landowners in Roman society?
Who were the patricians?
What naval innovation helped Rome win the First Punic War?
What was the corvus (boarding bridge)?
What fruit was common in a Roman diet?
What are grapes?
Who is said to be the founder of Rome?
Romulus
What is the name of the mountain range in the center of Italy?
What is the Apennine mountain?