People
This was the term for the lower class, including farmers, merchants, and artisans.
What are plebeians?
Italy looks like this non-geographic item.
What is a boot?
This area was designed to distract the poor from their problems; gladiators, wild animals, criminals, and Christians met their deaths here.
What is the Colosseum?
Jesus of Nazareth was part of this people group, who ultimately partnered with the Romans in a conspiracy to kill him.
Who are the Jews?
The 150 year span of Roman peace was called this.
What is the Pax Romana?
This was the term for the aristocracy in ancient Rome.
What are patricians?
Rome is built on seven of these.
What are hills?
The Romans coined this type of government, where citizens elect their leaders.
What is a republic?
This emperor was one of the harshest persecutors of Christians.
Who is Nero?
This language, spoken in Rome, is the basis of many different languages today.
What is Latin?
This was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, succeeding Julius Caesar.
Who is Augustus?
This was the place where people met to buy and sell, discuss, and make important decisions. It was the hub of a Roman city.
What is the Forum?
This engineering feat featured many layers including sand, gravel, and mortar.
What are roads?
What are Barbarian/German tribes?
Many churches and government buildings still use this architectural design today. It utilizes arches and vaults to create a curved ceiling.
What is the dome?
This emperor made Christianity legal.
Who is Constantine?
During the life of Jesus, Romans had control over this city that was the center of Jewish life.
This engineering achievement brought fresh water into the city.
What is an aqueduct?
Carthage was destroyed in this war.
What is the Punic War?
Often still used today, Roman numerals used different symbols, such as this number: XCIV
What is 94?
This persecutor of Christians experienced a life changing conversion, leading him to become one of the most influential missionaries of Christianity in history.
Who is Paul?
Now called Istanbul, the capital of the Roman empire was moved to this city towards the end of the empire.
What is Constantinople?
The plebeians won the fight to get laws written down; they were recorded and called this.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This is the term that remembers the day of Julius Caesar's assassination.
What is the Ides of March?
The eyewitness accounts of the words and actions of Jesus can be found in the first four books of the New Testament, called this.
What are the Gospels?