Vocabulary
This is a government in which people elect others to represent them.
What is a republic?
This is the name of the escaped slave who was made to be a gladiator and fight a lion.
Who is Androcles?
Christians did this when told to worship Roman gods. This made the Romans think the Christians were dangerous.
What is refused?
During the Pax Romana, Rome grew both...
What is wealthier and larger?
A person who belongs to a country and has protections under that country’s laws is this.
What is a citizen?
Ancient Romans watched this kind of event at the Circus Maximus.
What are chariot races?
Christianity offered alternatives to these groups of people, which made the Romans think they were dangerous.
Who are slaves and poor people?
These connected Rome's provinces.
What are well-built roads?
Someone from another country is known as this.
What is a foreigner?
What are fights between gladiators and wild beasts?
This was how the Roman army changed as the empire declined.
What is growing weaker, and soldiers having to steal food to survive?
This natural disaster destroyed the city of Pompeii.
What is a volcanic eruption?
This is the name for money that people pay to the government.
What is a tax?
What is a temple?
This person was the first emperor to accept Christianity.
Who is Constantine?
This is the reason that Pompeii is so important to archaeologists.
What are its well-preserved buildings and objects?
This lasted 200 years in the Roman empire, and allowed Rome to grow wealthier and larger.
What is the Pax Romana?
What is a theater?
This emperor helped Rome improve after a long period of decline, divided the empire into east and west, and gave up his job voluntarily.
Who is Diocletian?
This city was similar to Rome because it was one of the most important cities in the world, and it attracted people from many different countries, and it was governed by emperors.
What is Constantinople?