Rome I
The Conflict of the Orders: What are two types of people in Rome?
What are patricians and plebeians?
This was the Roman system of government before the emperors.
What is a republic?
This man, king of a small Persian kingdom, conquered territory from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The most warlike city-state in Greece?
Sparta
This is the center and foundation of Greek life.
What is polis?
Rome built these to help govern the empire more effectively. (All ____ lead to Rome.)
What are roads?
This man was the first emperor of Rome.
Who is Caesar Augustus (Octavius)?
This king invaded Greece which launched the Persian War.
Who is Darius?
This war occurred when Darius invaded Greece; later his son, Xerxes, continued this war ten years later.
What is the Greco-Persians War?
Democracy originated in this Greek city-state.
What is Athens?
What religion rose after Augustus' death?
Christianity.
This man was the founder of Christianity.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
Roman emperors kept the public distracted using this.
What are bread and circuses?
This young Macedonian king conquered Greece and Persia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This word means rule by one person.
What is monarchy?
A group of angered Senators stabbed this man to death on the floor of the Roman Senate.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Competitors who fought in the arena, sometimes slaves, sometimes volunteers were these.
What are gladiators?
This was the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
What is the emperor?
The Athenian system of government was this (two words)?
What is direct democracy?
Ancient Athenians selected their leaders by random selection which is called this.
What is sortition?
Two members of the Senate elected to command the military.
What are Consuls?
The core of Roman government; only patricians; served for life.
What was the senate?
This religion became popular in Rome after Emperor Constantine became a convert.
What is Christianity?
The spread of Greek culture throughout Alexander's empire.
What is hellenism?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all one of these.
What are philosophers?