Geography of Rome/Early Rome
The type of geographical feature that Rome (and all of Italy) is considered
What is a peninsula?
Some strong, healthy male slaves were forced to become professional fighters who fought to the death. These fighters are known as...
Who are gladiators?
This is a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders
What is a republic?
The First Triumvirate was an alliance between Crassus, Pompey, and WHO
Who is Julius Caesar?
This is the river that Julius Caesar crossed when he started a civil war within Rome
What is the Rubicon?
This geographical feature surrounds all of Rome/Italy (Name specific)
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This building is considered to be the heart of Roman political life. It was also a center of shopping and gossip
The Forum
Like kings, these officials commanded the army and directed the government. But, their power was limited
What is consuls?
The name of the alliance between Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus
What is the Second Triumvirate?
This Carthaginian general was involved in the Second Punic war and crossed the Alps with the guide of elephants. Despite this effort. he was unable to beat the Romans in the this war
This is the river that runs through Rome
What is the Tiber River?
The common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population would best describe...
Who are plebeians?
This is a period of peace and prosperity that lasted for 207 years in the Roman Empire and means "Roman peace"
What is Pax Romana?
This emperor announced an end to the persecution of Christians
Who is Constantine?
Prior to becoming dictator, Caesar was governor of this region which is located in modern-day France
What is Gaul?
In early Rome, this was the class of people who were the wealthy landowners that were able to make laws
What is patricians?
This was the term given to the oldest living male in a family and was considered the head of the family who had extensive powers over other family members
What is the paterfamilia?
This group of 300 members chosen from the upper class of Rome was the aristocratic branch of Rome’s government and had both legislative as well as administrative functions
What is the Senate?
While this person restored some aspects of the Roman Republic, he became the unchallenged ruler of Rome and even accepted the title of Augustus, meaning "exalted one"
What is Octavian?
This Roman emperor who reigned from 117-138 thought the empire had grown too large. He withdrew from almost all eastern additions and built defensive fortifications along the frontiers to protect from invasions
Who is Hadrian?
In 451 BC, these laws were carved into tablets and hung up in the Forum. They established the idea that all free citizens had the right to the protection of the law
What is the Twelve Tables?
In AD 325, Constantine called Church leaders to Nicaea in Anatolia and authored this document, which defined the basic beliefs of the Church
What is the Nicene Creed?
In times of crisis, the republic could appoint someone to this position, this was a leader who had absolute power to make laws along with commanding the army
What is a dictator?
The Roman Empire reached the limits of its expansion under this emperor, who added present-day Romania, Armenia, Mesopotamia, and the Sinai Peninsula under the rule of the Romans
Who is Trajan?
What was the name of the mountain range in the north of the Italian peninsula?
What are the Alps?