Geography
How many hills was Rome situated on?
7
According to legend, Rome's founders were these twin brothers?
Romulus and Remus
Which emperor legalized Christianity?
Constatine
The form of government we have in the United States
A Republic
Which mountain ranges runs from west to east or east to west at the top of the peninsula?
Alps
The people who most influenced early Rome were the Greeks to the south and this group to the north.
Etruscans
When Christianity splits into two branches
Great Schism
Carries water into the cities
Aquaduct
Which mountain range runs from north to south on the Italian peninsula
Apennines
Who was known as the richest man in Rome and had successfully put down a major slave rebellion?
Crassus.
This was the leader of Carthage who tried to cross the Alps with elephants
Hannibal
Leader of the Greek Orthodox Church
Patriarch
The most celebrated Roman epic was Virgil's book known as _________, which tells the story of Aeneas, the legendary founder of Rome.
Aeneid
Italy lies on a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides in which sea?
Mediterranean
Roman society was divided into two groups called
Patricians and plebians
Who was third to join Crassus and Pompey to form a coalition that historians call the First Triumvirate?
Julius Caesar.
Which church banned icons?
Greek Orthodox Church
What was the geographical extent of the Roman Empire at its greatest (north border, south border, east border, and western border)
England, North Africa, Spain/Portugal, and Mesopotamia/Egypt
Rome was located at key crossing point of which river?
Tiber River
Three reasons for the decline of Rome in 476 A.C.
Economy, Invasions, Political chaos
The name of the Greek Orthodox Church in Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Greeks were into ideas, but the Roman were great _____
engineers