Roman Numerals
"XV" is the Roman Numeral for this number.
What is fifteen (15)?
These warrior fought for the entertainment of Roman audiences and often fought to the death.
What are gladiators?
Who is Romulus?
TRUE or FALSE: Being born in the Roman Empire automatically made you a Roman citizen.
What is FALSE?
This mountain range borders Italy to the north.
What are the Alps?
"XIV" is the Roman Numeral for this number.
What is fourteen (14)?
Gladiator battles were generally fought in this large stone structure.
What is the Colosseum?
The twin boys who were raised by a wolf and are credited with the building of the city of Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
The title Caesar translates to this English word.
What is king?
TRUE or FALSE: The Romans borrowed many ideas and skills from their neighbors.
What is TRUE?
"XXXII" is the Roman Numeral for this number.
What is thirty-two (32)?
A former gladiator who was the leader of the most successful slave rebellion in Rome.
Who was Spartacus?
The nickname for the city of Rome was "the city on" this many "hills."
What is seven (7)?
TRUE or FALSE: The ancient Romans honored their emperors as gods?
What is TRUE?
This person studies the lives and cultures of ancient people.
What is an archaeologist?
"MCML" is the Roman Numeral for this number.
What is 1,950?
The name of the soldier in charge of a century.
What is a centurian?
A famous Roman poet who wrote the epic called "The Aenid."
Who was Virgil?
The area of a Roman town that was the center of Roman life.
What is the Forum?
A man made channel used for delivering water to Roman towns.
What is an aqueduct?
"MMXXI" is the Roman Numeral for this number.
What is 2,021?
A century was a division of the Roman army that was made up of this many soldiers.
What is 80?
The main philosophy of the ancient Romans that encouraged strength, duty, and loyalty.
What is stoicism?
This was the Latin name for the oldest male of a Roman household.
What was paterfamilias?
The name of a country where the government is ruled by elected officials rather than by a king or emperor.
What is a republic?