Geography & Foundations
This boot-shaped landmass provided Rome with a central location in the Mediterranean, making it a "hub" for trade.
What is the Italian Peninsula?
This powerful body of 300 members gave advice to leaders and stayed in office for life
What is the Senate?
This series of wars against Carthage transformed Rome from a regional power into a Mediterranean superpower.
What are the Punic Wars?
This social class was made up of wealthy, land-owning nobility who held the most power in the early Republic.
Who are Patricians?
This famous domed temple was a feat of engineering, built to honor the Roman gods and goddesses.
What is the Pantheon?
These mountains to the north served as a natural barrier, protecting the Italian Peninsula from land-based invasions.
What are the Alps?
These were the first written laws of Rome, put on public display in the Forum for all to see.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This 200 year period of "Roman Peace" saw the empire reach its peak in terms of size, wealth, and stability.
What is the Pax Romana?
This Roman marketplace and meeting place was the hub for religious, political, and social life.
What is the Forum?
These massive engineering projects used gravity to transport freshwater over rugged terrain and into the city.
What are aqueducts?
These mountains run down the center of the Italian Peninsula like a "spine" dividing the east and west.
What are the Apennines?
To prevent one person from becoming too powerful, the republic elected two of these to lead for one year.
What are Consuls?
This military leader's rise to power and subsequent assassination effectively signaled the collapse of the Roman Republic.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Although considered a "dead" language today, this was once the language of the Roman Empire & serves as the basis for many other "romance" languages studied today.
What is Latin?
To maintain hygiene in crowded cities, the Romans built these public facilities for washing (and socializing).
This "crossroads" city was chosen as the new capital because it was easier to defend and closer to rich trade routes.
What is Constantinople?
This governing body allowed the plebeians to vote on laws and elect officials to represent their interests.
What is the Assembly?
This date in 44 BCE marks the assassination of Julius Caesar by senators who feared his power.
What is/are the Ides of March?
These individuals were "inner circle" of Jesus' friends and followers who spread his teachings throughout the Roman Empire.
Who are the Apostles?
This Roman scientist of the Imperial Era proposed the geocentric theory of the solar system.
Who is Ptolemy?
Name one Germanic tribe that threatens to invade Rome from the north.
What is/are the Huns, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Saxons, etc.?
This specific alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus was used to seize control of the state.
What is the First Triumvirate?
After the death of Julius Caesar, this man (his grand-nephew) became the first official Emperor.
Who is Augustus Caesar (Octavian)?
This missionary is credited with the "systematic" spread of Christianity to non-Jews throughout the empire and into nearby territories.
Who is Paul?
The Romans revolutionized architecture by perfecting this building material, which allowed for massive, sturdy domes and arches to be made.
What is concrete?