Government & Laws
What is 5?
This dictator was assassinated by his close friend.
Who is Julius Caesar?
A curved structure often used for doorways was known as this.
What is an Arch?
This religion spread throughout the Roman Empire, later becoming its official religion.
What is Christianity?
This Roman invention brought clean water into cities.
What is an aqueduct?
Octavian gained this name after being named heir to Julius Caesar.
Who is Augustus?
There were this many Punic Wars.
What is 3?
The main meeting place in Ancient Rome was known by this name:
What is forum?
This is the name for a painting on wet plaster:
Cleopatra and this man committed suicide after a misunderstanding- which led to Octavian gaining power.
Who is Marc Antony?
This man was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire.
A 200 year period of peace in Ancient Rome was known by this name.
What is 'Pax Romana'?
This building had the purpose of housing gladiators and being a large arena for entertainment.
Where is the Colosseum?
This form of art was made of colored stones or glass.
What is a mosaic?
This economic problem led to the fall of Rome:
What is higher taxes, free bread and entertainment, low value coins, etc.
What are the 12 Tables?
This form of government existed before Rome became an Empire:
What is Republic?
The Myth explaining the founding of the city of Rome was centered around these twins.
This Colosseum entertainment had slaves fighting animals or other slaves.
What were gladiators?
This military problem helped contribute to the fall of Rome:
What is non loyal mercenaries, Roman generals seizing control, Emperor assassination, etc?
This powerful social class was the highest in Ancient Rome.
What are Patricians/Aristocrats.
This ruler became heir to Julius Caesar:
Who is Octavian/Augustus?
The Roman Empire used this to entertain the public for free:
What is "bread and circuses"?
When the Christian Church split into two parts, it became these:
What are the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church?
This social problem helped lead to the fall of the Roman Empire:
What is social class unrest, slaves not working to improve their lives, the wealthy abandoning their roles in government, etc?