He gave free grain to the poor and adopted a more efficient calendar. He was named dictator for life and was assassinated!
Julius Caesar
100
This is Rome's constitution.
Twelve tables
100
These were the names of the two brothers who fought to found the city of Rome.
Romulus and Remus
100
These carry water from the countryside to the cities.
Aqueducts
100
Rome called this "our sea"
Mediterranean sea.
200
He named a horse a senator, declared war against the sea and had inappropriate relationships with his sisters.
Caligula
200
These were the aristocrats or upper class Romans.
Patricians
200
This religion was founded in the Roman Empire where it's members were persecuted but it eventually became Rome's official religion.
Christianity
200
This is where they held chariot races.
Circus Maximus
200
This phrase explained the extensive connection of Rome's empire.
"All roads lead to Rome"
300
He supposedly fiddled or sang while Rome burned. He also had his mother killed.
Nero
300
Rome was broken up into these three branches of government.
Executive, Legislative and Judicial.
300
This missionary spread Christianity throughout the Roman empire at great peril of his own life.
St. Paul
300
This building technique allowed Romans to save space and building materials while providing support.
arch
300
True or False. Rome's fall was a series of political, social, military and economic effects over a period of time rather than one cataclysmic event?
True
400
He gave Rome the Pax Romana or great Roman peace. He is considered Rome's first emperor.
Augustus
400
This Roman term means to block or cancel a law.
veto
400
This term means savior or son of God.
messiah
400
Rome build these in order to exercise, relax and talk politics. They were also heated.
Roman baths
400
Gaul which was conquered by Caesar is the modern day country of?
France
500
He was named dictator for six months but lasted only sixteen days when he completed the task of defeating invaders and returned to his farm.
Cincinnatus
500
Rome had two executives known as?
consuls
500
This north African city the home of Hannibal fought Rome in the Punic wars. When defeated the Romans supposedly poured salt on their soil so they would never become a threat to Rome again.
Carthage
500
The Emperor Hadrian built this to honor the Roman gods and had was known for its rotunda (dome) and oculus.
Pantheon
500
Name one of the barbarian invaders responsible for the military fall of the Roman Empire.