A River people came to live along around 1600 B.C.
What is the Tiber River?
100
The name the Romans used to call citizens who were farmers, soldiers and merchants.
What are plebeians?
100
Another name for the period in Rome known as "the Roman Peace"
What is Pax Romana?
100
The vast, underground rooms where the Romans bury the dead
What are catacombs?
100
The man who chose his violent son, Commodus, to lead the Roman Empire
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
200
The Etruscan noble who murdered the Etruscan king and seized power in 509 B.C.
Who is Tarquin?
200
The name the Romans used to call the wealthiest, most powerful citizens.
What are patricians?
200
Two bad rulers of the Roman Empire
Who are Caligula and Nero?
200
Another name for a disciple of Jesus
What is an apostle?
200
The strong Roman ruler who helped restore order and strengthen the economy from 284 A.D. to 305 A.D.
Who is Diocletian?
300
The twins in an ancient Roman legend who were thrown into the Tiber River, raised by wolves, killed their Uncle who was the evil king and founded Rome in 753 B.C.
Who are Romulus and Remis?
300
The governing body that Roman representatives served in.
What is the Senate?
300
Much of the legal system in this country is based on the principles the Romans developed during the Roman Empire.
What is the United States?
300
Another name for Jesus that told people he was someone who saves or rescues people.
What is the Messiah?
300
The two main reasons that the Roman Empire eventually divided
What is that it was too large and difficult to govern?
400
The name ancient Romans used to call themslves before they called themselves Romans.
What is Latins?
400
The officials who managed the government and the army.
What are consuls?
400
The most famous Roman arena that could seat 50,000 people.
What is the Colosseum?
400
He made Christianity the official religion of Rome
Who is Theodosius?
400
The two churches that were formed in 1054
What are the Roman Catholic Church and the Byzantine Orthodox Church?
500
The person who forced Tarquin and his sons out of Rome and became the new leader of Rome.
Who is Junius Brutus?
500
After one victory, Caesar announced his triumph in these three famous Latin words.
What is "Veni, vidi, vici?"
500
The five European languages that are based on Latin.
What are Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian?
500
The church in Milan, Italy, that has the Last Supper painted on its wall.