Geography
The River in Italy near Rome
What is the Tiber?
This god was famous for his oracles
Who is Apollo?
Where chariot races took place
What is the Circus Maximus?
name for the common people, not wealthy
What are the plebians?
A weird food Romans would eat
What is giraffe, elephant, fish sauce, etc.?
Mountain range that separates Italy from the rest of Europe
What are the Alps?
He was an orator & letter writer & governor of Bithynia, his elder was killed by Vesuvius
Who is Pliny the Younger?
A famous bath complex in Britain
What is Aquae Sulis?
The name for the elite class/rich aristocrats of Rome
What are the patricians?
Caesar was killed on this day
What is the Ides of March?
What is March 15th?
Name two towns destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius
What is Herculaneum and Pompeii?
Name two Romans Cleopatra had an affair with
Who are Marc Antony and Julius Caesar?
The Curia was the meeting place of this most powerful political body in the Republic
What is the Senate?
Guy that helped save Rome, then retired
Who is Cincinnatus?
Caesar crossed this river and committed treason by doing so
What is the Rubicon?
Augustus is also known by this name (mostly before he became emperor)
What is Octavian?
Hannibal brought these animals across the Alps
What are elephants?
Name five planets named after Roman gods
Saturn, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Pluto (it counts)
Mountain range that runs through Italy
What are the Apennines?
Dude who had a leading role in the assassination of Caesar
Who is Brutus?
The Flavian Amphitheater is also known as this
What is the Colosseum?