Vocabulary
a person of noble birth (in Roman society), an aristocrat
Patrician
March 15th, 44 BC
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Octavian; adopted son of Julius Caesar; Emperor at the time of Jesus' birth
Caesar Augustus
__________ were slaves who fought in the __________.
Gladiators
Colosseum
Italy is surrounded by 2 seas:
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
a commoner
Plebeian
70 AD
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
Emperor after Caesar Augustus; reigned from 14-37 AD
Tiberius
_____________ was from ___________ and was defeated at the Battle of Zama in _________ BC
Hannibal
Carthage
202 BC
______________ overthrew the last of the Kings of Rome in 509 BC
Lucius Junius Brutus
a government controlled by its citizens
Republic
476 AD
Fall of Rome in the West
Reigned from 37-41 AD; a madman
Caligula
Two leaders called __________ were appointed by the ___________. The had ________ year terms
consuls
Senate
1
Nero blamed the Great ________ of Rome on the ______________.
Fire
Christians
the middle day of the month on the Roman calendar
Ides
Founding of Rome by Romulus
approx. 753 BC
Reigned from 41-54 AD, conquered Britain
Claudius
Emperor __________ built a temple to the god __________ over the remains of _____________.
Hadrian
Jupiter
Temple of Jerusalem
Julius Caesar crossed the _________ River in _______ BC
Rubicon
49 BC
trade or buying and selling of goods between different places
commerce
Death of Caesar Augustus
14 AD
The 5 "Good Emperors"
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
______________ lead a revolt of the Jewish people against Rome in 132 AD
Simeon Bar Kokhba
The emperor who legalized Christianity was _______________.
Constantine