Very Ancient Rome
There is a famous saying: "All ________ lead to Rome".
What are roads?
Aeneas was this type of warrior.
What is a Trojan warrior?
The Punic Wars were a set of wars between Rome and this city.
What is Carthage?
The month of July is named after this person.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Caesar became the dictator of Rome but was assasinated by members of the __________.
What is the Senate?
Rome was founded along this river.
What is the Tiber River?
Aeneas fled from this place.
What is Troy?
The second Punic War originated from a conflict over land in this country.
What is Spain?
This person was the nephew of Julius Caesar.
Who was Augustus Caesar?
Julius Caesar formed the First Triumvirate, an alliance between Pompey and this person __________.
Who was Crassus?
Rome was founded in this year.
What is 753 B.C.?
Aeneas stayed in Italy awhile but eventually settled here.
What is Latium?
Hannibal attacked Roman outposts and stole food and _________ that were intended for Rome.
What are weapons?
Augustus Caesar boasted that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of ___________.
What is marble?
The Ides of March were on this day in 44 B.C.
What is March 15?
What are bridges and aqueducts?
The Aeneid is written by this person.
Who is Virgil?
Hannibal marched 37 elephants this many foot soldiers and 12,000 cavalry over the Alps.
What is 90,000?
After the death of Marc Antony, this person was exiled from Rome.
Who was Lepidus?
Pax Romana lasted this long.
What was 200 years?
Ruins of Roman aquaducts can still be seen across ___________ and _______________.
What are Europe and Asia?
Aeneas's mother is named this.
Who is Venus?
The Punic wars lasted from 264 B.C. until this year.
What is 146 B.C.?
In 27 B.C. this person became the sole ruler of Rome and was given the title of honor, Augustus.
Who was Octavian?
The Second Triumvirate was an alliance between Octavian, _____________, and Marcus Aemilus Lepidus.
Who was Marc Antony?