Geography
The river where the city of Rome was founded
What is the Tiber river?
This type of religion involves worshiping many gods
What is Polytheism or Paganism?
War where Rome conquered much of modern France
What is the Gallic Wars?
The founder of Christianity
The wife of Mark Antony
Who was Cleopatra?
The desert that established the southern border of the Roman Empire
What is the Sahara?
Roman's offered these at alters in hopes of receiving favor from the gods
What are sacrifices?
Wars between Rome and Carthage
What are the Punic Wars?
He persecuted Christians after the Great Fire of Rome
Who is Nero?
Gladiators often fought in this famous building in Rome
What is the Coliseum?
The river that served as the boundary between Gaul and Germania
What is the Rhine river?
Who is Mars?
Roman wars fought to put down revolts in Judea
What are the Jewish Wars?
A decree issued by Constantine that ended persecutions of Christians
What is the Edict of Milan?
Early Christians met secretly in these underground spaces
What is the Catacombs?
The sea in between Italy and Greece
What is the Adriatic Sea?
The Roman equivalent of Zeus
Who is Jupiter?
The modern day country where Hannibal began his campaign against the Romans in the 2nd Punic War
What is Spain:?
Name for the original small group of Jesus' close followers
What is the 12 Disciples (Apostles)?
The name for a Roman holiday that was celebrated on the same day as Christmas
What is Saturnalia?
This modern day country was the furthest North that the Roman Empire extended
What is the UK? (England also accepted)
The Roman equivalent to Poseidon
Who is Neptune?
He destroyed the second temple and there is an arch in Rome dedicated to his victory
Who is Titus?
The meeting which tried to settle the debate of Arianism and create a uniform Christian cannon
What is the Council of Nicaea
The name of the system established by Dicoletian where Rome had four emperors (two senior and two junior)
What is the Tetrachy?