Geography of Rome
What is the river that goes through the city of Rome
The tiber
By 133 BCE, Rome controlled all of Italy and parts of these three areas (name two).
What are Spain, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, or North Africa?
Julius Caesar was declared this in 46 BCE.
What is dictator for life?
The Pax Romana lasted for this many years.
What is 207 years?
After Marcus Aurelius died, this poor leader ruled Rome.
Who is Commodus?
This group of Germanic tribes rebelled against Rome and captured the city in 410 CE.
Who are the Visigoths?
This mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe.
What are the Alps?
Rome fought Carthage in this series of wars.
What are the Punic Wars?
Caesar offered this privilege to many conquered people.
What is Roman citizenship?
These structures carried water into Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
What were some social problems that lead to the collapse of the Roman empire?
High taxes, plague, and famine
This group stripped Rome of valuables for 12 days, giving their name to modern-day destruction.
Who are the Vandals?
This large island is at the “toe” of Italy’s boot.
What is Sicily?
This Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with elephants.
Who is Hannibal?
Julius Caesar was assassinated in this year.
What is 44 BCE?
The Romans used this building material to create domes and larger structures.
What is concrete?
Why did roman coins lose value?
The silver was mixed with base metals and were smaller
This German general defeated Romulus Augustulus.
Who is Odoacer?
Rome’s central location here allowed it to control trade and military movement.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Wealth from conquest widened the gap between these two social groups in Rome.
Who are the rich and poor?
Caesar’s adopted nephew who became Rome’s first emperor.
Who is Octavian (Augustus)?
Emperors used gladiator fights and chariot races to do this.
What is entertain the poor?
This emperor divided the empire into Eastern and Western halves. The first time.
Who is Diocletian?
Although the Western Empire fell, this part survived for 1,000 more years.
What is the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)?
This mountain range runs the length of Italy, creating many independent states in early times
What are the Apennines?
Civil wars broke out when these leaders became more powerful than the Senate.
Who were the generals?
What months were named after Roman emperors?
July and August
The Pax Romana began under this emperor.
Who is Augustus?
The last Roman emperor of the West, defeated in 476 CE.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
Who was the emperor who made Christianity the legal religion of the Roman empire?
Emperor Constantine