Roman Vocabulary
This carried water to cities in Rome.
What is an aqueduct?
Someone who does not have or cannot find a job.
What is unemployment?
He was murdered by the senate.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Growing grain on farms in Rome.
How did they feed the massive population and armies in Rome?
They used this as a building material.
What is concrete?
When people who are in charge take bribes to vote a certain way or vote to benefit themselves.
What is political corruption?
He was known as a zero.
Who is Nero?
Roads, aqueducts, and concrete.
What improved life in Rome?
This was a time of Roman Peace.
What is the Pax Romana?
He adopted the Christian faith in Rome.
They wore this in Rome with a laurel wreath to symbolize their power.
What was a toga?
The person who ruled over all of Rome.
Who is an emperor?
Causes streets to be unsafe, and an increase in crime.
What is decline in morals and values?
He was adopted by Augustus.
Who is Tiberius?
Engineering achievements
An art piece that is made from colorful pieces to make a design.
What is a mosaic?
Invaders from other places.
What is a barbarian invasion?
He was the most popular emperor of Rome and brought about a time of Peace.
Who is Augustus?
What is the Colosseum?