The first official emperor of Rome. He was the nephew of Julius Caesar.
Who is Octavian?
100
The wealthy landowning class of Romans?
What are patricians?
100
This was a structure used to move water into Rome?
What are aqueducts?
100
XIX
What is 19?
100
Rome is named after this person....he killed his twin brother?
Who is Romulus?
200
He was the emperor who played his fiddle while Rome burned?
Who is Nero?
200
These were Roman military units made up of 5,000 soldiers?
What are legions?
200
The Romans invented this substance from volcanic sand which allowed them to build bigger, faster, and stronger than ever before?
What is concrete?
200
LXIII
What is 63?
200
Rome was built on the banks of the 7 rolling hills of this river?
What is the Tiber?
300
He split the Roman empire into two parts...the Eastern Empire and the Western Empire?
Who is Diocletian?
300
These were elected officials who protected the rights of the plebeians from the patricians?
What are tribunes?
300
The Romans built miles of these which allowed them to effectively govern their huge empire?
What are roads?
300
MCMXXII
What is 1,922?
300
The 200 years of "Roman peace"
What is Pax Romana?
400
He was the first Christian Roman emperor?
Who is Constantine?
400
These were two elected officials who served one year terms....one controlled the army and one controlled the government?
What are consuls?
400
A series of raised arches allowed Romans to built these type of high ceilings in their structures?
What is vaulted ceiling?
400
VL
What is 45?
400
Name the three members of the First Triumvirate?
Who is Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey?
500
He was the emperor who built the Flavian Ampitheater....also known as the Colosseum. He died before its completion.
Who is Vespasian?
500
Caesar was assassinated on March 15th (the Ides of March) in this year? Rome would officially become an empire soon afterward.
What is 44BC?
500
The Cloaca Maxima was the first ______________ system developed in Rome. It is still in use today and was one of the main reason Rome's population could sustain such a large population?
What is a sewer system?
500
MMMIX
What is 3009?
500
The name given to Nero's opulent house built on acres of burnt Roman land?