Who Held Power?
Every year in the Republic, this pair of officials was elected and could get rid of each other.
Who are the consuls?
These people were forced to perform labor or services against their will.
What is a slave?
The currency in the Roman republic that was a silver coin and became the standard for over 400 years.
What is the denarius?
System of roads, that were built over 55,000 miles in Britain alone, was a key component of Roman expansion and control.
What are the Roman roads?
Augustus took this rich land of pyramids in 30 BC.
What is Egypt?
The lifelong of aristocrats, who were a 300-member body, controlled the Treasury in the Republic.
What is the Senate?
The most educated slaves came from this place
Where is Greece?
This North African providence shipped 200,000 tons of grain to Rome yearly (the Empires "breadbasket").
What is Egypt?
These were large communal bathing facilities that were central to Roman social life.
What were public baths?
Rome crushed this queen's navy at Actium.
The first emperor of the Roman Empire called himself "princeps," but kept the Senate and got rid of the real power.
Who is Augustus?
Emperor mocked for freeing thousands of slaves.
Who is Claudius?
Emperors corrupted coins by mixing in a cheap metal, causing inflation to go up 1000% by the 3rd century CE.
What is copper?
The system of public writing was induced by the Romans.
What are the newspapers or public press?
Vespasian and Titus took this holy city and ended a revolt.
What was Jerusalem?
This emergency ruler in the Republic was supposed to rule for only 6 months.
What is a dictator?
Gladiator who led thousands of slaves against Rome.
Who is Spartacus?
The Roman state spent lots of money on this organization which was essential for protecting trade routes and gaining new wealth.
What is the military?
Last kid emperor of the West lost his throne.
Who was Romulus Augustulus?
Rome took this big island south of Italy if the First Punic War.
What was Sicily?
Tough guys with swords who could crown or kill emperors.
What is the Praetorian Guard?
A slave's owner could grant them freedom by including it in a will, but if the owner was assassinated, the slave might not be free.
What is freedom by will?
What was the primary economic activity in the early centuries of the Roman Republic?
What is agriculture?
This financial problem soared in the late Empire due to constant warfare, overspending, and the debasement of currency.
What is inflation?
Although this war ended in a stalemate, Rome's involvement in Greek affairs began to grow.
What was the First Macedonian War?