Rome's beginning
What were the names of the twin brothers that found Rome?
Answer=Romulus and Remus.
Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Answer= Octavian
What was the name of Rome's first code of laws?
Answer= The Twelve Tables.
How did the Romans get their water supply ?
Answer= They built aqueducts to bring water from miles away .
what language did the early Romans speak?
Answer= Latin.
How did the fight between Romulus an Remus end?
Answer=It ended with Romulus killing his brother with a stone and naming the city of Rome .
Who was the worst leader Rome ever had?
Answer=Nero.
When wars required money how did the Empire get it?
Answers= They increased the price of the taxes.
How many spectators could the Colosseum hold?
Answer= about 50,000 people.
How many letters were there in the alphabet in Roman times?
Answer= 22.
What is a denarii?
Answer=A type of coin out of silver and sesterces.
What happened to Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E?
Answer=He was assassinated by a group of leading senators.
Who ruled over the western Rome in 285 A.D?
Answer= Maximian.
What are 3 examples of Roman Inventions?
Answers= The Arch ,Vault, and Dome.
What did Consantine see in his dream?
Answer= The Christian cross.
Who was Ramus and Romulus's father?
Answer=The Roman god of war, Mars.
What is a tetrarchy?
Answer=A system where 4 emperors rule .
Name the 3 branches of government that the Romans influenced .
Answer=The legislative , Executive, and Judicial branch.
When were Rome's roads built?
312 B.C.
Who was the leader of the roman church?
Answer=The Pope.
After being thrown into the river by their mortal mother , who raised the twin bothers, Romulus and Remus?
Answer=A she-wolf.
Who divided the Roman Empire in A.D 285.
Answer=Diocletian.
In what year did the council of plebs receive the right to pass laws for all Romans?
Answer= 287 B.C.E
How much water did Rome received each day?
Answers=35 million cubic feet.
What are the Romance languages that developed over time?
Answers=French, Italian, Spanish , and Portuguese.