Artsy Fartsy
A picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
What is Mosaic.
A language created by the Romans.
What is Latin.
A popular saying meant to express something wise or true.
What is a proverb.
A large, open-aired structure that could seat thousands for events.
What is a colosseum.
This year was around when Rome finally divided into two different empires.
What is the year 500.
This type of art we still use today for ornaments, vases and decoration, but be careful! It's fragile and colorful.
What is blown glass.
These three romance languages were born from the language created by the Romans.
What are French, Italian, and Spanish.
The study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality.
What is philosophy.
A type of vault in the shape of a half circle that rests on a circular wall.
What is a dome.
This emperor moved the capitol of Rome and named it this. (double points if you can remember all 4 city names)
Who is Constantine.
What are :
Byzantium, New Rome, Constantinople and eventually present day Istanbul, Turkey
A carved decoration showing a portrait or scene
What is a cameo
This combination of letters is placed at the beginning and can change the meaning of a word.
What is a prefix.
These were two types of rights Romans believed people had.
What are basic and natural.
This type of building material was not invented by the Romans, but they were the first to make widespread use of it.
What is concrete.
What is there was no official plan of how to transfer power to the next ruler.
Romans loved carving statues but these were made with no arms or bodies.
What are busts.
Romans were proud of their roads and built over 50,000 miles of them. These three materials were needed to construct a durable Roman road.
What are stone, sand, and gravel.
Stoicism was a very popular belief system during Roman time which believed these virtues were prized.
What is having good character, self control, courage, duty, and suffering bravely and quietly.
A pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance.
What is an aqueduct.
These 3 reasons caused major economic and social problems leading to the downfall of Rome.
What are: heavy taxes, unemployment, and corruption in government.
Scenes painted on moist plaster walls or ceilings with water-based paints.
What are frescoes.
These are the Roman numerals for
1, 5, 10, 100, 1000
What are
I, V, X, C, M
4 examples of how Romans have influenced United states Law.
What are the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, law courts and the right to vote if a citizen.
A huge monument built to celebrate great victories or achievements.
(hint* the troops could march under and it's 2 words)
What is a Triumphal arch.
This group chose the next leader when conflict was low.
1. This is what were they called
and
2. This was the reason they were not people who should be choosing.
What is the Praetorian Guard and they chose based on who was going to give them favors, not the best emperor for the job.