Roman Deaths
This dictator was stabbed 23 times in the Senate on the Ides of March, 44 BCE.
Early Romans created this document to accomplish the goal of putting laws in writing for everyone to see.
What were the Twelve Tables?
One does not simply stroll across this river with an army—unless one intends to start a civil war and ruin everyone’s dinner plans.
What is the Rubicon?
To punish a cowardly legion, officers used this brutal practice in which one soldier out of every ten was executed by his own comrades.
What is decimation?
This two-man office served one-year terms and commanded the army, ensuring no single leader held too much power.
Who were the consuls?
After fleeing Rome following the defeat by Caesar, Pompey the Great was murdered as soon as he stepped ashore this country.
What is Egypt?
The massive network of these allowed armies and trade to move quickly across Rome.
What were Roman roads?
Roman matrons were horrified by tales of the “Inimitable Livers,” the extravagant drinking club hosted by this famous couple in Alexandria.
Who were Mark Antony and Cleopatra?
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Angry Romans scratched an enemy’s name onto sheets of lead and buried them, using these magical objects to call on the gods for revenge.
What are curse tablets?
This assembly of wealthy aristocrats advised magistrates and controlled finances and foreign policy.
What was the Senate?
Tiberius Gracchus was killed by this on Capitoline Hill by senators opposed to his land reforms.
What is a mob? (He was beaten to death!) :(
Romans moved through rooms called the caldarium, tepidarium, and frigidarium in these public facilities for bathing and socializing.
What were the Roman Baths?
Whispers filled the Forum when Clodius was caught slipping into a sacred, women-only festival in disguise—scandal so great it led to this action by Julius Caesar against his wife.
What is the divorce of Pompeia and Julius Caesar?
During this winter festival, masters served their slaves, gambling was allowed, and the cry “Io!” filled the streets.
What is Saturnalia?
Created to protect the common people, these officials could veto laws that harmed the plebeians.
Who were the Tribunes of the Plebs?
This unusual method of execution was used to kill Marcus Crassus after his army was defeated by the Parthians.
What is molten gold was poured down his throat?
Romans perfected this building material made from lime, ash, and rubble that allowed durable arches, domes, and harbors.
What is Roman concrete?
Gossips raised their eyebrows when Pompey the Great married this much younger woman, Caesar’s own daughter, to seal a political alliance.
Who was Julia?
Before important decisions, priests watched how sacred chickens ate or how birds flew to determine this.
What is the will of the gods?
Every five years Rome conducted this official count of citizens and property to assign voting classes and military duties.
What is the census?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla, former dictator of Rome, later retired from power and died at his villa from this.
What is death from natural causes?
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Begun by Appius Claudius in 312 BCE, this was Rome’s first great military highway linking the city to Capua.
What is the Appian Way?
Rome devoured the courtroom drama when Clodia Wife of Metellus was accused of what?
What was poisoning her husband and taking far too many lovers?
At elite funerals, an actor called an archimimus performed this odd duty, dressing as the deceased and imitating their voice and gestures.
What is the funeral clown (impersonating the dead)?
These magistrates ranked just below consuls and were chiefly responsible for overseeing Rome’s courts and justice system.
Who were the praetors?