Roman Wars
How many wars did Rome have with Carthage
3
What is the Latin word for Peace
Pax
What year did Constantinople fall?
1453
Who was the first Roman emperor
Octavian/Augustus
What people group did the Byzantines struggle against for hundreds of years before the rise of Islam in the Middle East?
The Persians
What is the Latin word for truth
Veritas
What year did western Rome fall?
476
Which Roman emperor moved the capital of Rome from Rome to Constantinople?
Constantine
Marcus Aurelius famously campaigned against this people group.
The Germanic Tribes
What term did the Romans use to describe the people of Carthage
Punic
What year was Julius Caesar assasinated?
44 BC
Under whose rule did Rome achieve its largest land area?
Trajan
What people group did the Roman’s remove from power in the Italian peninsula before expanding?
The Etruscans
What was the name of the coin that represented a days worth of labor
Denarii
What year did Octavian become emperor of Rome?
31 BC
Who began the campaign in Britannia?
Claudius
What Germanic group largely replaced western Rome
The Visigoths
What is the Latin word for “forest” or “forest area” that is used in the name of a US state and a European region?
Slyvania or Slyva
When did the Roman Empire fall?
What Roman emperor had his house largely built of gold?
Nero