This river became the site for the ancient City of Rome.
Where is the Tiber River?
Became the codified (written) law for the Roman Republic and later used for centuries.
What were the 12 Tables?
This dynasty of hereditary Roman emperors began with Caesar Augustus, the grand-nephew of Julius Casesar.
What was the Julio-Claudian Dynasty?
Perpetua belonged to this group of persecuted Christians.
Who were the martyrs?
Style of Roman artwork depicting everyday life.
What were the mosaics?
Hills and small mountains located vertically on the Italian Peninsula.
Where are Apennines?
Legislative body dominated by the Patrician class of Rome.
What was the senate?
Emperor Constantine issued this decree to legalize Christianity.
What was the Edict of Milan?
As mentioned in the New Testament the first organized Christian Church founded by the Apostle Paul in Asia Minor.
Where was Antioch?
Architectural design in Roman buildings inherited from the Etruscans.
What was the arch?
Important river valley located in northern Italy below the Alpine region.
Where is the Po River?
After the Struggle for the Orders ended this new office was created to help out the plebeians.
What was the Office of Tribune?
Last of the 5 Good Emperors that marked this period of prosperity throughout the empire.
What was Pax Romana?
Met between 321-330 AD affirmed certain Christian principles such as the Canonical Gospels and the Holy Trinity that became church doctrine.
What was the Council of Nicaea?
Famous Roman structure built with concrete and using the arch featuring gladiator games.
What was the colosseum?
Strategic island below the Italian boot captured during the 1st Punic War.
Where is Sicily?
These two brothers, Tiberius and Gauis, were assassinated because they favored reforms.
Who were the Gracchus Brothers?
With the division of the Roman Empire Diocletian created this new form of 4-man governance.
What was the Tetrarchy?
The spread of Christianity as a movement marked this type of diffusion across the Roman world.
What was contagious diffusion?
Location for the famous chariot racing in the Roman world.
What was the circus maximus?
Mountainous region extending from France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
What are the Alps?
Famous Carthaginian general that invaded the Italian Peninsula during the 2nd Punic War.
Who was Hannibal?
Last of the western Roman Emperors deposed by the Barbarian Odoacer.
Who was Romulus Augustus?
Faction with Judaea that enforced Jewish law and customs very critical of Jesus.
Who were the Pharisees?
Considered one of the greatest Roman historians and wrote about the Germanic tribes of Europe.
Who was Tacitus?