Geography
A country that looks like a high-heeled boot that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea.
Italy
What were common people in Rome called?
Plebeians
What type of government did the Romans create in 509 BC?
Republic
Rome's public meeting place.
Forum
How many Roman soldiers made up a century?
100
What are Italy's two major mountain ranges?
Alps and Appennines
What were the wealthy nobles who held all the power in Rome called?
Patricians
During times of difficult wars, the Romans chose _______________, rulers with almost absolute power.
Dictators
What type of language did the Romans use?
Latin
How many Roman soldiers made up a legion?
6,000
What is Europe's highest mountain range?
The Alps
A Trojan hero who married the daughter of a Latin king and his descendants became prominent rulers in Italy.
Aeneas
Why was Rome NOT a democracy?
Wealthy people held all the power and common people had little to no say in how the republic was run.
What means "I forbid" in Latin?
Veto
The fiercest of the wars Rome fought were the ____________ wars, a series of wars against Carthage, a city in northern Africa.
Punic
What river does Rome lie on?
The Tiber
What is a group of 6,000 Roman soldiers called?
Legion
Government in Rome made up of three parts.
Tripartite
True or False:
When the Romans took over Greece, the Greeks adopted Roman ideas about literature, art, philosophy, religion, and education.
True
Former gladiator who led a rebellion of thousands of slaves demanding freedom.
Spartacus
What mountain in Italy is volcanic and erupted in 79 AD, destroying the city of Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius
One of Rome's most famous dictators who gained power in 458 BC but immediately resigned as dictator and went back to his farm after defeating Rome's enemies.
Cincinnatus
What were the two most powerful magistrates in Rome called?
Consuls
True or False:
When the Romans defeated Carthage in the 140s BC, they burned the city, killed most of its people, and sold the rest into slavery.
True
A brilliant general from Carthage that nearly defeated the Romans but was never able to capture Rome itself.
Hannibal