Roman Geography
The river near where the city of Rome is built
What is the Tiber?
The Roman language which influences the letters we use and the English language itself
What is Latin?
The foundational law code of the Roman Republic
What is the 12 Tables?
These two brothers quarreled over where to found their city, leaving one of them dead
Who are Romulus and Remus?
What is four period?
What is the a legion?
The mountain range to the east of Rome in the Italian Peninsula
What are the Apennine Mountains?
These help transfer water to Roman cities throughout the Mediterranean
What are aqueducts?
Rome elected two of these each year. Together they served as the chief executives
What are the Consuls?
He is said to have been the model dictator, solving the crisis and then giving up his powers and returning to his farm
Who is Cincinnatus?
Rome defeated this city-state in each of the Punic Wars and gained supremacy in the western Mediterranean
What is Carthage?
What is a century?
The mountains to the north of Rome, which Hannibal crossed with his elephants
What are the alps?
This person reformed the Roman calendar and we still use a variation of his calendar today
Who is Caesar?
These people represented the Plebeians and could veto (block) any legislation
What are the Tribunes?
The founders of Rome are said to have been raised by this animal
What is a wolf?
What is the Pax Romana?
The leader of a Roman unit consisting of 100 men
What is a Centurion?
The sea to the east of the Italian Peninsula, in between Italy and Greece
What is the Adriatic Sea?
This person protected Christianity within the empire and converted to Christianity on his deathbed, setting the stage for Rome to become a Christian Empire.
Who is Constantine?
What is the centuriate assembly?
He was said to have killed the last king of Rome and helped establish the Republic
Who is Brutus?
After serving as Consul, Caesar led a campaign which added this territory to the Empire
What is Gaul?
The name for the military units, which served on horseback
What is cavalry?
The rivers that formed the border of the Roman Empire at its height
The Roman festival, which Christmas is loosely based on.
What is Saturnalia?
The term for when a slave was granted their freedom
What is manumission?
The last King of Rome
Who is Tarquin?
Who are the Etruscans, Greeks, or Samnites?
The foot soldiers (infantry) are mostly made up of what social group of Roman citizens
What are plebeians?