Roman Definitions
Roman Definitions
Roman People
Roman Empire
Roman Empire
100
A wealthy landowner
What is a patrician
100
A person who fought animals and other people as public amusement
What is a gladiator
100
A senator and friend who planned to kill Caesar
Who is Brutus
100
Romulus and Remus founded this city according to traditional legend
What is Rome
100
The capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire
What is Constantinople or Byzantium
200
An artisan, shopkeeper, or owner of a small farm
What is a plebian
200
a group of people who make the laws
What is the legislature
200
the poet who wrote the Aeneid
Who is Virgil
200
Only they could hold political office in early Rome
Who were patricians
200
The fall of Rome began with poor leadership, attacks by invaders and
What is a declining economy
300
a ruler with complete control over the state
What is a dictator
300
the idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country
What is civic duty
300
the best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic
Who is Cincinnatus
300
Rome's first code of law adopted around 451 B.C.
What is the Twelve Tables
300
The time of "Roman Peace" in which agriculture, industry, and trade flourished
What is Pax Romana
400
a human-made channel that carries water long distances
What is an aqueduct
400
a large farming estate
What is a latifundia
400
Egyptian leader who formed an alliance with Mark Antony
Who is Cleopatra
400
The city Rome fought with in the Punic Wars
What is Carthage
400
Rome finally fell when groups of these people invaded from northern Europe
What is Germanic tribes
500
Political changes
What are reforms
500
a political alliance of three people
What is a triumvirate
500
a gladiator who led a slave rebellion
Who is Spartacus
500
The Justinian Code is a basis for this in many countries
What is the law or legal systems
500
When historians date the fall of Rome
When Odoacer took control (476 CE)
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