Rome
Characters
Setting
Themes
General Knowlege
100

What current day country is the city of Rome located?

Italy

100

Name the two main characters in The Eagle

Esca and Marcus (Aquila)

100

What is the name of the roman formation to protect themselves from the enemy?

Testudo (turtle)

100

What is the Eagle a symbol of?

Rome

100

What Roman citizens were property owners?

Patricians

200

How many Consuls governed the city of Rome?

(2) Two 

200
Who does Marcus stay with when he is wounded
His uncle
200

How many soldiers were lost when the Eagle was taken?

500

200

During the time period of the movie, what kind of theistic (religion) were the Romans?    

Polytheistic

200

Who politically controls Rome?

Consuls

300

Who protected the ordinary people against unfair treatment?

Tribunes

300

Who was asked not to tell that Esca and his slave were leaving?

the little Seal boy 

300

What native language does Esca speak?

Gaelic

300

Who were the tribal people who took the Eagle?

Seal

300

Which Roman citizens were farmers?

Plebeians

400

How many years did the Roman Empire last?

1,000

400

What is the name of the legionary soldier that had run away from the 9th Legion?

Guern 

400

Although Marcus was speaking English in the movie, what language was he really speaking because it was the official language of the Roman Empire? 

Latin

400
What does Esca give to Marcus to show his bond of loyalty and Marcus give back to him to free him
Esca's father's dagger
400

What continent did the Roman Empire control the northern part of?

Africa

500

Who had the job to look after the money of Rome?  

Magistrates

500

What was Esca's status by the end of the movie?

Free man

500

What city does the movie end at?

Rome

500

What two groups of people are NOT Roman citizens?

Women and Slaves

500

Name of the sea that was completely surrounded by the Roman Empire

the Mediterranean

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