Roman Empire 1
The first emperor of Rome
Who was Augustus?
Augustus left his empire to this person.
Who is His adopted son Tiberius?
This was created to carry clean water from the hilltops into cities and towns.
What is an aqueduct?
This was named after Augustus
What is the month of August?
Augustus means this -
What is "Exalted one"?
Augustus was this age when he died
What is 77 years old?
By A.D. 300, the Romans had built ________ miles of roads.
What is 53,000?
The language spoken in Rome.
What is Latin?
Augustus' reign known as this.
What was the Pax Romana?
Bonus! 100 points - The name of one of the coins made by the roman empire
What are denarii and sesterces?
The colosseum could hold these many people
What is 50,000?
These two fought and battled in the colosseum
What are animals and gladiators?
The name for the warriors who fought for entertainment in ancient Rome
What are gladiators?
These letters did not exist at all in the Latin alphabet.
What is w and y?
These letters were interchangeable?
What are i and j, u and v?
The Latin alphabet had only this many letters.
What are 22 letters?
Bonus! 100 points - To protect the empire’s coasts and shipping trade, Augustus created Rome’s first permanent one
What is the Navy?
This is a curved structure over an opening
What is an arch?
Bonus! 200 points - Rome received ___ million cubic feet of water every day.
What is 35 million cubic feet?
This was Rome’s first great road
What is The Appian Way?
When a new Roman town was created, city planners took these two elements into account.
What is the city’s climate and geography?
The Appian Way connected Rome with this country
What is Southern Italy?
Fruit was considered to be this.
What is a luxury?
Latin was used for official business from _____ to ______.
What is Britain to Egypt.
The three continents Roman soldiers were stationed in
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Name two of three of the most important goods the Romans traded.
What are wine, olive oil, and grain?
An expensive design featured in Roman villas
What are Mosaic floors?
This material was crucial to construction in Rome.
What is concrete?
The capital of Italy
What is Rome?
Romance languages include these four languages.
What are French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese?
Bonus! 100 points - Virgil’s Aeneid are these many volumes.
What are 12 volumes?
He was 18 when he accepted his first Job
Who is Augustus?
A network of these three structures were built by soldiers to connect distant cities and countries
What are Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
The keeper of Roman literature and preserved works used to educate people in morality, government, and law.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
This is a picture painted directly onto the wall while the plaster is still wet.
What is a fresco?
Trade routes to the east led to this continent.
What is Asia?
Bonus! 100 points - These three are considered Roman architectural styles.
What are columns, arches, and domes?
Bas-relief sculptures appear on monuments such as these.
What are Mount Rushmore, the Washington Monument, & the Lincoln Memorial
Roman laws are the basis of these around the world, including that of the United States.
What are law codes?
A reason Rome began to decline
Military, Political, Economic & Social reasons *
Three things Augustus did to secure the people’s support
What are: give grain to the people, land to soldiers, & standardized pay to veterans?
The Roman general and dictator who was assassinated
Who is Julius Caesar?
Merchants would sail east to India or travel the Silk Roads to China. There they traded wool, gold, and silver for these three items?
What are silks, spices, and gems.
The capital of the Byzantine Empire (Formally known as the Roman Empire?
What is Constantinople?
When Rome burned he was Emperor
Who was Nero?
The four countries that were part of the Roman empire.
What are Britain, Gaul, Spain and Egypt?
This was Augustus full name
What is Gaius Octavian Augustus?
The elite Praetorian Guard are these
What are elite Roman soldiers?