Geography
What is the name of the Sea that the Roman Empire surrounded?
Mediterranean Sea
Who was Julius Caesar?
The inventor of Caesar Salad. Just kidding, he was the first emperor of Rome
Around 300AD, what group of people began attacking the Roman Empire out of anger for the empire, and fear from the Huns? Hint: they were named this word because it means outsider and because their chants sounded like babbling.
Barbarians, Germanic Barbarians
What side of the empire fell first? East, West?
West
What/who were the two sides of the Punic Wars?
Rome and Carthage
True or false? Women needed a guardian with them at all times
True
How many parts did the Roman Empire split into before its fall?
two: east and west
Who was Romulus Augustulus III?
The last emperor of Rome
Who tried to fix Rome's economy by replacing the old coins with new silver coins? Hint: he was the reformer and was not an emperor.
Diocletian
Was the Sack of Rome fast or sudden. How many years did it take?
The sack of Rome took about 70 years
How many parts of the Punic Wars are there? How many wars? Chapters?
3
True or False? You can sell someone as a slave if they owe you a debt and do not pay it
True
What Greek City became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire. Hint: it was named after emperor Constantine.
Constantinople
Who was General Diocletian?
The general who murdered his emperor to become emperor and divided the Roman Empire into two: East and West
What was the name of the last emperor of the Roman Empire?
Romulus Augustulus III
What weapon of destruction did the sackers of Rome use to sack Rome? Hint: BC forests have a similar issue
Fire
Who won the Punic Wars?
True or False? If your witness does not come to court, you can set their house on fire
False
When the Roman Empire split, the west kept the name Roman Empire, but what was the new name of the Eastern Empire?
The Byzantine Empire
Who was Marcus Aurelius?
The last "good" emperor of Rome
Who moved the capital of the eastern empire to Byzantium, a Greek city, and renamed it Constantinople?
Emperor Constantine
What was the result of "The Sack of Rome" in 410-476AD? Who won?
Germanic Barbarians took over Rome
Who was Hannibal? Bonus points for saying what route he took to attack Rome
The commander of Carthage, he went up what is now spain, france, across the Alps mountains in Northern Italy, down into Rome from above.
True or False? If your father sells you into slavery four times, you can be free from your father
False, it is three times
What continent is Carthage on? The people who fought Rome in the Punic Wars.
Africa
Who was Commodus?
The son of Marcus Aurelius who was a poor ruler and just wanted to fight in the coliseum instead until he was assassinated.
Who murdered his emperor to become emperor and reform the empire?
General Diocletian
Who beat Romulus Augustulus III and ended the Roman Empire? (he was a common soldier)
Odoacer
Who was Scipio? Bonus points for saying what route he took to attack Carthage city
The commander of the Roman legion that attacked Carthage, he took a boat across Sicily to Carthage.
True or False? Women are not allowed to cry at funerals
True... wow thats so mean