What are Italy's two mountain ranges?
The Alps and Apennines
Groups of up to 6 thousand soldiers.
Legions
A gifted philosopher and orator.
Cicero
Money
Currency
Why did the Goths attack Rome?
They stopped paying.
How many kings ruled the city of Rome?
7
To prohibit an official action.
Veto
A powerful man in Rome who fought against the Roman Senate.
Pompey
What was a popular trading item in Rome?
Silk
What did people begin to do to protect their estates and their wealth?
Created their own armies.
Cincinnatus
What was Rome's code of laws called?
The law of the 12 tables.
How did people react to Caeser's assassination?
Shocked, Furious
What are our planets and the month of June named after?
Roman Gods
What happened as wealthy citizens began to leave Rome?
Life became more difficult: Schools closed, population decreased.
Great Trojan hero who fled Troy for Italy in a journey told in Virgil's Aeneid
Aeneas
What were 3 things that were done in the Forum?
Shopping, ceremonies, chat, fighting, gossip.
What did the people of Rome fear Caeser would do?
They feared he would become a king.
Who were 2 of the Julio-Claudian Emperors?
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
Emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two parts
Diocletion
In which people elect leaders to govern them.
Republic
What happened after the Romans conquered Greece?
They adopted ideas about literature, art, philosophy, religion, and education from the greek.
What were 2 things Augustus improved?
He created a fire department and a police department to protect people. He built new aquaducts and repaired old ones to increase Rome's water supply
The Roman Peace, a peaceful period in Rome's history
Pax Romana
Fearsome Hun leader who attacked Rome's eastern empire
Attila