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What is today?
The two twins in the legend of the founding of Rome
Romulus and Remus
Caesar's best friend who killed him
Peter is often called the first ___________
Pope
This city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD
Pompeii
What was the first Triumvirate?
Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
The capital of the Eastern empire was
Constantinople
Rome is located on the __________ ______________
Rome was founded in ___________ BC
509
March 15, 44 BC is referred to as the....
Ides of March
This is what you get when you mix Greek and Hellenistic culture.
Greco-Roman
The exile of Jews out of their homeland was called the
Diaspora
Roman Peace
Pax Romana
Give one of the groups that were responsible for the fall of Rome
Goths, Huns, etc
Rome was located on _____________ hills.
7
Jesus was born in _____________
Bethlehem
Why was the Roman Empire divided?
Too big to control.
This man made Christianity legal in Rome
Constantine
Rome's leaders eventually allowed the Plebians to form their own assembly and elect representatives called....
Tribunes
A type of art where images project from a flat background
Bas-relief
Rome was located on the ___________River
Tiber
The _____________ were the farmers, merchants, artisans and traders
Plebians
Discipline, Strength, and Loyalty made up
Gravitas
What was the official language of the Catholic Church?
Latin
This man split the Roman Empire in 2
Diocletian
The Roman Republic had two executives called
Consuls
Wrote the Aenied
Name two mountain ranges near Rome
Alps and Apennine
Rome fought this ancient city in the Punic wars
Carthage
The Western empire fell in _________ AD
476
Neptune
Why couldn't Peter be a Pope?
1. There wasn't a Pope in the Bible
2. Even if there was a Pope in the Bible, Peter was married and wouldn't be qualified.
Before returning to Rome, Caesar was governor over
Gaul
Historian who wrote Annals and Histories
Tacitus