This group of wealthy men made laws in Rome.
What is the Senate?
Famous stadium in Rome
What is the Colosseum
The name given to the lower classes
Plebians
The technology the Romans used to bring water into the city
What are aqueducts
The name given to all languages that evolved from Latin
What are Romance languages
The name of the "barbarian" tribes that sacked Rome
Germanic, Visigoth, Huns
Slaves who fight for entertainment
What are gladiators
The river that Rome is built next to
What is the Tiber River
Romans are famous for building these that helped their army travel quickly.
What are roads
This problem grew as Rome expanded, leaving many citizens without jobs.
What is unemployment
The name of the Roman city that was destroyed by a volcano
What is Pompeii
Flood, fire, filth, famine, fever
A leader who has total control of a government, especially in emergencies in ancient Rome.
What is a dictator
Number of people who lived in Rome at its height
one million
What are the Greeks
The name of the slave who led a massive slave rebellion against Rome
What is Spartacus
Word for Rome's problem of growing too big, conquering too much territory
what is overexpansion
This system divided power among different branches to prevent one person from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances
The 5 languages that evolved from Latin
Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian