As Greek art focused on idealism, Roman art focused on this artistic element.
What is realism?
100
He is the Father of Geography and is the first to calculate the circumference of the earth.
Who is Erastosthenes?
100
These arches formed bridges which carried water to cities in Ancient Rome.
What are aqueducts?
100
This was the top office in Rome and possessed both military and political authority.
What is a consul?
100
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What is the "Golden Rule"?
200
The Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid are examples of this kind of poetry.
What is Epic Poetry?
200
He wrote the Edict of Milan which ended the persecution of the Christians.
Who is Constantine?
200
This Greek Temple of Athena is located on the Acropolis in Athens and is the model for many U.S. public buildings such as the Supreme Court building.
What is the Parthenon?
200
This legislative branch in Rome was responsible for making laws.
What is the Senate?
200
It was the first civilization to have a republican, or representative, form of government.
What is Rome?
300
These are the moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior.
What is ethics?
300
He discovered the value of Pi (3.14) and invented the compound pulley system.
Who is Archimedes?
300
These properties of Roman and Greek architecture are often copied in modern American architecture.
What are arches and the columns?
300
These were the upper class citizens in Ancient Rome.
What are Patricians?
300
This is a mother country or political system that has many countries/provinces under a single supreme authority, usually an emperor.
What is an empire?
400
He is the Father of Geometry and wrote "The Elements".
Who is Euclid?
400
He was made dictator, or absolute ruler of Rome in 44 B.C.
Who is Julius Caesar?
400
This resulted in a compilation of existing Roman Law into a single, comprehensible code.
What is Justinian's Code?
400
These were the commoners, yet still citizens in Ancient Rome.
What are Plebeians?
400
On this date the Western Roman Empire fell.
What is 476 A.D.?
500
This mathematician invented a theorem for calculating the length of sides of a triangle with a right angle by squaring the sides and adding them to equal the square of the hypotenuse.
Who is Pythagoras?
500
He is the father of medicine and physicians take an oath (do no harm) named after him when they become doctors.
Who is Hippocrates?
500
This was Rome's first written code of law which was equally binding to both Patricians and Plebeians ("equal protection" under the law or "rule of law") and compares to our Constitution/Bill of Rights.
What are the Twelve Tables?
500
These three civilizations through cultural diffusion were part of the foundation of Ancient Rome.
What are the Greeks, Latins, and Etruscans?
500
This is a state in which the supreme authority is held by the people and their representatives.