The Roman Republic
Who were the people that were located on the Italian Peninsula before the Romans?
Who were the Etruscans
The Colosseum was mainly used for this type of entertainment
What are gladiator games
Ancient Rome was located on what land mass?
What is the Italian Peninsula
What was the name of the Roman man that was stabbed 23 times in the senate?
Who is Julius Caesar
What role did most Roman women have in society?
What were homemakers?
These two leaders were elected every year to share power and prevent one person from becoming too powerful
Who are the consuls
Who was the first Roman Emporer?
Who was Augustus
What was the name of the river that flows through Rome?
What is the Tiber River
What was the main governing body in the Roman Republic?
What is the Senate?
Who is considered the founder of Christianity?
Who is Jesus Christ
Rome became a republic after the Romans overthrew their kings in this year
What is the year 509 BCE
In the social pyramid of the Roman Empire, who was at the top?
What is the patricians
What was the name of the water systems that the Romans used to bring fresh water to their cities?
What were Aqueducts?
This year is often used as the fall of the Western Roman Empire
What is 476 CE
Which Roman emperor made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire?
Who is Constantine?
Which of these was a similarity between ancient Greek and Roman governments?
What is both were democracies at some point in their history?
What religion became dominant in the later Roman Empire and continued on in the Byzantine Empire?
What is Christianity
What was the name of the people that invaded the Western Roman Empire
Who is the Germanic Tribes(Visigoths)
What part of the Roman government is the same as a part of the U.S government?
What is the senate
What was the name of the Roman god that ruled over all of the other gods?
Who was Jupiter
This system divided Roman government power into different branches to prevent abuse of power. We have this same idea in the US government today.
What are checks and balances
What is a key similarity between ancient Roman and modern United States governments? (Double Jeopardy)
What is both have elected representatives
What was the name of the Etruscan homeland?
What is Etruria
This written law code helped protect plebeians from unfair treatment by patricians.
What are the Twelve Tables
What is the name of the man that Octavian beat to become the first emperor of the Roman Empire (Double Jeopardy)
Who is Mark Antony