Government
The kind of government in which a king or queen rules and selects who will rule after his/her death, usually the oldest son.
What is a monarchy?
A column that supports a building or a supporting part of something.
What are pillars?
A group of people living together, often in cities, with the same laws, leaders and form of government, language and writing system.
What is a civilization?
A person who rules a country with total control, often in a cruel way.
Who is a dictator?
Ordinary people who were poor and had little education or power in the Roman republic.
Who were the plebians?
The form of government in which people are elected as representatives to rule.
What is a republic?
A stone structure built to carry water from the country into the city.
What was an aqueduct?
Three wars fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians over control of the Mediterranean.
What were the Punic Wars?
A Roman general who conquered many lands and expanded the Roman republic;He later became a dictator, was seen as a threat, and killed.
Who was Julius Caesar?
A large stadium where chariot races were held.
What was the Circus Maximus?
A group of men (senators) who were elected to represent the people who voted for them and met to make decisions and pass laws for the Roman republic.
What is the Senate?
The English writing system was based on this language that was used by Romans.
What is Latin?
The sea around which the Romans created their empire.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Julius Caesar’s adopted son who changed ancient Rome from a republic to an empire by becoming the emperor.
Who was Augustus Caesar?
People from an old, wealthy, powerful family in the Roman republic who held government positions.
Who were the patricians?
One of two top officials elected to govern the Roman republic.
What is the consul?
Our calendar system was based on the Roman calendar that had how many months?
What is 10 months?
The laws organized and published by Justinian.
What was Justinian's Code?
Who was Cleopatra?
A place they could go to sit with 50,000 other people and watch fights.
What is the Colosseum?
A group of nations or territories ruled by the same leader, an emperor or empress; like a kingdom.
What is an empire?
This was used to help make the Roman Road Network and we still use a form of this today.
The city in the Roman Empire that was wiped out when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
What was Pompeii?
The Emperor who ended the war between the Romans and Christianity; the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity.
Who was Constantine?
Give at least 3 reasons why life in Ancient Rome could be brutal.
Disease, crowded city, mobs, shortage of food, foreign armies might invade, gladiators fought to the death, lack of medical care