Rome Facts
To gain the support of the poor, what did Roman leaders offer them?
Romans constructed ______ to bring water into cities.
aqueducts
By A.D 1, how many people were living in Rome?
Over a million
_________ were people who fought for entertainment.
Gladiators
Name four jobs from Ancient Rome.
road builders, fishers, farmers, artists, teachers, doctors, artisans, shopkeepers
At what age did the boys become adults?
15
What is the structure of Roman architecture where gladiators fought still exists today?
Colosseum
What body of water made trade possible between ancient Greece and Rome ?
Mediterranean Sea
the study of body structure
anatomy
This wife of Augustus influenced Rome’s politics even though women did not have full citizenship rights
Livia
gladiator who led a slave rebellion
Spartacus
The architects of ancient Rome used ____________ in the construction of their buildings.
arches
Where was the heart of the Roman empire?
Italian Peninsula
Romans were the first to master this material that we still use today
While this Roman emperor fought battles away from Rome, his wife, Julia Domna, was in charge of political affairs in Rome.
Septimus
works that poke fun at human weaknesses
Satires
Roman builders used rows of arches in their buildings to form a curved ceiling, or _________
vault
The houses of the wealthy Romans were built around a(n)
Atrium
What was the name of the Greek doctor that introduced many medical ideas to Rome. One of them being anatomy
Galen
Science, Religion, Art, Language, Theater, Philosophy, Architecture
Name 3 Roman gods or goddesses.
Juno, Mercury, Neptune, Apollo, Pluto, Minerva, Mars, Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite), Athena
Many Roman cities surrounded a marketplace and public square, also called the
Forum
first major Roman road linking Rome to southeastern Italy
Appian Way
How did Roman literature differ from the Greeks?
They wrote comedies about their gods, wrote about their failures and told stories from a more realistic view
What was the popular language of the Romans?
Latin