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Early Rome
Roman Government
Empire
Pax Romana
Fall of Rome
100

The earliest group of people to settle in Rome

Etruscans

100

The law making body of Rome's government

Senate

100

Which event marked the end of the Roman republic

Death of Julius Caesar

100

Pax Romana stands for...

Roman Peace

100

This is known as the process of the cost of things going up and value of money going down

Inflation

200

The geographical features of Rome

Peninsula, Med. Sea, flat farm land, etc

200

The form of government where elected officials make the laws and represent the people

Republic

200
The name of the group of Caesar's friends that helped him gain political power

Triumvirate 

200

This was created as a gift to the people for entertainment and event

The Colosseum
200

The events of the Colosseum were used to distract the people from the problems of Rome, this idea was called...

Bread and Circuses

300

The FIRST government in Rome

Monarchy

300

The name of the two categories of Roman society

Patrician and Plebeians 

300

The name of Caesar's nephew who took over after Caesar

Augustus/Octavian

300

What allowed the vast empire to stay connected and allowed the spread of trade and new ideas

Paved roads

300

With the expansion of the empire what caused the rise of unemployment?

Slavery of conquered people

400

The first written down rules and laws of Rome were known as

Twelve Tables

400

Name of the representatives of the lower class

Tribunes
400

This emperor ended persecution of Christians in Rome and made it the official religion

Constantine

400

Pax Romana started under which emperor

Augustus

400

What caused the military to weaken from the standpoint of the generals and commanders

Only cared about their own political gains and not about safety of Rome

500

These sets of three Wars were fought between Rome and which powerful civilization in the Southern Mediterranean Sea (wars and civ)

Punic Wars and Carthage

500

Name of the Roman army

Legion

500

What was the name of the law that made Christianity free to practice in Rome

Edict of Milan

500

These are government jobs worked by the people for the people of the civilization

Civil Services

500

What was happening with political instability (emperors) in Rome at this time? Why could the people not trust the government

The constant cycle of a new emperor every year/assassination