Roman Events
The name of the Roman town that was buried under volanic ash, preserving it for thousands of years.
What is Pompeii?
This was the name given to the rich, landowning Romans.
What is a patrician?
This piece of infrastructure transported water scross long distances to deliver it straight to Roman towns and cities.
What is an aqueduct?
What is the Circus Maximus?
This was the language that Romans spoke and wrote in.
What is Latin?
What is Mount Vesuvius?
This was the name given to lowborn, poor and working class Romans.
What is a plebeian?
This piece of Roman infrastructure served as a place for entertainment, particularly bloodsports, and was found in most Roman towns and cities.
What is an amphitheater?
Besides gladiator fights, the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to allow for this other form of entertainment.
What are mock naval battles?
These are the two months of the year directly named after Roman Emperors.
At its height, the Roman Empire conquered much of the territory surrounding this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A person who was captured in battle or who fell into debt might find themselves forced to become this.
What is a slave?
This type of Roman infrastructure was important for keeping people clean, and was visited often by men and women.
What are public baths?
This was the name of the mystical river that Romans believed all souls would need to cross to travel to the Underworld, or the afterlife.
What is Styx?
This was a Roman invention which was used to build stronbg, durable constructions, many of which we still have today.
What is concrete?
In 31 BC, the Roman republic collapsed and was replaced by the Empire, first ruled by this man.
Who is Julius Caesar?
These were large, apartment-like structures where the poorer members of Roman society would live in tightly cramped conditions.
What are insulae?
This was the shape of Roman theaters, which allowed the audience to hear the actors well and see the action on stage.
What is a semi-circle?
This was the large temple in Rome dedicated to all of the Roman gods.
This was the name of the Roman Emperor who converted to Chrsitianity and helped it to spread through the Empire.
Who is Constantine?
The legends of Rome's origin say that it grew from a city founded by these two twin brothers who were nursed by a female wolf.
Who are Romulus & Remus?
What is an atrium?
This was the name of the schools that upper class boys would attend to learn to read and write.
What is a grammaticus?
This type of gladiator would use a trident and a net to defeat enemy combatants.
Who is retiarius?
The calendar we use today is slightly changed from the one the Romans used. This man changed it in 1582 because the Roman one had fallen out of sync with the Earth's revolution around the Sun.
Who was Pope Gregory XIII?