Vocabulary
What is the name of the Roman government?
What is the Roman Republic
When was Rome founded?
What was the largest ampitheatre in Rome that held 50,000 spectators?
Pompeii was located in this empire
Who was the first emperor?
What does the phrase Pax Romano mean?
What is the longest period of peace
Who was the gladiator who led a slave rebellion?
Who was Spartacus
Who are men who fought each other for entertainment?
What were wall paintings found in Pompeii
What are frescoes
Who watched Rome burn while playing the lyre?
What were the common people of Ancient Rome referred to as?
Who assassinated Julius Caesar?
What was the most famous and largest place that held chariot races?
What was Circus Maximus
Pompeii was located on this river?
What is Sarno River
What emperor said "I came, I saw, I conquered"
Who is Julius Caesar
What structures were constructed to bring water from outside sources to cities and towns?
Who was the first Roman dictator?
Who is Julius Caesar
Roman actors developed this-acting without words?
What is pantomime
Pompeii is located in this modern-day country
This is referred to on the death of Julius Caesar on the statue of Pompey
What is the Ides of March
What type of government is ruled by a single emperor with centralized power?
Who is the emperor who converted to Christianity?
Constantine
What was the main reason circuses were built?
They needed a contained place for chariot races
What volcano erupted and covered Pompeii? When?
This emperor stated "I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble"