Specialized Workers
What is the highest level job?
Emperor
What did the aqueducts do?
The Aqueducts made it so water could be transported through a network of Aqueducts that leads to the city from miles away. (Doesn’t need to be in this exact wording)
What brought water to the Roman villages?
The aqueduct
What is the kind (type) of paper they used?
Papyrus (Or Egyptian paper)
What is the circular arena in the middle of Rome where gladiators fought for the public.
The Colosseum
What specialized worker fought in the Colosseum for crowds and audiences?
Gladiator
Rome law established important principals still used today, like the presumption of innocence. Meaning what?
Innocent until proven guilty.
Romans made this building material better by mixing volcanic ash, lime, and water so it would harden underwater. (Hint this is used for another question)
Concrete
Military and births records were often stored and found in ____
Temples
Who was the Roman politician from 75 BCE until his assassination in 43 BCE?
Cicero
What is a highly working job that uses math, arches, and concrete to build roads, aqueducts and other genius buildings?
An engineer
How do you make Roman concrete (include ingredients)?
By mixing volcanic ash and lime, they made a durable and fast drying concrete. (Hint, this is useful for other question)
This rounded design evenly distributes huge weights of large and heavy stones, letting Romans build massive structures and buildings like the Colosseum.
The arch
What are some types of materials that the Ancient Romans took notes on? (Name at least 1)
Wax tablets, papyrus scrolls, wooden leaf tablets
What turned the Roman republic into an empire?
Wars started between groups which caused the change to the Roman republican into an empire.
What are at least 5 jobs of the Ancient Romans? (Doesn‘t need to be in any order)
Soldiers, Lawyers, Teachers, Doctors, Politicians, Emperors, Engineers (only needed 5)
What is the name of the calendar that officially took effect on January 1st BCE?
The Julian Calender.
When clean and drinkable water reached the Roman city, where did the engineers move it so common citizens could bathe and hang out?
Public baths/bathhouses
What was the name of the public treasury?
The Aeraium
Finish the sentence: “The object of Roman religion was to have…”
…cooperation, and peace of the gods
What is made of shiny bits of colored glass and tiles to make beautiful pictures on the floors of Roman villas? (Need the thing, not the job that made it)
Mosaic art
How many miles of (paved) road was there, and what were they used for?
They had about 50,000 miles of paved road, for military, trade, and communication across Europe and North Africa.
What was the Roman Colosseum’s original name?
Flavian Amphitheatre
What is the Roman (Latin) name of accounting books, which gave us the calendar?
Kalendaria (plural of the Latin name kalendarium)
Finish the sentence: Yet Roman religion was based not on grace but on _____ ________ ___ ____ ___.
Yet Roman religion was based not on grace but on trust between God and man