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What language did they speak?
Latin
Italy is a landform that is surrounded by water on three sides. What is the geographic term?
What is a peninsula?
This material helped the Romans create structures that would last.
What is cement?
This person was the leader of the religion known as Christianity.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
Roman’s first government
What is a republic?
This former gladiator created a slave rebellion during the late Roman republic
Who is Spartacus?
What three continents did the Roman Empire include?
What are Europe, Africa, and Asia
What was the Pax Romana?
Time of wealth and prosperity.
This is a person who is considered extremely holy.
What is a saint?
These were the nobles who were elected to office
What are patricians?
This leader became a dictator and ultimately lost his life at the hands of Senate members.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Name 3 reasons why trade helped them live.
Flow of wealth, resources, and expansion of ideas.
Why was the Roman Empire so powerful?
Wealth and Power
What is monotheism?
Belief in one God.
If I were a trader, craftsman or farmer, I would belong to this group.
What are plebeians?
What place did the people gather to see the Gladiators?
The Colosseum
What sea is Italy in?
Mediterranean
What was a very important part of their culture?
Art and Architecture
Why did some people not believe Jesus was a miracle worker?
They were skeptical, they never saw him perform miracles.
Rome's meeting place that held the government meetings and offices?
Roman Forum