Geography
What geographic feature of Italy lead to the development of civilizations?
Tiber River
Who believe that the goal of life is to give glory and praise to God?
Christians
What transportation was used to promote trade, exchange cultural ideas, and spread the gospel.
Roman Roads
What were written down so Plebians could be familiar with them?
Laws
The ____ _________ was a period of peace that began under Octavian.
Pax Romana
List at least 3 ways that living by a river is helpful to the development of civilizations.
Fertile land, water for farming and livestock, fishing, transportation, and trade.
Who did Nero persecute by putting them to death?
Christians
True or False: The Roman Empire was strengthened when Diocletian put assistant rulers over each half.
False
Plebians were allowed to have their own ________ and to serve as tribunes.
Assembly
The Roman Empire was weakened by soldiers giving allegiance to ________ rather than to the _________.
officers
empire
What group of people sought fertile soil and a climate for agriculture?
Latins
What festival did Peter preach at resulting in 3 thousand people being baptized.
Pentecost.
What was the main architectural feature of the Colosseum?
Arch
Name 3 ways the Plebians were originally treated unjustly.
Not given the right to vote, not allowed to hold public office, had few social privileges, and weren't allowed to marry a patrician.
What was the most powerful governing branch that controlled finances, passed laws, and oversaw foreign affairs.
Senate
Who divided the empire and the Western part fell to barbarians?
Theodosius I
This group of people believed that true happiness in this life can be found if people are free from fear.
Epicureans
Name three ways the Etruscans improved Roman way of life.
Writing System based on Greek alphabet, paved roads, built arches, drained marshes, and built a sewage system.
Plebians could be elected as
consuls
The Triumvirate included Crassus, Pompey and ______ ________.
Julius Caesar
Who divided the empire in half, keeping the east under his control and appointed a ruler to the West?
Diocletian
These people believed that doing one's duty leads to happiness and that fate governs all things.
Stoics
What calendar was based on the birth of Christ and adds a day in February every four years.
Gregorian
Plebians were given what kind of voting power?
Veto
Give specific details about each of the 3 Punic wars.
First: Roman ship had a plank with a spike and defeated Carthaginian navy, gained control of Sicily.
Second: Hannibal led elephants through the Alps, returned to Carthage to find that Roman commander Scipio had been victorious
Third: Rome declared war on Carthage and after 3 years of battles captured and destroyed it.