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Vocabulary
Uses of the Forum
100

What was and that the forum stand on was once used for?

A Burial Ground

100
What year was Rome founded?
753 B.C.E.
100

What is a type of play that make fun of famous people?

A Comedy

200

Who built a sewer system to drain the swamp that the Forum would be built on?

An Etruscan king

200
In what year did the council of the plebs receive the right to pass laws for all Romans?
287 B.C.E.
200
When did The First Punic War begin?
264 B.C.E.
300
Name the general who recruited the armies in a new way in the second century B.C.E.
Marius.
300
Who was known as the richest man in Rome and had successfully put down a major slave rebellion?
Crassus.
300
Who was known as a military hero?
Pompey.
400
What three basic classes were Roman citizens divided into?
The Senatorial, Equestrian, and the lower classes.
400
What is the Latin word for emperor?
Imperator.
400
What happened to Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E.?
He was assassinated by a group of leading senators.
500
At the age when boys were going into secondary schools, what were girls doing?
Getting married.
500
What is the name of Rome's first code of laws?
The Twelve Tables.
500
What was the name of the person whom Julius Caesar and Antony fell deeply in love with?
Cleopatra VII.