People
Military hero, weakened Senate, was made the dictator of Rome
Julius Caesar
River that flows through the city of Rome
Tiber River
The 200 years of peace in Rome
Pax Romana
The law making body of the Roman Republic
The Senate
The marketplace in Ancient Rome
The forum
Led his army through the Alps in order to invade Rome
Hannibal
Land that has water on 3 sides, Rome is located on one
Peninsula
The language of the Romans
Latin
Who could vote in the Roman Republic?
Patrician and Plebeian men
This volcano erupted and buried the city of Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
Fell in love with Marc Anthony
Queen Cleopatra
The two mountain ranges that act as natural barriers to Rome
The Alps and Apennines
What was built to carry water to cities?
Aqueducts
The two most powerful officials in the Roman Republic
The consuls
The day of Julius Caesar's assassination is know as
The Ides of March
The first emperor of Rome
Augustus Caesar
The body of water surrounding the Italian Peninsula
The Mediterranean Sea
A type of art created out of tiny pieces of tiles and glass
A mosaic
The representative for the plebeians
A tribune
Under which emperors rule did Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Emperor Constantine
The 2 chief conspirators who killed Julius Caesar
Brutus and Cassius
What island is located at the southern tip of the Italian Peninsula?
Sicily
Under which emperors rule was the Colosseum built?
Emperor Vespasian
The type of government many countries have today that is modeled after the Roman Republic
A democracy
Name of the Eastern Roman Empire from 330 - 1453 AD
The Byzantine Empire