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a person trained to fight another person to the death for public entertainment
Who is a gladiator?
100
a wealthy landowner
Who is a patrician?
100
I played a factor in ending the Roman Republic and beginning the Roman Empire.
Who is Julius Caesar?
100
a large house in the country
What is a villa?
100
a philosophy that focuses on developing virtue, self-control, an courage as a way to achieve happiness.
What is stoicism?
200
Greek alphabet and Greek gods
What are two ways that Greece influenced Rome?
200
a group of 300 men elected to govern Rome in the Roman Republic
What is a Senate?
200
Rome gained North Africa, Sicily, Greece, Macedonia, and Spain when they fought Carthage.
What are the Punic Wars?
200
most of the population of Ancient Rome
What are slaves?
200
Spanish and French
What are two languages based on Latin?
300
The Romans overthrew their kings to take over the Italian peninsula
Who are the Etruscans?
300
an official of the Roman Republic by plebeians to protect their rights
Who is a tribune?
300
I am the first emperor of Rome.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
300
in large houses made of stone and marble
Where did the rich live?
300
The Romans were the first to make widespread use of me in building roads, bridges, and buildings.
What is concrete?
400
an underground irrigation system invented by the Etruscans
What is a cuniculus?
400
one of two chief leaders in the Roman Republic
Who is a consul
400
I was caused when the people who killed Julius Caesar wanted to give power back to the senate.
What is a civil war?
400
90% of the people lived here in Ancient Rome.
What is the country?
400
a large open-air structure
What is a stadium?
500
life-like scuptures
What did Rome adopt from Greece?
500
We were unhappy because we had no say in making laws when the Roman Republic was first set up.
Who are the plebeians?
500
bread and circuses
What did the emperors give to the poor so they wouldn't rebel?
500
Both the rich and poor in Rome enjoyed us.
What are Roman baths, gladiator contests, and chariot racing?
500
People paid high taxes, many people were poor, and trade declined.
What are economic reasons that led to the end of the Roman Empire?