ANCIENT ROME
Julius Caesar was the known as...
Who was the most famous leader in ancient Rome?
Rome was this before it was an Empire.
What is a republic?
August Caesar
Who is the first emperor of Rome?
Romulus and Remus
Who are the legendary two brothers who founded Rome?
This was the country where Ancient Rome began.
The country was Italy.
This served as a natural defense mechanism for Rome.
What is the physical geography of Rome (mountainous region/hilly terrain)?
A governing body that played a significant role in the Roman Republic.
What is the Senate?
The aqueduct allowed water to travel from lands further away from Rome.
What did the Romans invent so water could travel from far away to the city?
This city was one of Rome's greatest rivals and is located in North Africa.
What is Carthage?
The name of the first road which was used for military purposes, travel, and transport.
What is the Appian Way?
Hannibal was the leader who attacked Rome through the mountains with elephants.
How did Hannibal sneak up on the Romans during the Punic Wars?
Building of roads, bridges, and aqueducts.
A government with a senate to make laws.
What are some of the achievements from Ancient Rome?
Ancient Rome started as a small city-state and grew into this.
What is an empire?
This is an example of Roman architecture where gladiators fought.
This road was also known as Via Appia.
What is the Appian Way?
They conquered more land through wars, and took control of these areas.
Why did ancient Rome keep growing?
Senators were responsible for making laws. They could only be men.
What did senators in ancient Rome do?
Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
Who are some of the "Good" emperors of Rome?
These prisoners/slaves fought wild animals in the Colosseum.
What are gladiators?
A number of bad emperors neglecting their duties, empire becoming to vast to control, and attacks by barbarian invaders caused this.
What is the fall of the Roman Empire?
They provided clean water to public baths and water systems in the empire.
How did the aqueducts impact ancient Rome?
American government learned about fairness of laws, using senators to make laws, and to use consuls/judges so laws would be made more fair
What does American government do that was learned from ancient Romans?
The period of peace and prosperity during Rome's empire was called this.
What is Pax Romana?
This took place on the Tiber River and Mediterranean Sea.
What is trade?
It was along 15 miles of the Tiber River and built on 7 hills.
What is the landscape of the city of Rome?