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Rome's Beginnings
Roman Republic
Roman Empire
Fall of Rome
Christianity
100
Twin brothers who are raised by a wolf and later create the city of Rome.
Romulus and Remus
100
Wealthy, aristocratic, land-owning group who made up 5% of Rome's early population.
Patrician (Pats)
100
Who marked the beginning of the Roman Empire?
Augustus (Octavian)
100
Name one group of Barbarian invaders.
Vandals Visigoths Ostrogoths Huns Vikings Scots Angles Franks Saxons
100
Man credited for starting the Christian religion.
Jesus of Nazareth
200
Rome was developed along which river system?
Tiber River
200
Artisans, merchants, small farmers who made up a majority of the Roman population.
Plebeians (Plebs)
200
Gladiators were mostly...
Slaves
200
Why was Rome unable to police the Roman Empire?
It became too large to manage.
200
Term used for the mistreatment of Christians by the Roman government.
Persecution
300
Group of people who passed the idea of the toga and brick buildings on to Romans.
Etruscans
300
Name the three government groups of Rome's Republic.
Consuls Senators Praetors
300
Rome's largest arena for Gladiator games was...
Colosseum
300
Explain inflation.
The price of goods skyrockets and the value of money decreases.
300
The early Christian church split into two churches...name them!
Roman Catholic AND Eastern Orthodox
400
Name the mountain range that creates the border of Rome.
Alps
400
Who was Julius Caesar?
Roman Dictator (For Life)
400
Explain "bread and circus"
Free food and entertainment to keep the people of the Roman empire from rioting
400
What is the purpose of a Roman aqueduct?
Transport water safely and easily.
400
Name one reason why Christianity spread so quickly in the Roman Empire.
1. Great roads between cities 2. Common languages (Latin and Greek) 3. Appealed to poor and powerless
500
Trojan who helped establish Rome after the Trojan War according to Virgil's poetry.
Aeneas
500
What does Punic mean in Latin (hint...Carthaginian ancestors)?
Phoenicians
500
Who was the leader of the rebellion against owning gladiators?
Spartacus
500
Name ONE problem that led to the Fall of Rome.
Barbarian Invasion Lack of soldiers Inflation Overtaxed Too large to police Labor Shortage
500
What is leader of the Eastern Orthodox church called?
Patriarch