What is its central location in the Mediterranean region for trade and weather.
100
Legend tells us that Romulus and Remus founded this city.
What is Rome?
100
The person who founded Christianity.
Who is Jesus?
200
This group of laws was displayed in the Roman Forum.
What are the Twelve Tables?
200
The people who fought against the Romans in the three Punic Wars.
Who are the Carthaginians?
200
A group of patrician leaders killed Julius Caesar because they thought he was acting too much like this.
What is a king?
200
200 years of peace and prosperity during Roman rule
What is Pax Romana?
200
Under this ruler's reign, Christianity was accepted in the Roman Empire.
Who was Constantine?
300
The Romans overthrew this group before they set up a republican form of government.
Who are the Etruscans?
300
The five "good emperors" were known for bringing this to Rome.
What is peace and prosperity?
300
True or False: The Roman women had the same rights as the Roman men.
What is False? Roman women had more freedom if their husbands were wealthy
300
Justinian's Code has affected many countries today in this way.
What is its legal system?
300
The twelve closest followers of Jesus were called this.
What are disciples?
400
This group represented the plebeians in government after the plebeians went on strike.
What is a tribune?
400
The first Punic War was fought over this important region.
What is Sicily?
400
A Germanic tribe that destroyed property in Rome's lands in Spain and Africa.
Who were the Vandals? We get the term "vandal" from them.
400
They taught the Romans how to build cobble streets, arches, and public squares
Who are the Etruscans?
400
This is the main difference between the Christian and Jewish faiths
What is Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah and Jews don't?
500
The problems with the patricians purchasing latifundias. (at least 2)
What is 1) farmers could not find jobs on these huge farms 2) slaves were used so crops were sold inexpensively 3) small farms shut down and thousands of unemployed farmers moved to the cities.
500
This Germanic tribe asked Rome for protection.
Who were the Visigoths?
500
This Mongolian tribe was feared the most throughout history. Their goal was to attack and destroy people.
Who were the Huns?
500
The reason for the division of the Roman Empire into east and west.
What is it was too difficult to rule?
500
The split, or schism, between the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Pope over whether or not to worship caused this to happen.
What is the establishment of separate churches; the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox church?