Early Roman Republic
The two major social classes in Roman society
Who are the patricians and plebeians?
What is the Pax Romana?
Who is Paul?
The "Scourge of God"
Who is Attila the Hun?
These were built to supply Rome's urban areas with running water.
What are aqueducts?
The set of laws written and displayed in the Roman Forum
What is the Law of Twelve Tables?
During the Roman Empire, this group was responsible for maintaining order and peace.
Who is the Roman army?
The first formal persecution of Christians came during the reign of this emperor.
Who is Nero?
Our modern-day term for looting and destruction came from the actions of this Germanic group.
Who are the Vandals?
Many scholars and leaders thought that Roman society could be fixed by adhering to this philosophy.
What is Stoicism?
The series of wars between Rome and Carthage was called this.
The Punic Wars
The Senate conferred this title on Octavian, which portrayed him in a divine sense.
What is Augustus?
Christianity was first legalized by this Roman emperor.
Who is Constantine?
This group sacked Rome in 410 AD, although the empire would continue to have emperors until 476 AD.
Who are the Visigoths?
This person, who tutored the emperor Nero, was one of Rome's leading Stoics.
Who is Seneca?
The 1st Punic War was fought over this location.
What is the island of Sicily?
This was the Roman governor who condemned Jesus to be crucified.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
Christianity was legalized with this famous pronouncement.
This emperor officially split the empire into two: the Eastern and Western Roman Empire.
Who is Theodosius I?
This person, seeking to emulate Homer's glorification of Greek society, wrote a Latin epic that glorified Rome, called the Aeneid.
Who is Virgil?
This leader crossed the Rubicon River, entered Rome, and declared himself dictator for life.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This was the emperor during the time of Jesus' crucifixion.
Who is Tiberius?
Presided over by Constantine, this event sought to establish church doctrine, deciding what was canon and what was heresy.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
What is the Battle of Adrianople?
This historian, in Annals, wrote a pessimistic history of Rome, favoring the old republic over the new empire. His work, Germania, provided valuable, rare insight into the culture of the Germanic tribes.
Who is Tacitus?