Words that start with the letter P
Outside of Italy, the Roman empire was organized into different ________
What are provinces?
Caesar conquered this country, which today is known as France
What is Gaul?
Octavian Augustus was the ____ of Julius Caesar
What is nephew/heir?
This pair of brothers tried to reform the Roman Republic but were killed by the Senate or by mobs
This person was a tax collector in the outer provinces
What is a publican?
The people of Rome made Caesar this
What is dictator for life?
Augustus did this, which involved counting every person in the empire for taxing purposes
What is a census?
Roman buildings often had this, which along with being beautiful, helped with structural support
A Latin word that Octavius Augustus gave himself, which means "first citizen"
What is princeps?
Julius Caesar changed the calendar and added this month
What is July?
What is 40?
What is the Colosseum?
A great scholar in Alexandria, Egypt
Who was Ptolemy?
Julius Caesar appointed himself governor of ____ provinces north of Italy.
What is three?
This is a way to summarize what Augustus did to Rome
These languages are direct descendants from Latin
What are the Romance languages?
This was a town important to archeologists, buried in lava when Mt. Vesuvius erupted
Caesar's last words when he was being stabbed was this.
What is "Et tu, Brute?" or "Even you, Brutus?"
Under Augustus's reign, Vergil wrote this book.
What is the Aeneid?
This was the importance of the Justinian code
What is the fact that it was more organized, and even today laws in Europe and the Americas are based off the Justinian Code?