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100
A painting made in wet plaster
What is a fresco?
100
Caesar was stabbed to death on this day.
What happened on the Ides of March?
100
He forced the Senate to give him the title Dictator for Life
Who was Julius Caesar?
100
He wrote the Aeneid
Who was Virgil?
100
Man-made canals that brought water to Rome
What is an aqueduct?
200
A public speaker
What is an orator
200
Cicero wanted to give power to this government body rather than individuals
Who was the Senate ?
200
He chased Pompey into Eqypt and killed him and then married Cleopatra
Who was Julius Caesar?
200
He wrote poems about Roman mythology
Who was Ovid?
200
Queen of Egypt who married Caesar and had an affair with Marc Antony
Who was Cleopatra?
300
Paving these and expanding these allowed ease of trade travel across the Roman Empire
What are roads?
300
Rome was this kind of government when Caesar was a general
Republic
300
They took over the rule of Rome after Caesar was assasinated and punished his murderers
Who were Marc Antony and Octavian?
300
A style of writing that pokes fun at people or society
What is Satire?
300
The Romans model their art after this civilization
Who were the Greeks ?
400
Roman architects created these which allowed them to build larger, stronger buildings than the Greeks
What are vaults and, or arches?
400
This philosopher and orator wanted to limit the power of generals and restore checks and balances in Roman government
Who was Cicero ?
400
Marc Antony divorced his sister while he had an affair with Cleopatra causing this man to turn on Marc Antony
Who was Octavian?
400
The official language of Rome and the languages Virgil and Ovid wrote in
What is Latin?
400
He seized power and declared himself dictator for life
Who was Julius Caesar?
500
The Romans invented this strong building material that is watertight. We use it today.
What is cement?
500
Julius Caesar had this title before he became the dictator of Rome
What was general?
500
Rome's first emperor
Who was Augustus (formerly known as Octavian)?
500
Languages that developed from Latin
What are Romance languages?
500
The Romans studied science and engineering for this reason
What is to improve their lives ?