Roman Society
The absolute head of a Roman family was known as the ______.
The father (paterfamilias)
A temporary ruler whose word was law during emergencies.
Dictator
Rome’s main enemy during the Punic Wars.
Carthage
The long period of Roman peace and stability.
Pax Romana
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became known as this empire.
Byzantine Empire
Roman aristocratic landowners were known as this class.
Patricians
Patrician officials elected for one-year terms.
Consuls
Roman armies succeeded because they used smaller, more ______ divisions.
Mobile divisions
Roman stone water channels were called ______.
Aqueducts
Visigoth leader who captured Rome in A.D. 410.
Alaric
The common people of Rome were called ______.
Plebeians
A governing group made up of three leaders with equal power.
Triumvirate
The First Punic War began over control of this strait.
Strait of Messina
Augustus rebuilt and improved this major city.
Rome
Inflation means rising prices and decreasing value of ______.
Money
A republic is a government in which citizens do what?
Elect their leaders
Julius Caesar began civil war by crossing this river.
Rubicon River
Roman trade reached as far as these distant regions.
China and Britain
Peace during Pax Romana helped increase ______.
Trade
Name one internal problem that weakened Rome.
Inflation, political instability, corruption, weak leadership
Officials chosen to protect plebeian rights were called ______
Tribunes
Rome’s first emperor took this title.
Augustus
Explain one advantage Roman legions had over earlier armies.
Flexibility, discipline, organization, mobility (any valid)
Why did peace help Rome grow economically?
Safe travel allowed trade and economic expansion.
Why was Rome vulnerable to invasion?
Large borders, weak leadership, economic problems, military decline.