This Roman emperor founded the city Constantinople.
Who is Constantine?
100
A series of 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage.
What are the Punic Wars?
100
One of the founders of Rome from whom Rome's name comes.
Who is Romulus?
100
In March, July, October, and May, the ides fall on this day.
What is the 15th?
200
These are the two brothers central to Rome's foundation myth.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
200
This Roman ruler was the second Roman emperor.
Who is Tiberius?
200
32-30 BCE
When was the final war of the Roman Republic?
200
Official founding date of Rome
What is 753 BCE?
200
This english word comes from the latin "decimare" which evolved from the practice of killing every tenth Roman soldier if they tried to mutiny.
What is decimate?
300
Aeneas arrived at the Lavinian shores where this man was king.
Who is King Latinus?
300
This is the day of the week where we learn about Roman history in Latin class.
What is Friday?
300
The empire Rome fought with from 92 BCE to 627 CE.
What is Persia?
300
Period of peace spanning for 2 centuries at the beginning of the Roman Empire.
What is the Pax Romana?
300
These are bundles of wooden rods with an axe's blade emerging, having it's origin from the Etruscans.
What are the fasces?
400
These were the deities that were the essence of everyday things and existed long before Greek influence in Rome.
What were the numen?
400
This Roman emperor was the adopted son of Trajan, ruling for 21 years.
Who is Hadrian?
400
A kind of war that was fought in Rome from 193-197 CE and 350-351 CE.
What is a civil war?
400
In addition to Diocletian, the other Roman leader who stabilized/reunified the empire.
Who is Aurelian?
400
These women were virgins who tended the sacred fire of the goddess of the hearth, of which only 18 virgins in history were buried alive in an unmarked grave due to loss of virginity.
What are the Vestal Virgins?
500
Part of Ovid's Metamorphoses, these two lovers were separated once by a wall with a crack in it and later met a tragic end by a mulberry tree.
Who are Pyramus and Thisbe?
500
This Roman emperor established the 'Dominate' period of the empire.
Who is Diocletian?
500
Roman leader involved in the Roman War from 49-45 BCE.
Who is Julius Ceasar?
500
A distinguished Roman orator elected consul in 99 BCE.
Who is Marcus Antonius?
500
In the first century BC, this poet addressed two of his critics in a poem considered too vulgar and obscene that it was not translated from latin until the 20th century.