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Roman Literature
Vocabulary
Roman science and engineering
Daily life in Rome
Roman religion
100
what was the name of Virgil's epic poem
aeneid
100
what is a vault?
a curved ceiling
100
the romans also learned from...
Greek science
100
rome was one of the largest cities in....
the ancient world
100
they believed spirits lived in natural things such as,...
trees and rivers
200
the poet ________ wrote satires
horance
200
a ________ fought animals and each other.
a gladiator
200
____________ was a Greek doctor.
Galen
200
by the time of ________, over a million people lived in Rome
augustus
200
Zeus became ________, Aphrodite became _________
z = Jupiter A = Venus
300
roman authors based much of their writing on ______ ____
roman work
300
paterfamilias are...
the father of the family
300
ptolemy studied over ___,____ different _____.
1,000 different stars
300
wealthy Romans lived in....
large, comfortable houses
300
roman honored their gods by....
praying and offering food
400
one of Rome's most famous historians was...
Livy
400
an open space served as a marketplace and public square
forum
400
roman engineers built an astonishing system of ___ and _______
roads and bridges
400
the city of Rome was...
crowded, loud and dirty
400
every roman home had a _________ for their household gods.
altar
500
_________ and ___________ wrote plays for religious festivals.
Plautus and Terence
500
what is a ode?
a poem that expresses strong emotion about life
500
11 great aqueducts fed Rome's...
homes,bathhouse,fountains,and public bathrooms
500
roman apartments were up to __ feet high
6
500
as the empire grew larger, the empire...
can into contact with other religions