The City of Rome
The Roman Family
Roman Achievements
Rome and Slavery
Vocabulary
100

This city was one of the largest cities in the ancient world.

What is Rome?

100

At the heart of the Roman society was this.

What is the family?

100

The Romans learned science from this group of people.

What is the Greek?

100

This was a part of Roman life from early times.

What is slavery? 

100

A gladiator fought this in an arena or colosseum for public entertainment.

What are both people and animals?

200

The Emperor lived in one of these on the top of a hill.

What is a palace?

200

Fathers in upper-class families were responsible for this aspect on their children.

What is their education?

200

The Romans would build these, which would bring water into the city of Rome.

What are the aqueducts?

200

Enslaved people performed this range of jobs. (Many or very little)

What is many jobs?

200

Some Roman Empresses administered this in place of the Emperor.

What is political affairs?

300

Like the emperor, wealthy Romans lived in large, comfortable houses on this geographic feature in Rome.

What is Rome's hills?

300

Fathers in Rome had the right by law to sale their children or to do this.

What is to put them to death?

300

The Romans were the first people to master the use of this material, which is a mixture of volcanic ash.

What is concrete? 

300

For most enslaved people, life was this to the enslaved. (Good or bad)

What is miserable?

300

The Romans adapted ideas from Greek philosophy such as stoicism. This is the definition of philosophy. 

What is basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes?

400

Romans who were less wealthy worked at these jobs for food and shelter.

What are shopkeepers or artisans?

400

At about the age of 15, a Roman boy celebrated becoming this.

What is becoming an adult?

400

Like the Greeks, Romans respected writers and this group of people who practice philosophy. 

What are philosophers?

400

In 73 B.C., this gladiator led a slave rebellion. 

Who is Spartacus?

400

The Romans used anatomy to study this aspect of the human body.

What is the structure?

500

To gain the support of Rome's poor, political leaders would offer these to the citizens.

What is bread and circuses? 

500

A Roman boy would burn these as offerings to the household gods once he turned 15. 

What is his toys?

500

One of the most popular pastimes in Rome was attending these.

What are plays?

500

This group of people were put out of work due to the enslaved workers.

What are the lower class or the poor?

500

Roman literature used satires to poke fun of this aspect of humans.

What is weaknesses?