Vocab
The majority of Rome's population.
Plebeians
What was the language that the Romans spoke?
Latin
What is the countryside called in Latin?
Rus
Who was at the bottom of the social class?
Slaves
Who was the first king of Rome?
Romulus
These were religious festivals.
A feriae
What was the name of the river near Rome?
The Tiber River
What were the apartments in the city of Rome called?
Who were the "patricians"?
The wealthy people
What was the one religion the Romans were against?
Christianity
A ludi circenses is?
A chariot race
What did the Tiber River provide to Rome?
Fresh water
What group had an advanced education?
The wealthy
What is a senator?
An elected official
How did the Romans come up with their gods?
They adapted from other cultures
What is "animism"?
The belief that everything, including inanimate objects, have a soul
Where was Rome located?
In the Italian Peninsula
What made the countryside so important to the Romans?
It provided the majority of the food to the people
How were Romulus and Remus related?
They were twins
Senators came from what kinds of families?
Wealthy ones
What is a "usurper"?
A person who takes a position of power by force
How many continents did the Roman Empire cover?
Three
What did the country people do for fun?
Fishing or picnicking
When Julius Caesar became Emperor, the Roman Republic became what?
The Roman Empire
What cultures did the Romans take a lot of their gods from?
The Greeks and The Etruscans