A semi-siege weapon that can be called a early gatling gun that was invented in 400 B.C
What is a repeating Ballista?
100
The man who organized the roman army and made it full time in 107 B.C.
Who is Gaius Marius
100
The very first emperor of Rome
What is Octavian
100
A general that caused the second punic war in 218-203 B.C.
Who is Hannibal Barca
100
The roman arena
What is the Colosseum
200
The production of [BLANK] from alunite is archaeologically attested on the island Lesbos. This site was abandoned in the 7th century but dates back at least to the 2nd century AD.
What is alum
200
Latin word for sword, usually a short-sword that the infantry carried
What is a gladius
200
June 9, 68 AD
Committed suicide after being declared a public enemy by the Senate and is said to have caused the Great Fire of Rome
Who is Nero
200
The people that ruled Italy before the Romans rebelled against them
Who are the Etruscans
200
brings a constant flow of water from distant sources into cities and towns, supplying public baths, latrines, fountains and private households
What is an Aqueduct
300
The harnessing of camels to ploughs is attested in North Africa by the 3rd century AD
What is a Camel Harness
300
The symbol for the roman legions
What is the golden eagle
300
January 24, 41 AD
Assassinated in a conspiracy involving senators and Praetorian Guards and was the third emperor of Rome
Who is Caligula
300
General who lost many men in a campaign against the Romans and get the saying "Pyrrhic Victory"
Who is King Pyrrhus
300
An ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy
What is the Circus Maximus
400
A type of pipe organ blown by air, where the power source pushing the air is derived by water from a natural source
What is a water organ or hydraulic organ
400
A short spear, thrown by the legions before they charged
What is a pila
400
480 AD
Deposed in Italy by Flavius Orestes, ruled in balance of Western Empire until assassination in 480. Maintained as figurehead in Italy by Odoacer though his death in 480.
Who is Julius Nepos
400
A group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370
Who are the Huns
400
An ancient Roman system of underfloor heating, used to heat houses with hot air
What is Hypocaust
500
a system of shorthand said to have been invented by Cicero's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro that had about 4000 symbols in it
What are Tironian Notes?
500
The overall legion commander. The post was usually filled by a senator, appointed by the emperor
What is the Legatus Legionis
500
September/ October 282 AD
Assassinated by his own troops, in favour of Carus
Who is Probus
500
The last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great. He also has the distinction of being the last of the line, after losing the Battle of Pydna on 22 June 168 BC; subsequently Macedon came under Roman rule.
Who is Perseus of Macedon
500
A monument in Roman Civitas Tropaensium (site of modern Adamclisi, Romania), built in 109 in then Moesia Inferior, to commemorate Roman Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians in 102