Famous romans
He was a Roman general who became dictator after crossing the Rubicon River.
who was Julius Caesar?
The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and this North African city.
What is Carthage.
This building material, made with limestone and volcanic rock let Romans build massive structures like the Pantheon.
What is concrete?
These two chief magistrates were elected each year to lead the Republic and had the power to veto one another
What are consuls?
This twin brother of Remus was said to have been raised by a she wolf before becoming the legendary founder of Rome
Who was Romulus?
This man was Rome’s first emperor and used to be called Octavian.
Who was Augustus?
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with elephants.
Who was Hannibal.
What is the most famous building in Rome known for gladiator fights?
What is the coliseum.
This legislative body of 300 members advised leaders and handled foreign policy during the Republic
Who were the senate?
This god of the Tiber River appeared in a dream to Aeneas to help him navigate the waters of his new home.
Who was tiberinus?
This Roman was known for his speeches and for speaking out against Mark Antony.
Who was Cicero?
There were this many Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage.
What is three?
Ordered by Emperor Hadrian, this temple dedicated to all gods has the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome.
What is the pantheon?
These officials were elected specifically to represent the plebeians and had the power to veto the Senate.
What are tribunes
This goddess of love and beauty was the mother of Aeneas a Trojan hero who became the ancestor of rome.
Who was Venus or Aphrodite.
This emperor is blamed for starting the fire of Rome (even though that might not be right).
who was Nero?
This war ended with Rome destroying Carthage completely.
What is the third Punic war?
This architectural element is a curved structure that makes an opening, allowed Romans to support more weight than a flat beam.
What is a arch?
In times of extreme problems the Republic would appoint this type of leader to have absolute power for a six month term.
What is a dictator?
This chief of the Roman gods and protector of the state was the same as the Greek god Zeus.
Who is Jupiter?
This general defeated Hannibal in the Second Punic War.
Who was scipio africanus?
This treaty, imposed after Carthage’s defeat in the First Punic War, forced Carthage to give up Sicily and pay a heavy indemnity to Rome.
What is the treaty of lutatius?
These architectural achievements used gravity to transport fresh water.
What are aqueducts?
This emperor famously divided the massive Roman Empire into Western and Eastern halves to make it easier to govern.
Who was Diocletian
This mother of the Romans who according to legend, was the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus.
Who was Rhea Silvia