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100
What Roman Emperor was assassinated on Ides of March (15 of March)?
Who is Julius Caesar.
100
Where were the gladiator games played?
What is the Colosseum.
100
What is the name of the city that Ancient Rome revolved around?
What is Rome.
100
What form of technology was used by the Romans to construct buildings?
What is concrete.
100
Which of Shakespeare’s plays was set in Ancient Rome, toward the end of the Roman Republic?
What is The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
200
Who is best known for taking the lead role in the assassination conspiracy against Julius Caesar?
Who is Brutus.
200
This is the commercial, political and religious centre of ancient Rome.
What is the Forum.
200
What did most Roman landlords do to increase productivity amongst the workers?
What is gave slaves their freedom.
200
What two forms of architecture did the Romans invent that we still use today?
What is domes and arches.
200
Which genre was the start of Roman literature that encompassed Comedies and Tragedies?
What is drama.
300
This person is known as the Madman of Rome. He came to power because his mother murdered his step-father emperor Claudius.
Who is Nero.
300
This as essentially a bank where Romans stored their gold bars, coins, jewels and other valuables.
What is the Temple of Saturn.
300
Who had a large influence in Roman culture?
What is Greeks.
300
What did the Romans use to bring water from the mountains down to the cities?
What is aquaducts.
300
Roman literature rose to its highest excellence under whom?
What is Augustus.
400
He restored peace after 100 years of civil war, maintained an honest government and a sound currency system, extended the highway system connecting Rome with its far-flung empire, developed an efficient postal service, and fostered free trade among the provinces.
Who is Augustus.
400
This was built in 27 B.C., destroyed, and rebuilt in the second century and contains an oculus at the top of the dome that provides light to the building.
What is the Pantheon.
400
Under Roman law, which families were the only families to be considered legal entities?
What is Patrician Families.
400
Which Roman invention used a crank and connecting rod to operate?
What is Hierapolis Sawmill.
400
This person wrote Palliata comoedia and his comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Roman literature.
What is Plautus.
500
He was the 1st Roman emperor to support Christianity and grant religious freedom to all.
Who is Constantine I.
500
Where did the chariot races take place?
What is the Circus Maximus.
500
What form of clothing did the Romans typically wear?
What is Toga.
500
What is the famous amphitheater in Rome that still stands today?
What is the Colosseum.
500
This person came to be regarded as one of Rome’s greatest poets. His Aeneid can be considered a national epic.
What is Virgil.