A mountain range in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula that offered protection for Rome.
What are the Alps?
100
Roman goddess of love.
Who is Venus?
100
The two major classes in Ancient Rome. One was a wealthy nobility, and the other was made up of everyone else (merchants, farmers, townspeople, artisans).
What are Patricians (upper class) and Plebeians (lower class)?
100
Series of wars between Rome and Carthage.
What are the Punic Wars?
100
Rome's first emperor.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
200
Two seas that surrounded the Italian Peninsula and gave protection to the people of Ancient Rome.
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea
200
Roman goddess of the hunt/protector of children.
Who is Diana?
200
The type of government used in the early history of Ancient Rome.
What is a Republic (Representative Democracy)?
200
Famous tactical Carthaginian general who led his army over the Alps.
Who is Hannibal?
200
The primary weakness in the Roman imperial system of government.
What are no clear rules for choosing a new emperor?
300
Julius Caesar is famous for conquering this land that was located in the same place as modern day France.
What is Gaul?
300
The Greek god Zeus' counterpart in Roman Mythology.
Who is Jupitor?
300
The most powerful lawmaking body in the Roman government.
What is the Senate?
300
Reason that Rome and Carthage fought.
What is competition over trade in the Mediterranean Sea?
300
His victory over Marc Antony signaled the end of the last Roman Cival War.
Who is Octavian (Caesar Augustus)?
400
The peninsula where Ancient Rome was located.
What is the Italian Peninsula?
400
The Greek goddess Athena's counterpart in Roman mythology.
Who is Minerva?
400
They represented the Plebeians in Rome's government.
What is the Tribunes?
400
Slaves and plebeians staged these events after moving to cities at the conclusion of the Punic Wars in Ancient Rome.
What are revolts and uprisings? (Large farms called Latifundia were using slave labor which forced the plebeians to the cities, no jobs were available)
400
These men were the members of the First Triumvirate.
Who is Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
500
This was a geographical advantage that helped Rome expand through trade and conquest.
What is a central location on the Italian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Sea?
500
The Greek god Hera's counterpart in Roman mythology.
Who is Juno?
500
The first written code of law in Ancient Rome.
What are the Twelve Tables?
500
Rome broke out in this type of wars after the death of Julius Caesar.
What are civil wars?
500
This group was responsible for the death of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.