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The Romans learned a great deal from these people.
Who are the Ancient Greeks?
100
The fifth element.
What are the wanders?
100
The civilization from where the Romans gained most of their technology.
Who are the Etruscans?
100
This person adopted the solar year calendar that added a day to the year every 4 years.
Who is Julius Caesar?
100
The portable counting device that was developed by the Romans.
What is the Abacus?
200
These people were believed to know enough about herbal cures and medicine to treat illnesses in his household
What is the head of the household?
200
The element that Jupiter was associated with.
What is earth?
200
The technology used to load and unload ships at their ports.
What are cranes?
200
Ptolemy believed that the orbits of all the heavenly bodies were in this shape.
What are perfect circles?
200
The foundations of trigonometry were developed by this Roman mathematician.
Who is Pythagoras?
300
Romans took more interest in building these and greatly affected the health of the public.
What are aqueducts and sewers?
300
According to philosophy the interaction of the 4 elements is influenced by the relationship of these energies.
What are love and strife?
300
They transport large amounts of waterand are powered mostly by gravity.
What are aqueducts?
300
Romans divided their day this way.
What is from sunrise to sunrise?
300
He is referred to as the "Father of Geometry".
Who is Euclid?
400
this was a constant source of disease in Rome.
What is poor hygiene?
400
The theory of the 4 elements was used as a basis for this.
What is alchemy?
400
A musical instrument that uses water as a source of power.
What is a hydraulis organ?
400
His model was geocentric rather than heliocentric
Who is Ptolemy?
400
This was developed by Pythagoras and has been used by mathematiciansfor centuries.
What is the Golden Ratio?
500
Romans believed that this was equal to a healthy body.
What is a healthy mind?
500
These two philosophers came up with and accepted the theory of the 4 elements.
Who are Empedocles and Aristotle?
500
The Latin word for the buildings that housed their public baths.
What is Thermae?
500
The Romans added a month of 22 days after a certain number of lunar years to make up for the error with this calendar.
What is the lunar calendar?
500
The roman counting system.
What are Roman Numerals?