Rome People & Government
Middle class group
Plebeians
The Italian Peninsula is surrounded by this large body of water to the south
The Mediterranean Sea
Roman art and architecture were influenced by the
Greeks
Series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC
The Punic Wars
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
March 15, the Ides of March
Rome's upper-class group
Patricians
The volcano that destroyed Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
A channel that carries water over a long distance
An aqueduct
Who won all 3 Punic Wars?
Rome
Marc Antony was in love with this person
Cleopatra
The part of the republic government that was at the top.
2 consuls
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople
The most known building in Rome, an amphitheatre in which gladiators killed each other for entertainment for the people.
The Colosseum
After years of civil war, this is the 200-year period of Roman peace and prosperity initiated by Augustus Caesar
the Pax Romana
Who stabbed Julius Caesar?
Brutus and the Senate
The part of the republic that votes on laws and leaders
The Senate
The mountain range in the Northern Italian Peninsula that Hannibal lead elephants through to attack Rome
The Alps
The best preserved building from ancient Rome and the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome in the world
The Pantheon
Who ended the Roman civil war with his victory over Marc Antony?
Augustus Caesar
Nero blamed these people for the Fire of Rome
Christians
The three men Julius Ceasar, Crassus, and Pompey who ruled Rome.
First Triumvirate
Rome and Carthage went to spend the First Punic War fighting over this territory
Sicily
The network of this was used for transportation and travel throughout Rome
roads
The best known Carthaginian general.
Hannibal
In what century did Rome fall?
400s CE / 5th Century