Italian Geography
Vocabulary
Roman Legacy
Government
Historical Tabloids
100
This Italian Capital City is denoted by a star on the map
Rome
100
Aqueduct
100
50,000 miles of these were built which all led to Rome
Roads
100
These all powerful leaders were typically elected for a 6 month period as an emergency measure to restore peace
Dictators
100
Octavian was fuming when this best friend divorced his sister
Mark Antony
200
The 1st alphabetically of the four great mountain ranges protects Italy from the north
The Alps
200
Wealthy Nobles
Patricians
200
Doctors and scientists still use this language today which was spoken in Rome 2,000 years ago
Latin
200
The 2 most powerful magistrates who controlled the army and the treasury
Consuls
200
Elizabeth Taylor played her in a 1960's epic because they bother were considered the most beautiful women of their times
Cleopatra
300
This sea separates Europe from Africa
Mediterranean Sea
300
Commoner
Plebeian
300
After the fall of Rome spoken language diverged into modern day french, spanish, italian, and others which are known as these types of languages
Romance Languages
300
Daily Double
The powers of the Roman Senate were the same as the modern U.S. Senate
300
He was stabbed 23 times on the Senate floor, including by his best friend, because he was feared of becoming too powerful
Julius Caesar
400
This island gained by the Roman Republic during the Punic Wars is the ancestral home of "La Cosa Nostra", or the Italian Mob
Sicily
400
Public Meeting Place
Forum
400
The Pax Romana was a period of peace and stability under the 5 "good emperors" which lasted this long
200 years
400
Many civilizations were built on the backs of slaves because they provided this economic incentive
free labor
400
The beginning of the Roman Empire is considered to be when Octavian became princeps and changed his name to this, which he later used to add a month to the Roman Calendar
Augustus
500
This river that runs through the capital rhymes with a famous golfer and SUV flipper
Tiber River
500
territory outside of Italy
Province
500
Russel Crowe played Maximus, an enslaved Spaniard, who eventually made is to the Colosseum as one of the film's namesake
Gladiator
500
When the president doesn't want a law to go into effect he can use this power to prevent it. Significant others can use them to nix restaurants they don't want to go to.
Veto
500
This early Roman dictator was very popular as he left power voluntarily to go back to his farm. A city in Ohio, home to the NFL team the Bengals, is named after a Revolutionary War society, which is named after him.
Cinncinatus