RRA Rome

Vocabulary

100

Land surrounded by water on three sides

Peninsula

200

Somebody who travels to spread religion

Missionary

300

To plunder a city

Sack

400

A long stone channel that carries clean water

aqueduct

500

A letter written by the church

Epistle

Republic

100

A republic is a government where people elect _______________ to rule.

representatives

200

In the Republic, this class of people were wealthy landowners

Patricians

300

Patricians and Plebeians disagreed over who should have power in an event known as

The Conflict of the Orders

400

This was the group of 300 elected officials that made decisions for Rome

Senate

500

This was the set of laws that were written down after the conflict of the orders

The twelve tables

Punic Wars

100

The Punic Wars were fought these two civilizations

Rome and Carthage

200

There were this many Punic Wars

3

300

The first Punic War was fought over this island, ultimately ending in a Roman victory

Sicily

400

This Carthaginian general led an army over the Alps to attack Rome in the Second Punic War

Hannibal

500

In the third Punic War, Rome put this all over the ground in Carthage to make sure crops would never again grow

Salt

Roman Numerals

100

Numbers are represented by what in Roman numerals?

Letters

200

100 is represented by what letter?

C

300

VIII

8

400

CD

400

500

CMXII

912

Caesar

100

The first triumvirate was made up of how many people?

3

200

Caesar was popular because of his victories over this group of Germanic people.

Gaul

300

Caesar crossed this river to begin a civil war.

Rubicon

400

After his victory, Caesar declared himself

Dictator for Life

500

When did Caesar die?

Ides of March