ANCIENT
ROME
HISTORY
QUIZ
JEOPARDY
100

The year Rome was founded...

753 BCE

100

The founder of Rome

Romulus

100

The original peasant farmers of Rome...

Latins

100

The main river near Rome

The River Tiber

100

The Three Great Powers of early Rome...

Etruscans, Greek Colonies and Carthaginians

200

The number of years Rome was ruled by kings...

244 years

200

The first King of Rome

Romulus

200

The date of the "Birth of Rome" and the establishment of the Republic

509 BCE

200

Where the Etruscans originated from...

Central and Northern Italy

200

These people taught the Romans how to grow olives and grapes

Greeks

300

People of powerful force originally from Sicily and North Africa

The Carthaginians

300

The area where the Etruscans came from

Etruria

300

Date of the first Etruscan king to rule in Rome

616 BCE

300

The number of Etruscan kings that ruled in Rome

Three

300

The two periods when Rome was at peace were called

Pax Romana

400

The number of hills in Rome

Seven

400

From this date, the military had control of the Roman Empire

180 CE

400

The year that the Twelve Tablets were displayed in the Forum

450 BCE

400

Dates of the First Punic War

264-241 BCE

400

Birth of Julius Caesar

c. 100

500

The year Hannibal was born

247 BCE

500

The year Caesar declares himself dictator

46 BCE

500

Caesar is declared a God in this year

42 BCE

500

according to Livy, who assassinated Caesar?

Brutus & Cassius (and some other conspirators)

500

The dates of the Third Punic War which ends in Victory for Rome and the destruction of Carthage

149-146 BCE