Origins
What country is Rome in
What is Italy
Who won the Punic Wars
What is Rome
The fierce nomadic groups that invaded the Roman Empire
What are the Monguls/Huns
Jesus was (Religion)
Jewish
This type of story follows a hero and their difficulties and achievements
What is an Epic
What is the name of the river the twins were found at
What is the Tiber
The Carthaginian general
Who is Hannibal
The first emperor of the Western half of the Roman Empire was...
Who is Augustus/Octavian
True or False: The Pope and the Emperor got along swimmingly
These used small pieces of glass, tile, or stone to create pictures
What are mosaics
Who were the twin brothers who found Rome in 753 BC?
Romulus and Remus
The Roman General
Who is Scipio
This was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
What is Constantinople/Byzantium
The Emperor who made Christianity as the Empire's religion?
Constantine
the form of government in which citizens elect people to make decisions/laws for them
What is a Republic
What is strategic location & fertile soil
The basis for the Punic Wars was...
Feud over the Mediterranean area (Sicily)
Although he was one of Rome's most famous politicians, he was never an emperor.
Julius Caesar
In the Roman Empire, Christians split into these two groups
What are Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
This language was used as a basis for quite a few languages
What is Latin
Who saved the twins after they fell in the river?
Who is Lupa/She-Wolf
What did Scipio do after he defeats Carthage
Burned it to the ground
Salted the Earth
Sold 50,000 people into slavery
Trade increased in the Roman Empire during this 200 years of peace called the
Pax Romana
Why was Christianity so attractive to Romans (4 Reasons)
Ignored wealth
Embraced all people
Personal relationship w loving god
Promised eternal life after death
This Roman historian criticized the lack of morality in Rome
Who is Tacitus