End of the Republic
Following the Punic Wars, this group of people fell into poverty since they had been away fighting wars and had no crops to harvest.
Who are farmers?
The literal definition of Pax Romana.
What is the Roman Peace?
This man was emperor when Jesus was born.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
This paranoid man was the king of Judea when Jesus was born and commanded the death of all babies under the age of two years old in Bethlehem.
Who is King Herod?
Rome was getting too large to control, so this emperor divided the empire into four parts.
Who is Diocletian?
Legend says these two brothers were in the process of creating a city when one of them was killed.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
After the death of Tarquin the Proud, Rome created this type of government?
What is a republic?
This branch of the government made the laws in Rome.
What is the legislative branch or the Senate?
In 60 BC Crassus, Pompey, and this man made up the First Triumvirate in Rome.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This emperor created a professional army, changed the tax system, and built palaces in Rome.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
This emperor blamed Christians for a fire in Rome in 54 AD and had many Christians put to death.
Who is Nero?
When Jesus first began preaching to the people, many thought he was this type of messenger sent from God.
What is a prophet?
Christians were persecuted for many years following the death and resurrection of Christ. Constantine issued this decree to stop the persecution.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This animal found the twin boys when they were babies and raised them until they were found by a shepherd.
What is a wolf?
This type of Roman citizen could vote, pay taxes, serve in the military and in the government.
What is a Patrician?
When these brothers tried to pass laws to give land to farmers, they were assassinated.
Who are Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus?
Octavian, Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus made up this group of three consuls.
What is the Second Triumvirate?
This emperor was alive when Christ was sentenced to death.
Who is Tiberius?
This man declared himself dictator for life, had a child with Cleopatra, and created the Julian calendar.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Jesus got the attention of many people by performing these tasks.
What are miracles?
These tribes from the north migrated and invaded Rome leading to its downfall.
What are Germanic tribes?
This man fled Troy and married a princess, thus beginning the foundation of Rome.
Who is Aeneas?
This type of citizen could vote, pay taxes, and serve in the military. They were mostly farmers and merchants.
What are plebians?
This law said that everyone is equal under the law. It means that everyone, regardless of wealth or social status, has the same rights.
What is the rule of law?
He was the grandnephew of Julius Caesar and known as Caesar Augustus when he made himself the first Roman emperor.
Who is Octavian?
Before he was emperor, this man crushed a Jewish revolt and destroyed the temple. When he was emperor in 69 AD, he started construction of the Colosseum.
Who is Vaspasian?
This emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire in 379 AD.
Who is Theodosius?
Christians were fed to the lions in this massive stadium.
What is the Colosseum?
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Empire became this empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This brother killed his twin.
Who is Romulus?
The Plebians finally had representation in the government when this body of government was founded.
What is the Council of Plebs?
These were Rome's written laws.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This female ruler of Egypt had romances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who is Cleopatra?
This Roman emperor divided the empire into four parts in 284 AD.
Who is Diocletian?
This emperor dreamt of a cross before a battle and issued the Edict of Milan to stop the persecution of Christians.
Who is Constantine?
This man was a convert to Christianity after he received the word of God on a journey to Damascus. His mission was to preach to the Gentiles or non-Jewish people.
Who is Paul?
Constantine moved the capital from Rome to this city.
What is Constantinople?
Roman gods and goddesses were based on gods and goddesses from this civilization to their east.
What is Greece?
These men served in the executive branch of the Roman government.
What are consuls?
In Rome and in the United States, this system is used to ensure that one branch of the government is not more powerful than any other branch.
What are checks and balances?