Roman Empire 1
The first emperor of Rome
Who was Augustus?
Augustus left his empire to this person.
Who is His adopted son Tiberius?
This was the capital of eastern Rome
What was Constantinople?
This was named after Augustus
What is the month of August?
Augustus means this -
What is "Exalted one"?
Augustus was this age when he died
What is 77 years old?
The war between Rome and Carthage
What is the Punic war?
The language spoken in Rome.
What is Latin?
A time of peace in Rome
What was the Pax Romana?
Caesar fell in love with her when he visited Egypt
Who was Cleopatra?
The colosseum could hold these many people
What is 50,000?
These men fought and battled in the colosseum
What are gladiators?
The place where gladiators fought
What are colosseum?
The letter alpha in Latin
What is 'a'?
The letter beta in Latin
What is 'b'?
He was 6 years old when he became leader of Rome
Who was Romulus Augustus?
Augustus was his nephew
Who is Julius Caesar?
The river Caesar crossed
What is the Rubicon?
He blamed the Christians for burning Rome
Who was Nero?
They killed Julius Caesar
What was the Senate?
Secret symbol Christians used to identify each other
What is a fish?
The Huns came from this area
What is Asia?
His father was a barbarian and his mother was Roman
Who was Stilicho?
They were raised by a wolf and a shepherd
Who were Romulus and Remus?.
The three continents included in the Roman empire
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Female Celtic leader
Who was Boudacea?
What is Latin?
This material was crucial to construction in Rome.
What is concrete?
The capital of Italy
What is Rome?
Romance languages include these four languages. (name one)
What are French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese?
The Roman leaders set up camp here after fleeing the Visigoths
What is a swamp?
Another title for the Eastern Roman Empire
What is the Byzantine empire?
A network of these structures brought water into the cities
What are aqueducts
He became a Christian after seeing a cross in the sky
Who was Constantinople?
A great warrior who used elephants in battle
Who was Hannibal?
Leader of the Huns
Who is Attila?
The Christians met here for secret meetings
What are catacombs?
They destroyed the Roman churches
Who are Vandles
Jesus lived here for 30 years
What is Judea?
A reason Rome began to decline (name one)
Military, Political, Economic & Social reasons *
Augustus' original name
What is Octavian?
The Roman general and dictator who was assassinated
Who is Julius Caesar?
Contains stories of the life of Jesus
What are the Gospels.
The capital of the western Roman Empire
What is Rome?
When Rome burned he was Emperor
Who was Nero?
The four countries that were part of the Roman empire. (name one)
What are Britain, Gaul, Spain and Egypt?
She wanted Attila to save her from her life in Rome
Who was Honoria?
He permitted the Jews to return to Canaan
Who was Cyrus?