People
who was Rome's enemy
Carthage
This massive amphitheater in Rome hosted gladiator games.
What is the Colosseum?
Rome was first ruled by kings, then became this type of government.
What is a Republic?
Roman soldiers were organized into these large units.
What are legions?
The name of Tony the Tiger's cereal
What are Frosted Flakes?
This person spread Christianity via letters.
Who is Paul?
This city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD
What is Pompeii?
This group of elite men advised leaders in the Roman Republic.
Who are the Senate?
Rome fought Carthage in these famous wars.
What are the Punic Wars?
How many colors in a rainbow
What are 7?
How did bread and circuses relate to Roman history?
What are a political strategy used by Roman emperors and elites to maintain power by providing free food (grain) and entertainment (gladiator games, chariot races) to the populous?
This river runs through the city of Rome.
What is the Tiber River?
This philosopher defended the Romans who became Christians in his writings.
Who is Augustine?
This general conquered Gaul and became dictator.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The religion that evolved after the decline of Rome?
What is Christianity?
He was killed in the Senate, for they feared he was becoming too ambitious.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This defensive wall marked the northern boundary of Roman Britain.
What is Hadrian’s Wall?
This title was given to rulers with absolute power during emergencies.
Who is a dictator?
This region (modern France) was conquered by Rome.
What is Gaul?
The year Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed.
What is 1968?
The ruler of the mediterranean world?
What is Rome?
Why was the location of the Roman Empire in Italy, particularly being right on the Mediterranean Sea, so crucial to its success?
What is serving as a central hub for fast, efficient trade, communication, and military movement?
Who reformed the Roman governments with many changes?
Who is Augustus?
This empire conquered the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.
Who are the Germanic tribes (or Goths)?
The name of a highway that is built from one state to another
What is an interstate highway?