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Religion
Emperors
Building It
Learning 'n' Law
Grab Bag
100
True or False? People conquered by Rome could usually keep their own religion
True
100
He took control from the Senate and was given all the power he wanted
Augustus
100
Romans gathered here to watch contests involving animals and humans
Colosseum
100
True or False? The Roman legal system was used throughout the empire
True
100
Carried water long distances to supply a Roman city
Aqueducts
200
Belief in many gods
Polytheism
200
Last of the 5 "good" emperors
Marcus Aurelius
200
Curved structure used as a support over an open space
Arch
200
True or False: Justinian's Code had equal penalties for all people
False
200
An area in the empire with its own governor and army
province
300
The Romans borrowed many gods and goddesses from these people
The Greeks
300
Two cruel and violent emperors
Caligula and Nero
300
Force that moved the water in an aqueduct
Gravity
300
Who was more interested in ideas, the Greeks or the Romans?
The Greeks
300
Latin name the Romans gave to the Mediterranean
mare nostrum
400
Roman version of the Greek god Hermes
Mercury
400
The peaceful time during Augustus' reign (In Latin please)
Pax Romana
400
Main reason the Romans built roads all over the empire
To move the army quickly and easily
400
Describe one way Justinian's Code did not have equal penalties for all people
The penalties were not so harsh for young people
400
Brutal emperor who ended the peace and prosperity of the 5 "good" emperors
Commodus
500
Home of the Greek gods
Mount Olympus
500
Built a wall across northern England
Hadrian
500
Latin name for the main Roman sewer that emptied into the Tiber River
Cloaca Maxima
500
The Romans used these two areas of Greek learning to build and organize their world
Architecture and Engineering
500
"Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you" (In Latin please)
Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant