Myths and Kingdom Era
The famous story about Aeneas written by Virgil.
What is the Aeneid?
The two social groups in the Roman Republic.
What are the plebeians and patricians?
The main Carthaginian general in the second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal?
The first emperor in the Roman Empire.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The man who took it upon himself to spread the teachings of Jesus to further territories.
Who is Paul?
A Roman myth where two brothers founded Rome, one being killed by the other after taking power.
What is Romulus and Remus?
The way plebeians forced the patricians to give them more power.
The kind of oath Hannibal took against Rome.
What is a blood oath?
What caused a new wealthy class to emerge in the Roman Empire.
What are slaves?
The religion many people who converted to Christianity were from.
What is Judaism?
The three civilizations that competed for power and influenced early Rome.
What are the Etruscans, Latins, and Sabines?
The three government branches of the Roman Republic.
What are the Magistrates, Senate, and Assembly?
The civilization who lost the third Punic War, having their empire destroyed.
What is Carthage?
The events that took place when Rome lost support of the people on their government and were constantly fighting over succession.
What are civil wars?
Two main factors that caused Rome to fall.
What is lack of social structure and economic decline?
One of the seven hills Rome was founded on (any of them).
What are Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Viminal, or Quirinal?
The three government branches of the U.S.
A Roman dictator in the second Punic War who used tactics to pull back from fights to avoid losing to Carthage.
Who is Fabius?
What was provided in the masses to distract from many of Rome's issues?
What are bread and circuses?
One of the people groups who contributed to the fall of Rome (any of them).
Who are the Visigoths, Vandals, or Huns?
The second Roman king who helped establish Roman religion.
Who is Numa Pompilius?
A type of ruler elected to have absolute power in a time of crisis who gave back power after the term ended.
What is a dictator?
Hannibal's main rival in the wars.
Who is Diocletian?
The last Roman city to be conquered in 1453 by Muslims.
What is Constantinople?