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Potpourri
100

this was carried by structures like the one pictured below...

What is water?

100

the official language of Rome

What is Latin?

100

last pharaoh of Egypt and mother of Caesarion

Who is Cleopatra?

100

this monotheistic religion started in Judea in the Roman Empire and spread along Roman roads and trade routes

What is Christianity?

100

name of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D.

What is Mt. Vesuvius?

200

the "secret weapon" of Roman building and engineering; a building material they used in many projects

What is concrete?

200

well-trained killers who fought each other or animals until death, all for the amusement of spectators

What are gladiators?

200

first Roman emperor

Who is Caesar Augustus?

200
after the death of Jesus, the person most responsible for spreading Christianity in its early days

Who is Paul?

200

the golden age of Rome--not perfect, but rather peaceful and prosperous; began with the reign of Augustus

What is the Pax Romana?

300

of the following architectural elements, the two that the Romans used but the Greeks did not: columns, roofs, arches, windows, domes

What are arches and domes?

300

on formal occasions, men of Rome wore these over their knee-length sleeveless tunics

What are togas?

300

the legendary twin brothers, one of whom founded Rome

Who are Romulus and Remus?

300

king of the Roman gods; Roman name for Zeus

What is Jupiter?

300

these non-Greek, non-Latin speaking outsiders helped lead to Rome's fall

What are barbarians? (or Goths, Visigoths, Vandals, etc.)

400

The name of this building...

What is the Pantheon?

400

the kind of event you'd see at the Circus Maximus; maybe you'd cheer for the Greens, maybe the Blues

What is a chariot race?

400

general, boyfriend of Cleopatra, member of the Second Triumvirate, fought against Octavian

Who is Marc Antony?

400

The first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity?

Who is Constantine?

400

the part of the Roman Empire that survived until 1453

What is the Eastern Roman Empire (or the Byzantine Empire)?

500

money to build this structure came from the destruction and theft of treasures from...


What is the Second Jewish Temple of Jerusalem?

500

CDLXXVI

What is 476?

500

famous Roman Senator and speaker and outspoken defender of the Roman Republic; when he died, his enemies had his hands and head cut off and displayed in the Forum

Who is Cicero?

500

wife of Jupiter; goddess of marriage and childbirth; Roman name for Hera

What is Juno?

500

Caligula, one of Rome's most notorious emperors, made this a Senator

What is a horse?