| Early People | ||
| #1 | The city of Rome was built among seven hills near the _________________ River. |
Tiber River. |
| #2 | What twin babies were left by a river by a cruel Latin king? They would be raised, according to legend, by a she-wolf and found the city of Rome! |
Romulus and Remus |
| #3 | These early settlers of northwestern Italy were heavily influenced by Greek culture; their kings would rule Rome for 100 years starting circa 500 B.C.E. |
Etruscans |
| #4 | A government that elects their leaders to represent them in an assembly. |
A republic. |
| #5 | What were the judges of the Rome's Republic called________________? |
Praetors. |
| The Roman Empire | ||
| #1 | http://www.timemaps.com/history/ancient-rome-200bc What three continents did the Roman Empire occupy and exist in? |
Asia, Europe an |
| #2 | A count of people controlled by Rome to make sure they paid their taxes was called a _____________. |
Census
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| #3 | Name five main structures built in the city of Ancient Rome. |
Circus Maximus Temple of Jupiter Pantheon Trajan's Tomb Aquaduct of Claudius Temple of Claudius Arch of Constantine Temple of Venus Colosseum Baths of Titus Forum
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| #4 | Name the three members of the second triumvirate. |
Marc Anthony, Octavian and Lepidus.
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| #5 | What were the big two divisions in Rome's daily life? |
Patricians and Plebians
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| The Roman Republic | ||
| #1 | What were the responsibilities of an Aedile? |
Controlled temples and Roman religion.
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| #2 | What was the Roman Republic's name for its provincial governors? |
Propraetor
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| #3 | What two positions were the highest offices a Roman could hold in the republic? |
Consuls.
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| #4 | Who collected taxes for the Roman Republic? |
Quaestors.
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| #5 | What job did Julius Caesar get once he invaded Rome in 46 B.C. and ended the democracy of the Roman Republic? |
Dictator.
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| Christianity | ||
| #1 | Jesus' direct qoutations are called The_____________________. |
Beatitudes.
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| #2 | Why did the provincial governor of Judea put Jesus to death? |
The Propraetor Pilate thought he was a threat to Rome!
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| #3 | The ancient Greek words chi and rho spell out what word? |
Christos
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| #4 | Why did Roman patricians fear the new Christian Religion? |
Because it rejected the official religion polytheism by replacing it with monotheism
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| #5 | When the Roman empire split into two seperate east and west empires...in which one did Theodosius make Chistianity the new official religion replacing the old Gods of Olympus/ploytheism? Please use the correct historical name of that half. |
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| Roman Conquests | ||
| #1 | What Carthaginian invaded Rome with war elephants(which all perished in the mountains called The Alps)? |
Hannibal
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| #2 | Why did Sulla's actions almost start a civil war (Roman v. Roman)? |
He tried to keep the job of consul for more than six months...tried to become a dictator (consul for life).
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| #3 | Who were the three members of Rome's first triumvirate? |
Crassus, Pompey and Caesar
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| #4 | What kind of reaction did Caesar's proposal to become a permanent dictatorship cause from pro-democracy senators? |
They killed him on the Ides of March in the Roman Senate, stabbing him to death.
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| #5 | Who won the battle to control Rome after Caesar's death? |
Octavian (Augustus Caesar) defeated Marc Anthony and Cleopatra(at the naval battle of Actium in 31 B.C.E.
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| Final Question | ||||||
Name First-Five-Famous Caesars, (NOT counting Julius!),of Rome in the order they would have ruled. |
Augustus...Tiberius...Caligula...Claudius...Nero.
   
List of Roman EmperorsOn these pages, you will find the names, regnal dates, and portraits of the emperors of the Roman Empire, with links to more information.
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