Question | Answer |
Civis Romanus Sum | I am a Roman citizen |
The period of peace and prosperity | The Pax Romana |
A sports arena that opened in A.D. 80 | The Coliseum |
A silver coin circulated through the empire to make trade easier | Denarius |
A long bridege like structure that carried water | Aqueduct |
What made roads, buildings and bridges possible | Concrete |
The salaried workers that were in charge of the grain supply, road repair and the postal system | Civil Servants or Civil Service |
The army of 9,000 stationed in Rome that proteted the emperor | The praetorian guard |
A blending of two cultures | Greco-Roman |
The exciting sport held at the Circus Maximus | Chariot Racing |
Worshiped many gods | Polytheists |
Worshiped one god | Monotheists |
Saul the Jew became | Paul the Christian |
A Jewish revolutionary | Zeolot |
People who died for their religion | Martyrs |
Head of the Huns | Attila |
A philosophy to gain happiness, free the body from painn and free the mind from fear is called | Epicureanism |
A philosophy of avoiding excesses and accepting death and living a serious sober life is known as | Stoicism |
The word Stoi means | Porch |
The most famous Stoic was | Marcus Aurelius |
A country house | Villa |
Constantine wisely moved the capital of the empire to | Byzantium |
The first emperor to persecute Christians | Nero |
When the Christians wer tortured and killed for entertainment, it was usually done at the | Circus Maximus |
Minting coins with less silver was a big mistake and caused massive | Inflation |
This emperor tried reform, but it was too little to late | Diocleatian |
The emperor who was a pyromaniac | Nero |
This Wacko emperor appointed his horse consul | Caligula |
When an emperor died, there was a lot of fighting over who should be the next emperor. This was part of | The problem of succession. |
The poor lived in seven story buildings build by the government called | Tenements |
The biggest problem with mercenaries was | No loyalties |
This emperor believed that a sign from God helped him win a battle so he converted | Constantine |
This emperor made Christianity the official religion of the empire | Constantine |
Rome had about this many holidays | 150 |
Fought for other entertainment | Gladiators |