| Question |
Answer |
| founded Rome |
Latins |
| conquered Rome |
Etruscans |
| was a group of nobles who advised the Roman Ruler |
Senate |
| is a government in which people elect the head of the government |
Republic |
| Upperclass |
Patricians |
| Lowerclass |
Plebeians |
| Latins Founded Rome on what river? |
Tiber |
| was a ruler of the roman republic (was a senate) |
Consuls |
| Number of hills |
7 |
| last Roman King |
Tarquin |
| I Forbid |
Veto |
| was the 1st written Roman laws |
Laws of the Twelve Tables |
| was the Roman market place |
Forum |
| were officials elected by the lower class |
Tribunes |
| was the basic unit of Roman Army |
Legion |
| Rome's Rival |
Carthage |
| "Carthago Delendo Est."-- |
Carthage Must Be Destroyed |
| Mare Notrum |
Our sea |
| Ide's Of March |
March 15, 44 B.C. |
| Ruled the Empire at its greatest height; conquered Dacia |
Trajan |
| Built a defensive wall across England |
Hadrian |
| - Author- Meditations- was a stoic |
Marcus Aurelius |
| = Imposed a Despotism- is a dictionary; it failed |
Diocletian |
| Set up a 2nd capital at Byzantium- renamed constantinople- failed |
Constantine |
| A. Laws of the 12 tables B. Justinians Code |
Law |
| Language |
Latin |
|
Twelve Tables |
| Downtown district in Ancient Rome |
Forum |
| Guidebook for how a government should be run |
Constitution |
| System where powers of the branches in a government balance each other. |
Checks and Balances |
| 3 men who tried to share equal power in the Roman Republic |
Triumvirates |
| Leader who emerged from the first triumvirate |
Caesar |
| Leader in the Roman Republic who was stabbed to death by the Senate because they were afraid he was taking too much power. |
Julius Caesar |
| Leader who emerged from the second triumvirate |
Octavian |
| Leader in the second triumvirate who fell in love with Cleopatra...they later both committed suicide |
Marc Antony |
| Name given to Octavian by the Senate |
Augustus |
| 200 years of relative peace in the Roman Empire. |
Pax Romana |
| Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius, Marcus Aurelius are examples of these |
Five Good Emperors |
| Official Language of the Roman Empire |
Latin |
| Bad emperor who was said to be mentally ill and tried to get his horse named Consul |
Caligula |
| Bad emperor who built a lavish palace complex in the place where much of the city burned down. He blamed this fire on the Christians and would begin to persecute them. |
Nero |
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