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Roman Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He built a wall across Britain to keep out the Picts and the Scots | Hadrian |
| This Roman arena could seat 60,000 and was the site of gladiator games and other contests. | Colosseum |
| He wrote The Aeneid | Virgil |
| Roman temple built to honor all the Roman gods | Pantheon |
| He studied anatomy | Galen |
| He studied astronomy and mapped 1000 stars | Ptolemy |
| A curved ceiling | vault |
| A man who fought animals and other men in public arenas | gladiator |
| "father of the family"- the oldes male who was head of the household | paterfamilias |
| public speaking | rhetoric |
| Roman Peace-200 years of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire | Pax Romana |
| the study of body structure | anatomy |
| In Rome, an open space that served as a marketplace and town square | Forum |
| the language of the Romans | Latin |
| a deadly disease that spreads quickly and kills many people | plague |
| rapid rising of prices | inflation |
| to exchange goods and services without the use of money | barter |
| writing that pokes fun at human weakness | satire |
| political change to make things better | reform |
| Christian holy person | saint |
| a person who acts as a ruler when the real ruler is too young or too sick to rule | regent |
| picture made from bits of colored glass or stone | mosaic |