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facts for rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who first created the aqueduct? | The assyrians |
| what were the punic wars? | wars between Rome and Carthage |
| What is an aqueduct? | Carries water from one place to another |
| who was the emperor of rome in cristianity? | constantine |
| what was hadrian's wall? | a wall on rome's northern boundery around england |
| what did hadrian's wall do? | mark rome's northern boundery |
| what is cristainity? | the official religion of rome |
| what did the roman students do? | worked on tablets covered in wax |
| What were the twelve tables? | a group of laws displayed in rome's forum |
| What was Mt. Vesuvius? | a volcano |
| What did Mt. Vesuvius do? | it errupted on pompeii and covered the city in sut and ash and turned the whole city to stone |
| how did julius's rule end? | he was assinated |
| what was the pax romana? | years of peace |
| who divided rome into two parts: Eastern and Western | Diocletian |
| what did Diocletian do? | divided rome into two parts. |
| what is the roman forum? | a place where most roman needs were met |
| how could you become a roman citizen? | to remain loyal to rome |
| Why the twelve tablets? | This way judges could demand that laws were known so that they could be obeyed. |
| why did people live near Mt. vesuvius? | for it's fertle soil |
| what happened to the people that lived by Mt. vesuvius? | the mountain exploded and turned the people to stone |
| who ruled during the roman republic? | julius ceasar |
| what resulted in years of peace called pax romana? | Augustus's rule |