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Ancient Rome Quiz 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what started in central Italy | Roman Empire |
| Rome was settled by a tribe called what | Latins |
| According to the legend, who escaped from Troy at the end of the Trojan war and helped settle what | Aeneas and Rome |
| who adopted some of their gods, myths and stories from the Greeks | Romans |
| what was the Roman name for Odysseus | Ulysses |
| what was the Roman name for Zeus | Jupiter |
| what was the Roman name for Posiden | Neptune |
| what was the Roman name for Hades | Pluto |
| What was the Roman name for Athena | Minerva |
| What was the Roman name for Hermes | Mercury |
| What was the common language of the Roman Empire | Latin |
| Who established a representative democracy | Romans |
| The Roman Empire was centered around what sea | The Mediterranean Sea |
| The Romans called what sea the inner sea | The Mediterranean Sea |
| The Romans nicknamed what sea OUR sea | The Mediterranean Sea |
| Arches were usually built by who when building bridges, buildings and aqueducts | Romans |
| What was the most important stone in a Roman arch | Keystone |
| what means a structure that leads water to another place | Aqueduct |
| what grew to control land on the contents of Europe, Asia, and Africa | The Roman Empire |
| What did the Romans call Israel | Judea |
| what controlled Judea During Christs time on earth | Rome |
| Christianity eventually became the official religion of what | the Roman Empire |
| B.C. Stands for what | Before Christ |
| A.D. Stands for what | Anno Domini |
| Anno Domini is Latin for what | In the year of our Lord |