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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hannibal's army overpowered the Roman forces at ____ in 216 B.C. | Cannal |
| The cruel murderer who ruled after Claudius was __________. | Nero |
| ______ led the Roman army into Carthage in 202 B.C. | Scipio |
| With mental illness, _________ was a strange, cruel, unfit leader for Rome. | Caligula |
| The Etruscan family, the _____ caused a rebellion because of their cruel leadership. | Tarquins |
| _____ brought his elephants across the Alps and attacked Rome in 218 B.C. | Hannibal |
| The Romans were grateful that ________ became dictator for 16 days. | Cincinnatus |
| Julius Ceasar crossed the _______ River as he started a civil war in Come. | Rubicon |
| The ______ brought their metalworking skills and helped to improve the Latin lifestyle. | Etruscans |
| The ______ _______ was a natural resource which provided much to aid the economy and agriculture in Rome. | Tiber River |
| The ____ were probably the original inhabitants of Rome. | Latins |
| Pert of the first Triumvirate, _______ _______ was assassinated in 44 B.C. | Julius Ceasar |
| _______ was founded by the Phoenicians, but eventually conquered by Rome. | Carthage |
| _____ is an island that looks as if it is being kicked by the "boot" of Italy. | Sicily |
| As Julius Ceasar's grandnephew, ____________ started the Pax Romana. | Octavian |
| Scipio's troops defeated the Carthaginians at ____. | Zama |
| Octavian called himself ________ which means "majestic one". | Augustus |
| The _______ are a mountain range that runs north and south in Italy.. | Apennines |
| Known as the "father of the Romans" ______ was actually Trojan. | Aenis |
| At the mouth of the Tiber River, _____ was a busy and profitable port. | Ostia |
| ______, one of the "good emperors" expanded the empire to its greatest size. | Trajan |
| Due to problems with the Picts and the Scots, _______ had to build a wall across Britain. | Hadrian |
| The patricians of ancient Rome were allowed to own _____________ on which they could grow grapes, olives, and other crops. | latifundia |
| After being raised by a wolf, __________ ___ _________ are attributed with founding Rome. | Romulus and Remus |
| An alliance of three political leaders is a ________ | Triumvirate |
| ______ was trained by Augustus to follow him as emperor. | Tiberius |
| During the days of the Republic, a _________ could be appointed to handle emergency situations. | dictator |
| The Germanic General, _________, who overthrew Romulus Agustalus in 476 A.D. | Odoacer |
| _______ mapped over 1,000 stars and studied the movement of planets. | Ptolemy |
| __________ succeeded Constantine and ended the fighting. | Theodosius |
| In 410 A.D., ______, the Visigoth leader, captured Rome. | Alaric |
| The epic poem Aenid was written by ______. | Virgil |
| The ________ ____ is part of the Mediterranean Sea and contains many islands. | Aegean Sea |
| A period of rapidly increasing prices while money loses its value is ________. | Inflation |
| The "father of the family" is the __________. | paterfamilias |
| ______, a gladiator, led a slave revolt against the Roman Empire. | Spartacus |
| The general _______ became emperor in 284 A.D. He tried to save the empire with reforms, but they failed. | Diocletian |
| _________ followed Diocletian and became a Christian. | Constantine |
| A _____ is a picture made from bits of tile, glass, or stone. | mosaic |
| The sea between Europe and Asia is the _____ ___. | Black Sea |
| The Roman poet who wrote odes and satires was ______. | Horace |
| _____ was the Greek doctor who studied anatomy and brought new medical ideas to Rome. | Galen |
| In 527 A.D. _________ wanted to reunite the Roman Empire by conquering Western Europe and Northern Africa. | Justinian |
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