Question | Answer |
Type of government in which people elect leaders to make laws for them | Republic |
Council of rich and powerful Romans who helped run the city | Senate |
People who could take part in the government | Citizens |
Large public square that was in the center of Rome where citizens met to discuss government issues | Forum |
Auditorium built in Rome that could hold 50,000 people | Colosseum |
A government that includes many different peoples and lands under a single ruler | Empire |
Channels used to carry water over long distances | Aqueducts |
Period of peace that lasted for 200 hundred years- Roman peace | Pax Romana |
Religion based on teachings of Jesus of Nazareth that started during the Roman Empire | Christianity |
The language that Roman people spoke. It is the basis of many languages spoken today. | Latin |
Roman general who became leader of Rome before he was killed by a group of Senators | Julius Caesar |
Julius Caesar’s nephew, first Roman emperor | Octavian |
Roman city where a volcano erupted in 79 B.C.E | Pompeii |
Capital city of Roman Empire | Rome |
Roman emperor Constantine split the empire in half, and created a second capital city named after himself | Constantinople |
A term describing the closely connected cultures of ancient Greece and Rome | Greco-Roman |
Legendary twin brothers (and sons of Mars, the Roman god of war) who founded Rome | Romulus and Remus |
a member of the wealthy social class in ancient Rome | Patrician |
a commoner in ancient Rome | Plebeian |
a professional athlete, often a slave or prisoner of war, who fought to provide entertainment for ancient Rome | Gladiator |