Ancient Rome - Wilts
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| According to legend, who founded Rome? | show 🗑
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| Who really founded Rome? | show 🗑
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| What group of people from northern Italy conquered Rome and had kings ruling over Rome? | show 🗑
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| After the Romans overthrew the Eutruscan kings what did the form? | show 🗑
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| Why was Rome a good location to settle? | show 🗑
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| Why was Rome in a good defensive position? | show 🗑
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| show | Tiber River
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| What advantages did the Tiber River provide Rome? | show 🗑
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| What peninsula is Rome located? | show 🗑
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| What advantage did the peninsula provide Rome? | show 🗑
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| What two mountain ranges protected Rome? | show 🗑
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| Why was it easier to farm in Italy than in Greece? | show 🗑
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| Who were the patricians? | show 🗑
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| show | common farmers, couldn't hold important government positions
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| What were the twelve tables? | show 🗑
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| What are the three branches of the Roman Government? | show 🗑
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| show | Two consuls
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| Who made up the Legislative branch? | show 🗑
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| Who made up the Judicial branch? | show 🗑
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| show | led the government and commanded the army
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| show | Senate - advised consuls and set policies
Assemblies - made laws and selected officials
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| show | Oversaw courts and governed provinces
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| show | Rome and Carthage
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| Who won the Punic War? | show 🗑
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| show | elephants
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| show | patricians
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| Who was Julius Caesar? | show 🗑
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| show | Romans feared he was gaining too much power.
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| When was Caesar assassinated? | show 🗑
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| show | Octavian who changed his name to Augustus.
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| show | Pax Romana
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| What were the major achievements of Augustus? | show 🗑
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| show | Agriculture and trade prospered. Industry grew.
A common money was used.
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| Who did the Romans borrow many of their religious beliefs? | show 🗑
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| show | Romans used the same gods, but changed their names. Many of the Roman names are the names of the planets.
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| What are aqueduct? | show 🗑
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| What took place at the Roman baths? | show 🗑
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| What took place in the Colosseum? | show 🗑
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| Who were gladiators? | show 🗑
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| show | An oval shaped stadium where chariot races took place.
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| show | Christianity
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| Christians were persecuted because of their faith. Which emperor ended the persecutions and made Christianity legal in Rome? | show 🗑
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| Which Roman emperor made Christianity the official religion of Rome? | show 🗑
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| Who did the emperor Nero blame for the burning of Rome? | show 🗑
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| show | Problems with agriculture, the economy, the military, and the political situation
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| What emperor divided the Roman empire into two halves the Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire. | show 🗑
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| What Empire did Diocletian keep control of? | show 🗑
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| Which emperor reunited the Roman empire after Diocletian split it? | show 🗑
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| show | From Rome to Byzantium.
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| What did Constantine rename the capital? | show 🗑
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| show | Constantine's three sons fought over control and the empire was permanently split into the eastern and western halves.
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| Why did the Western Roman empire weaken? | show 🗑
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| What two groups moved into the Roman empire? | show 🗑
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| How did the Western Roman empire end? | show 🗑
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| show | In A.D. 476 the last Roman emperor was removed from power.
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| show | 1,000 more years
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| show | Byzantine empire
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| show | Justinian
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| What was the code of laws called that Justinian created? | show 🗑
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| How did the church divide during the Byzantine empire? | show 🗑
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| Who had the authority in the Eastern Roman Empire during Justinian's rule? | show 🗑
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| show | pope
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| What new religion began in Arabia and lead to attacks on the Constantinople? | show 🗑
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| What finally ended the Byzantine empire? | show 🗑
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