Ancient Rome Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Pax Romana | 200 Years of relative peace under the Emperor Augustus |
Nero | Unpopular emperor, believed to have played the fiddle while Rome burned to the ground |
Julius Caesar | Assassinated on the Ides of March, had affair with Cleopatra |
Octavian/Augustus | Defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra and returned power to the senate |
Marcus Aurelius Antonius | One of Rome's "Five Good Emperor's" and father to Commodus, He was both scholar and an effective general. |
Pompeii | City hit first by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius |
Hadrian | Had Pantheon built to increase his popularity and a Wall built in England to protect Roman settlements |
Caligula | Had the Roman baths built to improve his image, used to practice making scary faces in the mirror |
Cleopatra | Not of Roman birth, last Pharaoh of Egypt and died by a snakebite |
Commodus | Emperor more interested in becoming a gladiator or wrestler than ruling |
Trajan | Had the Forum built during his reign |
Columns | Doric, Ionic, Corintian |
Senate | Represents the people |
Aquaduct | Controls water distribution |
Circus Maximum | Chariot Racing |
Bascilla | Courts |
Gladiators | Usually slaves who fought to one day earn their freedom |
Romulus and Remus | Brothers who fought over who would originally rule Rome |
Concrete | Magical substance that allows Roman structures to still stand today |
Praetorian Guard | Designed to protect the Emperor |
Slaves | Lowest class in Roman society |
Women | Had the worst seats in the Collosseum |
Pantheon | Temple to worship all the Gods, has an oculus |
Herculaneum | People died on the shores in the boat houses, burned to ashes |
Three Breaths Theory | Explanation of how people of Pompeii died in their homes |
Collosseum | Gladiator games and site for execution of criminals |
Tunnels | Hundreds of these lie beneath the Collosseum |
"All roads lead to Rome" | All areas conquered by Rome had these built |
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