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Rome and the Roman Empire
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Roman Republic Emperors Roman Building Romes Fall People Places Vocabulary
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Categories
100
Greece
Early Romans acquired most of their gods from
this earlier civilization.
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Categories
200
Senate
The highest body of government in the Republic.
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Categories
Patricians Plebeians
300
Name and describe the two social classes in Rome.
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Categories
Consuls
400
This is the position in which two people were
elected to run the government and command the
army.
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Carthage
Categories
500
As a republic, Rome faced its most challenging
foe in Hannibal and this civilization in Northern
Africa.
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Julius Caesar
Categories
100
He was a member of the First Triumvirate, that
declared himself dictator for life (wellat least
until he was stabbed to death.)
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Hadrian
Categories
200
He commissioned the building pictured below and
might have been the actual architect.
GERMANY
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Nero
Categories
300
He was blamed for a major fire in Rome, but he
blamed the new religious group (the Christians).
GERMANY
POLAND
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Vespasian
Categories
400
He built this truly innovative building, which
brought Roman entertainment to new heights.
GERMANY
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Five Good Emperors
Categories
500
Hadrian and Trajan belonged to this select group
of excellent emperors.
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Categories
Arch
100
This was an Etruscan achievement, but the Romans
used it because it used less materials and
provided strength in structures
(ex. Aqueducts).
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Categories
Via Appia
200
All roads lead to Rome, especially with this
first major road system, which is still in use
today.
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Categories
Dacian Wars
300
Trajans column depicts scenes from this event
that brought money into the empire to make
Trajans building projects possible.
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Oculus or Coffers
Categories
400
This is one of the two tricks this building uses
to reduce the weight in its ceiling.
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Cloaca Maxima
Categories
500
This structure was built, which enabled Rome to
develop from a small community of tribes into the
worlds largest empire.
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Attila
Categories
100
This leader of the Huns indirectly helped to lead
to the fall of Rome because he attacked
Barbarians that in turn attacked Rome.
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Caracalla
Categories
200
Extravagant spending on his bath complex led to a
downward economic spiral that Rome could not
recover from.
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Aqueducts
Categories
300
Barbarians attacked this Roman prized possession
first before they invaded the city of Rome.
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Corruption
Categories
400
Romans began to lose faith in both the government
and military because they both were both
suffering from this.
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Farming or Military
Categories
Late in the Roman Empire Rome was suffering
greatly from a lack of people in two career
fields. Name one.
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Diocletian
Categories
100
He divided the Roman Empire to make ruling the
empire more efficient and his decision enabled
the empire to hold on for another 200 years.
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Categories
Constantine
200
He officially accepted Christianity into the
Roman Empire.
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Categories
Trajan
300
This individual built a Forum and Market to help
out both the patrician and plebian classes.
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Britainia
Categories
400
This Roman province was continually giving Rome
trouble with Barbarian invasions, so Hadrian
finally addressed the problem.
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Peter Weller
Categories
500
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Byzantine and Aztec Empires!!
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Categories
Keystone
100
This is the essential block required for the
building of an arch.
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Categories
Twelve Tables
200
The Roman legal system that provided with the
essential right that one is innocent until proven
guilty.
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Romulus Remus
These two brothers are the traditional founders
of Rome and are rooted in Roman mythology.
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Categories
Alps
400
Rome was protected by these mountains to the
North.
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Pax Romana
Categories
500
This was a peaceful period in Romes history that
lasted for 200 years and was focused on internal
improvements.
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Jupiter Juno
The Greek God Zeus became _____ and the Greek
Goddess Hera became ________!
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Category Roman Religion
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