Jeopardy! Early Rome Pax Romana Empire Begins Byzantine Empire Decline & Fall Terms & People Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Pax Romana Pax Romana means this.

$100 Answer from Pax Romana Roman Peace

$200 Question from Pax Romana He was the first emperor during the Pax Romana. He was responsible for building many of Rome’s great buildings. “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.”

$200 Answer from Pax Romana Augustus Caesar

$300 Question from Pax Romana The Colosseum, which could hold up to 50,000 people watching the gladiators fight, was named for this reason.

$300 Answer from Pax Romana It was built next to the colossus of Nero and meant “building next to the colossus.” (The statue of Nero was torn down after his death)

$400 Question from Pax Romana During the Pax Romana, about 50,000 miles of roads were built by this group.

$400 Answer from Pax Romana Roman Legionnaires

$500 Question from Pax Romana This architectural innovation, building on the arch, allowed the Pantheon and Hagia Sophia to be built.

$500 Answer from Pax Romana The Dome

$100 Question from Early Rome According to Virgil, what hero of Troy fled the destruction of his city and made his way to Italy, in the region near Rome?

$100 Answer from Early Rome Aeneas

$200 Question from Early Rome According to Roman mythology, what two twins were raised by a she-wolf and eventually founded the city of Rome?

$200 Answer from Early Rome Romulus and Remus

$300 Question from Early Rome Rome would eventually remove its king and in place of the monarchy this political institution would rule.

$300 Answer from Early Rome The Senate

$400 Question from Early Rome The aristocratic families, or Patricians. controlled the Senate and Rome. However, the newly enriched Plebeians wanted power and were granted their Assembly and this key figure who had veto power in the Senate.

$400 Answer from Early Rome Tribune

$500 Question from Early Rome Once Rome conquered the Italian peninsula, who did they go to war with in 264 BC for control of the Western Mediterranean?

$500 Answer from Early Rome Carthage

$100 Question from Empire Begins Who was this famous general of Carthage, that defeated the Romans for 14 years in Italy?

$100 Answer from Empire Begins Hannibal

$200 Question from Empire Begins After the defeat of Carthage in 146 BC, the Romans had undisputed control of these three islands and two regions in the Western Mediterranean.

$200 Answer from Empire Begins Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Spain and Carthage

$300 Question from Empire Begins This man became the first dictator of Rome, challenging its democratic ideals, but eventually retiring after 3 years.

$300 Answer from Empire Begins Sulla

$400 Question from Empire Begins He conquered Gaul and then formed the first triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey to rule Rome.

$400 Answer from Empire Begins Julius Caesar

$500 Question from Empire Begins After his assassination in 44 BC, Julius Caesar’s will named this young man as his heir. (birth name please)

$500 Answer from Empire Begins Octavian

$100 Question from Byzantine Empire Who was the “emperor who never sleeps” that reconquered all of Rome’s former territories except Spain and Gaul.

$100 Answer from Byzantine Empire Justinian

$200 Question from Byzantine Empire She kept her head during the Nika Revolt and served as a trusted advisor, as well as the empress, of “the emperor who never sleeps”.

$200 Answer from Byzantine Empire Theodora

$300 Question from Byzantine Empire A group of key lawmakers took centuries of Roman Law and created this legal document to guide law proceedings in the Byzantine Empire.

$300 Answer from Byzantine Empire Justinian’s Code

$400 Question from Byzantine Empire Soon after the Nika Revolt the emperor and empress had this church built. Its dome was the biggest ever for almost 1,000 years. Today it serves as a mosque.

$400 Answer from Byzantine Empire Hagia Sophia

$500 Question from Byzantine Empire This general was responsible for the greatest victories of the Byzantine Empire including the “eternal peace” with the Persians, crushing the Nika Revolt and recapturing the Western Mediterranean.

$500 Answer from Byzantine Empire Belisarius

$100 Question from Decline & Fall As Rome became more difficult to rule, this emperor divided the empire to help rule each half more effectively.

$100 Answer from Decline & Fall Diocletian

$200 Question from Decline & Fall Some historians claim the reduced effectiveness of the Roman Legions helped lead to the fall of the empire, as the soldiers stopped employing these two key elements of their training.

$200 Answer from Decline & Fall Drilling and using training gear that was heavier than combat gear

$300 Question from Decline & Fall Name a key external factor and a key internal factor that led to the fall of Rome.

$300 Answer from Decline & Fall Barbaian invasions and civil unrest as emperors were killed every couple of years

$400 Question from Decline & Fall As the empire became more unstable, name at least 2 effects on the economy.

$400 Answer from Decline & Fall Trade declined, Roman money lost value, and food prices rose

$500 Question from Decline & Fall Rome finally fell to barbarians in this year.

$500 Answer from Decline & Fall 476 AD

$100 Question from Terms & People These were the artificial waterways built to give Romans running water.

$100 Answer from Terms & People Aqueducts

$200 Question from Terms & People During the republican era of ancient Rome this group eventually won political power and could have one of their number, a Tribune, attend Senate meetings with veto power.

$200 Answer from Terms & People Plebeians

$300 Question from Terms & People This emperor was considered the protector of Christianity; he issued the Edict of Milan.

$300 Answer from Terms & People Constantine

$400 Question from Terms & People Often serving as “specialty” soldiers, these foreigners could earn Roman citizenship after 25 years of service.

$400 Answer from Terms & People Auxiliaries

$500 Question from Terms & People In order to ensure taxes were paid by everyone, the Romans ordered this to be taken on a regular basis (hint: Mary and Joseph were travelling to fulfill this obligation when Jesus was born).

$500 Answer from Terms & People Census

Final Jeopardy What battle that ensured Octavian would become the first Emperor of Rome is marked here?

Final Jeopardy Answer Actium