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Roman Things Trip and Fall Of Rome Things I most Likely forgot To ask 2 Points 4 Points 6 Points 8 Points 10 Points 2 Points2 Points2 Points2 Points 4 Points4 Points4 Points 6 Points 8 Points 10 Points 6 Points 8 Points 10 Points Roman Emperors Julio- Claudians
He was the first emperor of this family
Who was Augustus?
This man was elected consul with his horse
Who was Caligula?
Rome burned during his reign
Who was Nero?
DAILY DOUBLE
He restored the Empire’s finances, organized a bureaucracy, and expelled the Jews
Tiberius’ claim to fame is the rise of this body protecting group
What is the Praetorian Guard?
The Carthaginian general who started the 2 nd Punic War
Who is Hannibal?
Large estates or farms usually owned by patricians
What is latifundia?
The head of the Roman family
What is the paterfamilias?
If you’re female and you wore a toga, this would be your profession
What is a prostitute (a.k.a. lady of the night, street walker, painted lady, woman of ill repute, etc.)?
This Hun gets a lot of credit for attacking and threatening Rome, although he attacked Gaul and Rome was already weak
Who is Attila?
These first and fourth good emperors didn’t do a whole lot but at least they weren’t terrible
Who were Nerva and Antoninus Pius?
Vespasian built this famous arena
What is the Coliseum?
The son of the last good emperor, who liked to fight in the gladiatorial arena
Who was Commodus?
DAILY DOUBLE
The Empire reached its greatest extent during his reign
The last of the Five Good Emperors
Who was Marcus Aurelius?
He moved the empire east to Byzantium
Who was Constantine?
Diocletian saved Rome for a time by dividing the Empire into this
What is a tetrarchy (4 parts)?
The “last” emperor of the Roman Empire (meaning the emperor in 476 AD)
Who was Romulus Augustulus?
Diocletian organized this moveable fighting force perhaps saving Rome from a fall
What is the Mobile Field Army?
Of the Huns, Visigoths, Byzantines, and Ostrogoths, the group that did not invade Rome
Who were the Byzantines?
They formed the main support base for Constantine
Who were Christians?
This ancient historian wrote the Annals
Who was Tacitus?
The first African Emperor
Who was Septimius Severus?
The first written law code of Ancient Rome
What is the Twelve Tables?
Romulus and Remus’ ancestor, Aeneas, was a veteran of this war
What is the Trojan War?
Death
The Romans most likely learned this method of execution from the Persians
What is crucifixion?