5.1 Flashcards
Hadrian’s wall was built in Britain by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 122 AD/CE.
True
False
True
What did the Ancient Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?
Mare Nostrum
The name of the port, which was built at the mouth of the River Tiber, was called ______________________________
Ostia
The last (Western) Roman emperor was a boy called
Romulus Augustulus
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
15 March 44 BC/BCE
Which historical figure was an eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius and reported on what happened in a letter the Roman historian Tacitus (56-117 AD/CE)?
Pliny the younger
Which of the following is not a geographical feature of Ancient Rome/Italy?
A)The Apennines
B)The Tiber
C)Mount Vesuvius
D)Mount Olympus
D) Mount Olympus
The Praetorian Guard was
An elite group of Roman soldiers typically used by Roman emperors as bodyguards
Ancient Roman civilisation was influenced by societies it conquered, one of them being Ancient Greece.
True or False?
True
The civilisation of Ancient Rome lasted for about for some 5000 years.
True or false?
False
When did the inhabitants of Rome revolt and expel the Etruscan kings and set up the republic?
509 BC/BCE
The River Tiber served as an outlet for a huge sewer, which the Romans built around 600 BC/BCE.
What was this sewer, the remains of which are sill there today, called?
Cloaca Maxima
When the excavations of Ancient Rome started, an archaeologist found many strange cavities, which contained human and animal remains. He poured plaster into the cavities to reveal human and animal shapes. What was the archaeologist’s name?
Giuseppe Fiorelli
When did Augustus start his rule to become Rome’s first emperor?
27 BC/BCE
The Eastern Roman Empire continued until
1453 AD/CE
