Ancient Rome Flashcards
All non-patrician of Rome
Plebeians
A system of government in which the head of the state is not monarch
Republic
The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins
Romulus and Remus
Rome origins
There were twin boys abandoned by their family and were raised by a wolf. The twins decided to establish a town where the wolf had found them.Romulus killed his brother in an argument and became the founder and the first ruler of Rome.
Name of the Roman king of the gods
Jupiter
A powerful North Africa naval and trading city from the third century
Carthage
The name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated
Latium
The name of the people that lived to the north of Latium,who controlled Rome before the roman rebelled
Etruscans
The name of the Carthaginians general who rode an elephant into battle against the Roman in the 2nd Punic war
Hannibal
True or false the Roman conquered the Britain but never Scotland
True
Goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle
Loot
Members of aristocratic families that founded the Republic of Rome
Patricians
Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat
Because Christians refused to worship the emperor, only their own God
What is an aqueduct
A structure built to carry water over a valley or waterway.
What were some of the countries which used to be a part of Rome.
France, Turkey Spain, Belgium, England, Morocco