L5

Question 1

This is the founder of Rome.

Answer 1

Romulus

Question 2

The Roman Army had a 3 line system that was made of 4 lines. These people were the youngest of the army and used long range weapons.

Answer 2

Velites

Question 3

The Roman Army had a 3 line system that was made of 4 lines. They were considered the 1st line of defense.

Answer 3

Hastati

Question 4

The Roman Army had a 3 line system that was made of 4 lines. They were considered the 2nd line of defense.

Answer 4

Principes

Question 5

The Roman Army had a 3 line system that was made of 4 lines. They were considered the 3rd line of defense.

Answer 5

Triarii

Question 6

This event in 107 BC gave permission for people to become anyone in terms of your position in the army regardless of your wealth.

Answer 6

Marius Reforms

Question 7

This is also known as a castra. These buildings were standardized and had private and public toilets, baths, running water, and most importantly, a heating system.

Answer 7

Forts

Question 8

These letters were written on thin wood such as shingles. they included letters from women and slaves.

Answer 8

Vindolanda letters

Question 9

This is what “Omnes viae Roman ducunt” means.

Answer 9

All roads lead to Rome.

Question 10

This contraption was used to get right angles for the roads in Rome.

Answer 10

Gromas

Question 11

This is the 1.5m ditch dug for Roman roads.

Answer 11

Fossa

Question 12

This is the compacted sand or dry earth part of Roman roads.

Answer 12

Pavimentum

Question 13

This is the crushed rock part of Roman roads.

Answer 13

Statumen

Question 14

This is the cemented large gravel part of Roman roads.

Answer 14

Rudus

Question 15

This is the cemented sand and small gravel part of Roman roads. This is our modern concrete.

Answer 15

Nucleus

Question 16

This is the large stone slabs part of Roman roads.

Answer 16

Summum dorsum

Question 17

This is who the Roman roads were built by.

Answer 17

Army

Question 18

This was a precursor to google earth, and gave information to how to get to places.

Answer 18

Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone)

Question 19

This is what the entire city of Rome was built out of.

Answer 19

Cement

Question 20

This was an architectural order of the Greek period, called the Greek style column.

Answer 20

Doric Columns

Question 21

This was the most common architectural order of the Greek period, and was a bit more expensive to produce.

Answer 21

Ionic Columns

Question 22

This was the most elaborate and difficult architectural order of the Greek period, and was very expensive.

Answer 22

Corinthian Columns

Question 23

This place, was built by the Vespasian, to provide entertainment, by staging fights against beasts and forcing females to have sex with beasts.

Answer 23

Flavian Theatre

Question 24

This was the largest public structure ever built.

Answer 24

Circus Maximus

Question 25

This was the sewer system in Rome

Answer 25

Cloaca Maxima

Question 26

Known as the “stinking Venus”, was a traditional way to deal with plumbing problems.

Answer 26

Venus-Cloacina

Question 27

This person had the correct theory of ocean tides. It was due to the gravitational pull of the moon that causes oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon.

Answer 27

Posidonius

Question 28

This person came up with the first massive encyclopedia, a “Wikipedia”.

Answer 28

Pliny The Elder

Question 29

This person wrote the “Almagest”, and came up with the first mathematical model of cosmos.

Answer 29

Claudius Ptolemy

Question 30

This is the reason why Rome ended.

Answer 30

Religion