Roman Civilization Flashcards
What God did the Romans worship
Roma
Where was Rome founded
Palatine hill
What was the roman forum
The commercial, religious, and political centre of Rome
How did the Romans build on swamp
They built drainage systems
Why did the ancient Romans build
To display power and generosity
Romes first emporor was…
Augustus
What was the problem from too many ppl in one place
The Tiber river became contaminated with with garbage and waste
How did they deal with the water problem
Aqueducts
How did Augustus change Rome
He made it very modern and added many different ideas
Why did Augustus build Augustus’s forum
To make a promise to the god Mars to avenge his fathers death
Tell me, why white marble???
It represents purity and power
How long was Augustus emporor
41 years
What destroyed rome during nero’s rain
A fire
What did he Romans invent after the so called fire issue
Concrete
A forum is a…
Meeting place
Gladiatorial games were…
Roman games where gladiators fought
Triumph was
A parade to welcome home a roman hero
Faces was
An axe with wooden rods tied around it
Municipal was
Relating to a city
Am mundus was
A roman meeting place between the living and the dead
Census was
Population count
Dictator
Ruler of a state
Emporor
Ruler of an empire
Gladiator
Fighters in the gladiatorial games
Republic
A government in which citizens choose their leader
Tariffs
Taxes placed on goods entering one country to another
How did the emporor display his power
By building a magnificent empire
How many ppl where there in the Roman Empire
60 million
Who was Augustus
First emporor of Rome
When did Augustus live
27 bc- 14 ad
Constantine was
An emporor that won several civil wars
Constantine lived from
272 ad-337 ad
Julius ceased was
General and an emperor that played a critical role in rome’s rising
He lived from 100 bc-141 ad
Mark Antony was
Politician and a general
Mark Antony lived from
83 bc-30 cb
Octavian was…
The first roman emperor, he lived from 27 bc-14 ad
Romulus and Remus were….
Founders of Rome, a myth and were said to be alive around the 5th century bc
