Rome test Flashcards
Romulus and Remus
Brothers who were raised by a wolf
Founding of Rome
Romulus and Remus fought over what to name the city so they had a fight to the death and Romulus won naming the city Rome.
Pacifist
Someone who does not believe in violence
who was the first emperor of Rome
Caesar
Who is Trajan?
He is the emperor who expanded Rome to it largest size .
He was won of the five good emperors
Ruled in 98 CE to 117 CE
Who was Constantine?
He made Christianity an official faith.
Changed the capital
his nick-name was Saint Constantine.
Who was Hadrian?
He was the constructed of Hadrian’s wall.
One of the five good emperors.
Who was Diocletian?
He was a former warrior
He stabilized the economy by cutting the empire in half.
Who was Commodus?
He was a emperor who was also a gladiator.
He fought disabled people and people who had no chance of winning.
Senate got his gladiator trainer to kill him.
Who was Augustus?
First emperor
his rule was golden
other wise known as octarian
his nick-name Augustus means the illustrious one
what did caesar return to Rome mean
When Caesar returned to Rome he became the dictator
parables
stories that have a meaning or moral
these were told by jesus
who was caesar?
he named himself dictator
he was assassinated by his own warriors
What was the government rules on the Rubicon river
You can only cross the Rubicon river alone
if you don’t you will not be able to cross again
Julius Caesar didn’t follow this rule.
What monarchy led to the Roman republic after its death
After the last Etruscan king was overthron
