Rome vocabulary cards

Question 1

cuniculus

Answer 1

A long underground trench connected by vertical shafts to the ground above

Question 2

gladiator

Answer 2

Professionally trained fighters who battled each other or wild animals

Question 3

patrician

Answer 3

Rich men of ancient Rome that had the power in government

Question 4

plebeian

Answer 4

Lower class of Rome that had no voice in government

Question 5

republic

Answer 5

A government where elected officials govern the people

Question 6

Pax Romana

Answer 6

“Roman Peace” a 200 year period of peace and stability

Question 7

Caesar Augustus

Answer 7

Rome’s first emperor

Question 8

Julius Caesar

Answer 8

A Roman general who ended the Roman Republic when he seized power and became a dictator

Question 9

paterfamilias

Answer 9

Father of the family

Question 10

forum

Answer 10

A gathering place

Question 11

aqueduct

Answer 11

Pipes or channels built to carry water

Question 12

Natural law

Answer 12

The concept that there is a universal order built into nature than can guide moral thinking

Question 13

Renaissance

Answer 13

A great flowering of culture based on Greek and Roman ideas that began in Italy

Question 14

Stoicism

Answer 14

A philosophy that focused on developing self-control and courage as a way to achieve happiness

Question 15

Triumphal arch

Answer 15

A large monument in the shape of an arch that celebrates a military victory