Ancient Rome Review

Near the fall of Rome, not loyal soldiers called ____ were hired to aid the failing military.

• legions
• mercenaries
• spartans
• samauri's 

A(n) ____ is a form of government in early Rome, where the people choose some of the officials. 

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Republic

_______ is the emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Empire.

• Constantine
• Diocletian
• Vespasian
• Titus

____ was the Roman emperor that was responsible for building the Colosseum.

• Constantine
• Vespasian
• Diocletian
• Julius Caesar

Leader of a barbaric tribe that led attacks on the Western Roman empire.

• Kubali Kahn
• Gengis Kahn
• Attila the Hun
• Napoleon Bonapart

A person who was often a slave and was a trained fighter in Rome.

• gladiator
• samauri
• daimyo
• phalanx

In the early Roman republic, members of the landholding upper class were called

• plebians
• patricians
• priests
• gladiators

In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of the lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating

• the Greeks.
• the Sicilians
• the Carthaginians 
• the Persians

What part of the Roman Empire was the part that actually "fell" in 467 A.D.?

• Southern Roman Empire
• Eastern Roman Empire
• Western Roman Empire
• Northern Roman Empire

To try to restore order to the empire, the emperor Diocletian

• divided the empire in two parts. 
• granted toleration to Christians.
• encouraged the revival of the republic.
• accepted the Huns as citizens.