Ancient Rome Review

The Pre-Republic or Regal period of ancient Rome was from:

• 509-200 BCE

• 753-509 BCE

• 200-27 BCE

• 200 - 30 CE

A system of Government in which citizens choose representatives to govern on their behalf is called a:

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

The Colosseum as it stands in Rome today can be described as a secondary source for ancient Roman civilisation because it is only the ruins of the original building. True or False

• True

• False

What name was given to the members of the aristocratic families that founded the Roman Republic?

• Gladiators

• Patricians

• Forum

• Plebians

Who was the Roman ruler who seized power in 49 BCE?

• Spartacus

• Augustus

• Pompey

• Julius Caesar

In the Roman army, a unit of about100 men was known as a century (legion; century; cohort).

• Century

• Legion

• Cohort

• Phalanx

When was Rome founded?

• 509 BCE

• 753 BCE

• 27 CE

• 200 BCE

When did the Roman Empire collapse?

• 27 BCE

• 100 BCE

• 285 CE

• 476 CE

What year was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

• 79 CE

• 285 CE

• 79 BCE

• 27 CE

When Mt Vesuvius erupted, what city was covered in volcanic ash?

• Rome

• Sicily

• Pompeii

• Carthage